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Mr. Rover Takes Over by Grace Maccarone
Pre-reading questions, comprehension questions, and ideas for post-reading projects.
The Wolf is Coming by Elizabeth MacDonald
This teacher guide offers a summary, a pre-reading activity, a post-reading activity, and writing activities.
Suse MacDonald
The author's official Web site. Click on "Just for Kids" for printable activities.
Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel
Summary, book talk, and 10 discussion questions.
Patricia MacLachlan
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Sarah, Plain and Tall.
Christine Kole MacLean
Lesson plans for Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms, Everybody Makes Mistakes, Mary Margaret books.
Stephen Manes
Lesson plans and activities for Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days.
Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin
Synopsis, discussion questions, and ideas for follow-up activities.
A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin
This unit plan includes 3 lessons, graphic organizers, discussion questions, and vocabulary words.
Bill Martin, Jr.
Lesson plans and teaching resources for Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
This teacher guide includes a summary, background "fast facts," and ideas for writing and research.
Everglades Forever: Restoring America's Great Wetland by Trish Marx
This teacher's guide includes background information, prereading questions, vocabulary words, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles, writing topics, approaches for ESL students, and interdisciplinary connections.
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo
Practice with vocabulary and note-taking as students write a biographical essay.
Sharon Bell Mathis
Lesson plans for The Hundred Penny Box and other books.
Spider Spins a Story: Fourteen Legends from Native America edited by Jill Max
Discussion questions for each story and for the entire book, suggestions for follow-up projects.
What Your Room Shows about You!
Using a passage from Robert McCammon's novel Boy's Life as a mentor text, students write about their bedrooms. This carefully constructed lesson focuses on idea development and organization.
Robert McCloskey
Lesson plans and activities to accompany the classic children's book, Make Way for Ducklings.
Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
Discussion questions.
Caravan by Lawrence McKay, Jr.
This teacher's guide includes a summary and background information, prereading, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles and writing, strategies for ESL and interdisciplinary connections, and more.
Journey Home by Lawrence McKay, Jr.
This teacher's guide includes a summary and background information, prereading, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles and writing, strategies for ESL and interdisciplinary connections, and more.
An interview with Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Audio interview clips, biography, and bibliography.
The Little Red Hen by Lucinda McQueen
This 5-day unit plan includes literacy and cross-curricular activities. Scroll down for related links.
Christmas Makes Me Think by Tony Medina
Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader response and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.
DeShawn Days by Tony Medina
Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader response and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.
Love to Langston by Tony Medina
Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader response and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.
Haym Solomon: Liberty's Son by Shirley Milgrim
Booktalk. Follow the link under "Additional PDFs" to a 6-page teacher's guide that includes study/discussion questions, passages for close analysis, lesson ideas, writing activities, and 5 postreading projects.
William Miller
Teaching guides for Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree and other books.
Finding Zola by Marianne Mitchell
This teacher guide offers a prereading question, comprehension questions using Bloom's Taxonomy, and ideas for projects that address multiple intelligences.
Ken Mochizuki
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for Baseball Saved Us, more.
Short Adventure Stories
After reading a Choose your own Adventure book by R. A. Montogomery, writers will create an original three-paragraph adventure story. First, each writer will create an original adventurer. Next, each writer will place the adventurer in a brief, organized adventure that could then be expanded into an entire story. This lesson focuses on organization and sentence fluency.
Pat Mora
Lesson plans for Tomas and the Library Lady, more.
Secret Letters from 0 to 10 by Susie Morgenstern
Booktalk. Follow the link under "Additional PDFs" to a 4-page teacher's guide that includes study/discussion questions, passages for close reading, lesson ideas, writing activities, and 5 postreading projects. Adobe Reader required for access.
Parsifal's Page by Gerald Morris
Summary, 10 discussion questions, related titles.
Robert Munsch
Lesson plans and other resources for Paper Bag Princess and other books.
A video interview with
Christopher Myers
Biography, bibliography, and short video interviews.
