Themes by Topic

Missouri

2 Students will acquire a solid foundation which includes knowledge of: reading and evaluating fiction, poetry and drama

• Ancient Western Civilizations
• Animals: Barn Owls
• Animals: Farm Animals
• Animals: Hound Dogs
• Animals: Mice
• Animals: Whales
• Author Studies
• Author Study: Arnold Lobel
• Author Study: Audrey Wood
• Author Study: Barbara Park
• Author Study: Beatrix Potter
• Author Study: Beverly Cleary
• Author Study: Bill Martin
• Author Study: Bill Wallace
• Author Study: Chris Van Allsburg
• Author Study: Clyde Robert Bulla
• Author Study: Cormac McCarthy
• Author Study: Cynthia Rylant
• Author Study: David Shannon
• Author Study: Dr. Seuss
• Author Study: E. B. White
• Author Study: Edgar Allan Poe
• Author Study: Emily Dickinson
• Author Study: Eric Carle
• Author Study: Gail Gibbons
• Author Study: Gary Paulsen
• Author Study: Jane Yolen for Elementary Students
• Author Study: Jonathan London
• Author Study: Judy Blume
• Author Study: Kevin Henkes
• Author Study: Laura Numeroff
• Author Study: Louis Sachar
• Author Study: Mary Downing Hahn
• Author Study: Mem Fox
• Author Study: Patricia Polacco
• Author Study: Peg Kehret
• Author Study: Roald Dahl
• Author Study: Scott O'Dell
• Author Study: Tomie dePaola
• Author Study: Vicki Grove
• Author Study: William Steig
• Back-to-School Activities
• Book Week Celebrations
• Cartoons for the Classroom
• Cool Websites for Kids
• Country: French Polynesia
• Country: Ireland
• Country: Jamaica
• Country: Philippines
• Dragons
• Folktales: Fables
• Folktales: Fairy Tales
• Folktales: Pourquoi Tales
• Folktales: Tall Tales
• Grandparents
• Health: Sleep and Dreams
• Historic Documents: U.S. Constitution
• Holiday: Arbor Day
• Holiday: Christmas Around the World
• Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts
• Holiday: Christmas Traditions in America
• Holiday: Father's Day
• Holiday: Halloween Crafts and Games
• Holiday: Hanukkah
• Holiday: Mother's Day
• Holiday: St. Patrick's Day
• Holiday: Valentine's Day
• Holiday: Veterans' Day
• Immigration: Angel Island
• Jokes and Riddles
• Library Skills: Elementary School
• Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction
• Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction 2003-2004
• Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction 2004-2005
• Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Young Adult Books 2003-2004
• Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Young Adult Books 2004-2005
• Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Young Adult Books 2005-2006
• Literature Awards: Caldecott Medal 2004
• Literature Awards: Coretta Scott King Award 2005
• Literature Awards: Coretta Scott King Awards
• Literature Awards: Gateway Readers Award Nominees 2003-2004
• Literature Awards: Gateway Readers Award Nominees 2004-2005
• Literature Awards: Gateway Readers Award Nominees 2005-2006
• Literature Awards: Mark Twain Award Nominees 2002-2003
• Literature Awards: Mark Twain Award Nominees 2003-2004
• Literature Awards: Mark Twain Award Nominees 2004-2005
• Literature Awards: Mark Twain Award Nominees 2005-2006
• Literature Awards: Michael L. Printz 2005
• Literature Awards: Michael L. Printz Award
• Literature Awards: Newbery 2004
• Literature Awards: Newbery 2005
• Literature Awards: Pura Belpre Medal 2004
• Literature Awards: Show Me Readers Award Nominees 2002-2003
• Literature Awards: Show Me Readers Award Nominees 2003-2004
• Literature Awards: Show Me Readers Award Nominees 2004-2005
• Literature Awards: Show Me Readers Award Nominees 2005-2006
• Literature Themes: Friendship
• Literature Themes: Survival
• Literature: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" by Robert Newton Peck
• Literature: "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
• Literature: "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry
• Literature: "A Taste of Blackberries" by Doris Buchanan Smith
• Literature: "A Year Down Yonder" by Richard Peck
• Literature: "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
• Literature: "And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?" by Jean Fritz
• Literature: "Animal Farm" By George Orwell
• Literature: "Artemis Fowl" Series by Eoin Colfer
• Literature: "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner
• Literature: "Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days" by Stephen Manes
• Literature: "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
• Literature: "Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
• Literature: "Blubber" by Judy Blume
• Literature: "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
• Literature: "By the Shores of Silver Lake" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Literature: "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink
• Literature: "Call it Courage" by Armstrong Sperry
• Literature: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
• Literature: "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
• Literature: "CON-fidence" by Todd Strasser
• Literature: "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
• Literature: "Curious George" by H.A. Rey
• Literature: "Dear America Book: West to a Land of Plenty" by Jim Murphy
• Literature: "Dear America" and "My Name is America" Civil War Books
• Literature: "Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" by Kristiana Gregory
• Literature: "Dear America: Christmas After All" by Kathryn Lasky
• Literature: "Dear America: Color Me Dark" by Patricia McKissack
• Literature: "Dear America: Voyage on the Great Titanic" by Ellen Emerson White
• Literature: "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary
• Literature: "Dovey Coe" by Frances O'Roark Dowell
• Literature: "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
• Literature: "Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Literature: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl
• Literature: "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown
• Literature: "Flip-Flop Girl" by Katherine Paterson
• Literature: "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume
• Literature: "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
• Literature: "Gooney Bird Greene" by Lois Lowry
• Literature: "Grandfather's Journey" by Allen Say
• Literature: "Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh
• Literature: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
• Literature: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
• Literature: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J. K. Rowling
• Literature: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J. K. Rowling
• Literature: "Harry Potter" Books by J.K. Rowling
• Literature: "Henry and Ribsy" by Beverly Cleary
• Literature: "Holes" by Louis Sachar
• Literature: "How to Eat Fried Worms" by Thomas Rockwell
