In this unit students will have fun patterning with pizza toppings and learning about simple fractions. They will compare the mysterious little man with characters from other stories. Nutritious breakfasts are discussed and compared with breakfasts around the world. Students will also be made aware of how business can be affected by economic factors in the community. Lots of activities and learning.

Children’s Book Week is traditionally celebrated in May – although I believe that every week is Children’s Book Week! What better way to celebrate than with a unit featuring the beloved story of Madeline. She will help your students learn about rhyming words, character and setting, all about the number 12, introduction to time – and so much more.

In this HUGE unit you will find 63 pages filled with learning and fun. There are activities, ideas and handouts for all areas of the curriculum. Students will learn about numbers and number operations. They will write stories and prepare presentations. Investigations of plants, birds and cultures are included. There are numerous opportunities for creative expression in art and music. This is truly a cross curricula project.

The Fall season is an ideal time to introduce the students to pumpkins. Children equate pumpkins with Hallowe’en and Jack o’ Lanterns, and are naturally enthusiastic about this big orange fruit. This thematic unit covers all areas of the curriculum with many activity suggestions and a list of suggested books. There are observations to be made and experiments to be conducted – along with mathematical problems and language arts activities. You will find handouts ready to duplicate and distribute. There is also a recipe for pumpkin cookies! Why not combine the well loved story of Cinderella with a unit on pumpkins ? She travelled to the ball in a pumpkin coach and this will provide opportunities for imagination, telling time and measurement activities.

Fantastic Fairy Tales. In this unit you will find information, activities, hand outs and wonderful ideas to use in your classroom. Outcomes are clearly stated for each element of the curriculum. Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty are dealt with in detail. Ideas and activities for Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel are included. Encourage your students to have fun and they will be learning many skills.

Everyone has a birthday and young students delight in their special day being recognized. This unit provides activities and learning across the curriculum. You will find activities and handouts for English Language Arts, number sense, fractions, measurement, patterning, data management. There are experiments and observations dealing with changes in matter. Students will have many opportunities to use their imagination and artistic skills. Also provided is a Reflection handout and a Rubric to assess student’s progress.

Samurai Kids Book 2: Owl Ninja is an excellent book for a novel study. It works well on many levels. It has a huge appeal for young readers and lends itself to providing opportunities for exploring history, culture, and life values. Attention Australian Teachers. This is a novel study that is closely linked to the Australian curriculum with Scope and Sequence Outcomes stated for each of the 14 chapters. For each chapter there are activity suggestions. There are questions for either individual answers, or small group, or class discussions on separate sheets for each chapter. A complete resource.

Poetry is now recognised as an important part of the curriculum. It is a fun way to introduce many aspects of language. Children enjoy listening to and making up their own poems.This unit introduces primary age children to alliteration, acrostic poems, onomatopoeia and shape poems. There are several handouts to help make this an easy unit to use.

Story Book and Real Bears – a study unit. Expectations satisfied in this unit are clearly stated. There is a comprehensive book list with descriptions. Language activities include sequencing, creative writing, different book formats and story mapping. In Science and Technology students explore ways to keep warm and set up tests to prove their findings. They can design a burglar alarm and research different bear species. Music, Dance and Drama include poems and music. Art ideas are explored. Health and Physical Education are dealt with in various ways. Mathematics activities include size, estimation,linear, area, patterning and graphing. Evaluation and assessment techniques are included.

The Artist by John Bianchi. Activity suggestions for discussion of the book and its components. Language activities include playing with vocabulary and words using art as a focus. There are explorations of art work combining these with language. You will find an introduction to colour, and explanations of art techniques by Alexander Calder (mobiles), Piet Modrian (geometric art), and Joseph Cornell (box art).

The Jolly Christmas Postman is an excellent book for introducing letter writing and communications, sequencing events, and retelling fairy tales and nursery rhymes. This is a cross curricula unit with questions and activities aligned with Common Core State Standards, UK Language Arts, and Canadian Curriculum Objectives. You will find a plethora of activities to keep your class engaged and interested. There are suggestions for creative letters, character role playing, post office projects and sequencing fun. There is also a Rubric to track the progress of each child.

Product Description Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend is a verse novel written by an Australian author. Although the unit is geared to Australian curriculum it is also relevant to North American or UK students. Scope and Sequence Statements relevant to the activities and questions are stated at the beginning of the package. There are activity suggestions for each group of poems in the novel. There are questions for individual answers or group discussions. This is a complete package that will save teachers many hours of preparation.

This thematic unit gives suggestions for books and activities across the curriculum. Teachers will be able to plan activities for the whole day, and students will move freely from one center to another.

This is a comprehensive study of Phoebe Gilman, beloved author and illustrator of childrens' books. The Objectives and Standards are clearly stated at the beginning of the unit. The activities that are described for each book cover the whole curriculum. Each story has an explanation of the author's inspiration for it, and things to look for as you share the book. Phoebe Gilman is famous for her hidden surprises in each of her creations. Books included in this study: The Balloon Tree: Jillian Jiggs: Little Blue Bed: The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs: Grandma and the Pirates: Once Upon a Golden Apple: Something From Nothing.

This is a short unit suitable for pre K and Kindergarten students. It features one of the delightful mouse characters from author Kevin Henkes. In this unit students are encouraged to make a filmstrip, discuss the characteristics of the story character and think about their siblings.

A unique novel study unit featuring The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. There are 13 chapters and a culminating activities page. Each chapter (suggest one chapter per day) has objectives clearly stated, an input session, and activities dealing with each of the objectives.

Wemberly Worried is one of Kevin Henke's delightful mouse books. Using this book as a base students will discuss the worries that they might have, and use puppets to tell their stories. They will explore unfamiliar words and character characteristics. Handouts are provided.

Lilly has a purple plastic purse and she is very proud of it! This is a quick lesson where students learn one to one letter-sound combination, explore the colour purple, and find out about beginning sound “p”.

This ELA unit features one of Kevin Henke's delightful mouse characters named Chrysanthemum. The objectives are clearly defined. Students will discuss bullying and teasing and how to be kind to others. There are activities for students to explore their names. Handouts are provided.

This is a unique novel study unit that a teacher could use for 35 school days. The novel is Key to Rondo by Emily Rodda. The novel deals with an imaginary world contained in a music box. There are 34 chapters and in this unit each chapter is headed with at least one curriculum objective. New vocabulary is listed for each of the chapters. Then, for each chapter, there are activities relating to each of the objectives. On separate sheets there are questions for each chapter.