The Courage of Sarah Noble Workbook

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

A good friend of mine recently shared this with me. She made this workbook to use with the book, The Courage of Sarah Noble.

Wikipedia summarized the book this way: “The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh is the story of a young girl who travels with her father into Connecticut during the early 18th century, and her experiences with the native Schaghticoke.”

The workbook includes vocabulary and comprehension questions for each chapter. Click here for the free printable workbook: The Courage of Sarah Noble workbook

Main Idea vs. Details Worksheets

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

Yesterday I posted a picture of a poster that a first grade teacher submitted (click here to see the poster). This poster inspired me to make a series of worksheets that ask students to describe a picture with only the main idea and then using the details. The poster is the example of how to complete the worksheet.

Click here for the printable worksheets:
Main ideas and details worksheet
Main ideas and details worksheet 2

Main Idea vs. Details Literacy Poster

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

Allison (1st grade teacher) recently submitted this photo of her main ideas vs. details literacy poster. I absolutely love it! My favorite part is how she uses a picture as an example. I’m thinking I’ll make some sort of activity just like this. For example, I might show my students a picture of a house. Then I would ask them about the main idea (“a house”) and the details (“windows, door, roof”). If I ever get around to making a worksheet of this, I’ll post it. Thanks Allison!

Civil Rights Timeline Worksheet for Kids

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

This month is Black History Month. I’ve put together a worksheet that goes over some of the main and significant events in American history relating to civil rights. It involves some reading comprehension and subtraction of dates to answer the 9 questions at the end. I recommend giving this to upper grades (5th or 6th grade).

Click here for the printable PDF: Civil Rights Movement Timeline Worksheet

National Take Your Child to the Library Day

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Squarehead Teachers

As teachers, we encourage kids to become readers. I just recently learned that the first Saturday in February is National Take Your Child to the Library Day! Most public libraries do something to mark the occasion. Check with your local library for details. Take the opportunity to promote this in your classroom and community so we can improve literacy in our society!

Dinotrux (Awesome Kids Book) to Become a Movie!)

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Author/illustrator, Chris Gall, is my neighbor’s brother. Since I first met him and learned about his books, I’ve been impressed.

My favorite book, Dinotrux, has been a huge hit with our second graders. Dinotrux is a 32-page book that takes place in a fictional prehistoric age, when the world was ruled by Dinotrux, creatures that were part trucks, part dinosaurs (with species like the Craneosauraus, Garbageadon and Tyrannosaurus Trux) plowing and bulldozing their way across the terrain. I recently learned that it’s going to be made into a DreamWorks CG movie (potentially as early as 2018)!!

So if you haven’t had a chance to read it to your class, snag it from the library! You can use it to teach the value of writing, i.e. movies, TV shows, songs, and most ideas start out as writing!

Character Sketch/Analysis Graphic Organizer

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Here’s a simple graphic organizer for elementary school character analysis. Click here for the printable PDF: Character Sketch graphic organizer Enjoy!

Using Evidence From The Text (Free Poster)

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Kids often need reminders to use evidence and support from the text when explaining or writing about a piece of text. Here’s a free printable poster for your classroom (near your guided reading table?) to remind kids to use textual evidence! Click here for the PDF: Show the Evidence Poster