• Literature: "I Know What You Did Last Summer" by Lois Duncan
• Literature: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
• Literature: "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
• Literature: "Judy Moody" by Megan McDonald
• Literature: "Koala Lou" by Mem Fox
• Literature: "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Literature: "Loser" by Jerry Spinelli
• Literature: "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
• Literature: "Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
• Literature: "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
• Literature: "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry
• Literature: "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard and Florence Atwater
• Literature: "Mr. Tucket" by Gary Paulsen
• Literature: "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
• Literature: "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry
• Literature: "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
• Literature: "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse
• Literature: "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
• Literature: "Ramona and Her Father" by Beverly Cleary
• Literature: "Ramona the Brave" by Beverly Cleary
• Literature: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor
• Literature: "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
• Literature: "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and "Skylark" by Patricia Maclachlan
• Literature: "Series of Unfortunate Events" Series by Lemony Snicket
• Literature: "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
• Literature: "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
• Literature: "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
• Literature: "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
• Literature: "Superfudge" by Judy Blume
• Literature: "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume
• Literature: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson
• Literature: "The Best Halloween Ever" by Barbara Robinson
• Literature: "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
• Literature: "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
• Literature: "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
• Literature: "The Castle in the Attic" by Elizabeth Winthrop
• Literature: "The Cat Who Went to Heaven" by Elizabeth Coatsworth
• Literature: "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
• Literature: "The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Catling
• Literature: "The Courage of Sarah Noble" by Alice Dalgiesh
• Literature: "The Empress of Elsewhere" by Theresa Nelson
• Literature: "The Face on the Milk Carton" by Caroline Cooney
• Literature: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
• Literature: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Literature: "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry
• Literature: "The Great Turkey Walk" by Kathleen Karr
• Literature: "The House of Dies Drear" by Virginia Hamilton
• Literature: "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes
• Literature: "The Kid in the Red Jacket" by Barbara Park
• Literature: "The Last Safe House" by Barbara Greenwood
• Literature: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving
• Literature: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
• Literature: "The Lucky Baseball Bat" by Matt Christopher
• Literature: "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
• Literature: "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
• Literature: "The Orphan of Ellis Island" by Elvira Woodruff
• Literature: "The Pinballs" by Betsy Byars
• Literature: "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech
• Literature: "The War with Grandpa" by Robert Kimmel Smith
• Literature: "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
• Literature: "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum
• Literature: "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" by Louis Sachar
• Literature: "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelson
• Literature: "Trouble River" by Betsy Byars
• Literature: "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi
• Literature: "Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White
• Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
• Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury
• Literature: "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
• Literature: "Wander" by Susan Hart Lindquist
• Literature: "Whatever Happened to Janie" by Caroline Cooney
• Literature: "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
• Literature: Book Activities
• Literature: Choose Your Own Adventure Stories
• Literature: Cinderella Stories
• Literature: Connecting to Ancient Civilizations
• Literature: Leveled Books
• Literature: Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Literature: Mystery Books
• Literature: Online Activities for Lower Elementary
• Literature: Online Activities for Upper Elementary
• Literature: Online Stories for Children
• Literature: Reader's Theater
• Literature: Recommended Reading for Elementary Students
• Literature: Story Elements
• Matter: Gases, Liquids, and Solids
• Migrant Farm Workers
• Missouri: Famous People
• Native Americans: Navajo
• Native Americans: Osage Tribe
• Native Americans: Paiutes
• Natural Disasters: Tsunamis
• Performing Arts: Drama
• Pirates
• Poetry: Simile and Figurative Language
• Poets and their Poetry
• Quilts: Literature Activities
• Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion
• Revolutionary War: Paul Revere
• Science: Bubbles and Water Tension
• Science: Time Travel
• September 11: One Year Later
• Shakers
• Shakespeare: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
• Shakespeare: "Hamlet"
• Shakespeare: "Julius Caesar"
• Shakespeare: "Macbeth"
• Shakespeare: "Othello"
• Shakespeare: "Romeo and Juliet"
• Shakespeare: His Life and Times
• Shoes
• Superheroes
• Teaching Tips: Literature Circles
• Transportation: Covered Wagons
• Transportation: Grades 1-2
• U.S. President: George Washington
• U.S. President: Jimmy Carter
• Web Design: Examples of Elementary Student Pages
• World Records
• World War II for Upper Grades
• Writing: Character Traits
• Writing: Fiction
• Writing: Historical Fiction
• Writing: Mysteries
• Writing: Personification
• Writing: Poetry for Elementary Grade Levels
• Writing: Realistic Fiction
• Writing: Science Fiction and Fantasy for Elementary Students
• Writing: Science Fiction for Upper Grades
• Teaching Tips: Reading Comprehension Strategies
• Teaching Tips: Reading in the Content Areas
• Teaching Tips: Writing Assessment Tools
• Teaching Tips: Graphic Organizers
• Teaching Tips: Skim Reading
• Teaching Tips: Guided Reading
• Teaching Tips: Inference