Children's Literature
Collaborative Lesson Archive
Excellent literature-based lessons for preschool through high school levels can be found here. The site can be searched by grade level and subject area.
http://zubov.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
Children's Literature Activities
This site provides links to over 100 activities and literature-based lessons. For each activity or lesson, a brief summary of a book is provided as well as detailed information about the activity or lesson.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/
Teachers.net: Lesson Bank
Visitors to this site will find hundreds of lesson plans divided by level and subject areas. Pre-school, elementary, middle school, and senior high level lessons in reading/writing and literature are included.
http://teachers.net/lessons/
Curriculum Areas
Suggestions for children's books, activities, professional readings, and Internet links related to curriculum areas such as U.S. history, math, science, literature, and art can be found at this site.
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/curriculum.html
Internet Public Library: Kidspace
This site provides games, jokes, stories, and information on a variety of topics of interest to children. A children's Dewey Decimal Catalog is available for locating books and resources. Kidspace includes stories that the computer will read aloud. Children can also submit their own stories to this site.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Award-Winning Children's Literature
Sample Book Ideas for Literature-Based Reading Enthusiasts
An extensive list of suggested activities for recent Young Reader's Choice Award books can be found here. The books and activities are geared toward students in middle school and higher levels.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/yrca_samp.html
Multicultural Children's Literature
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections
This is a free service to help teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen pal and project exchanges.
http://www.iecc.org
Multicultural Resources for Children
This site provides resources for teachers, librarians, parents, and students to celebrate diversity.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/multipub.htm
The Multicultural Pavilion: Teacher's Corner
Here educators will find thoughts on multicultural education, songs, suggested reading lists, various links to multicultural children's literature, and historical archives.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/teachers.html
The Human Languages Page
A comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources that may help the educator incorporate multiculturalism into the classroom is available at this site.
http://www.june29.com/HLP/
ERIC Digest: Using Multicultural Children's Literature in Adult ESL classes
Teachers will find a rationale for using picture books with adults as well as teaching strategies at this site.
http://www.cal.org/ncle/DIGESTS/Kidlit.htm
Poetry
Fingerplays Index Page
This site has poems to use as fingerplays with young children. Hand movements and complete poems are provided.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/schoollibrary/fingerplayindex.htm
Young Adult Poetry: Bibliography and Activities
This site provides 17 activities to involve older students with reading, responding to, and writing poetry. The ideas can be adapted and applied to a wide variety of poetry and grade levels.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/schoollibrary/yapoetry.htm
The Poetry Zone – The Teaching Zone
Simple ideas for encouraging children to write their own poetry are available here.
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/teacher.htm
Authors and Illustrators
Literature Links/Mem Fox: An Author Study
At this site, teachers will find an author study unit on Mem Fox designed for primary level students. It includes many on-line links and activities.
http://www.nashville.k12.tn.us/CurriculumAwards/PercyPriest/Mem_Fox_An_Author_Study.html
Author Study for Primary Grades
This site has resources for implementing author studies on Jan Brett, Marc Brown, and Eric Carle.
http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/djjwolf/
Sample Unit Framework: Author Study Grades 6–9
This site discusses a general framework and suggested activities for a middle school level author study.
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/mla/authstud.html
Chris Van Allsburg Author Study
A complete author study unit on Chris Van Allsburg can be found here. Links to on-line sites are also provided.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/98webquests/student/speggycarlson/Van_Allsburg.htm
