Teaching Resources for Martin Luther King, Jr - I have a Dream


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Teacher Resource for Martin Luther King Jr.

Read about Martin Luther King, Jr.  Learn about this great man in history. Find these writing prompts that are easy to use and enhance reading comprehension.  Use the Biography Facts page as a springboard to meaningful classroom discussions.
Find some creative talent to draw a portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have a dream..


Martin Luther King Jr. teaching resources


This resource would be a one or two day writing activity for social studies and history.

Graphic organizers help support the writing experience. It would be appropriate for Grades 2-3 and homeschoolers.

  • 2 pages reading passage about Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • 3 graphic organizers to write about the reading in biography genre
  • writing prompt about Dr. King's famous speech "I have a dream"
  • writing pages to write about your own dream for our nation's people
  • draw a portrait
  • book recommendations

These writing pages for Martin Luther King, Jr. can easily be assigned for distance learning and school at home.

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Writing about Your Winter Break - Teacher Resources

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Winter Break Writing Page ... warm up and get started after winter break. This teaching resource provides an authentic writing experience for your students after winter break.

Pages Include:

  • graphic organizer to tell about winter break
  • writing page to write one short story about the winter break

These pages would be perfect for a beginning writing activity after your students come back to school after their winter break. You can easily assign these pages for

distance learning and school at home.


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January Books to Teach Engaging Literacy Lessons

Snow Many Books to Read in January

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The weather is sparkly and bright, crisp and clean... and perfect to read these 8 books as the snow falls outside your window.  And engaging your child with these books may lead to some great winter fun and activities.  Here are a few of my favorite books for kids about snow and winter.

The Snow Day  by Komako Sakai
Sakai is masterful in creating anthropomorphic animals that are so believable we can happily accept them in an incongruous setting. The snow falling down is just the beginning of this bunny's adventure in the snow.  


Teaching Literacy and Life Lessons with Children's Literature

Here are 5 reasons why reading is important...

1.  sharpens your mind

2. expands your vocabulary

3. improves memory and focus

4. improves writing abilities

5. enhances imagination





No Two Alike by Keith Baker

No Two Alike by Keith Baker
no two alike by Keith Baker



Follow a pair of birds on a snowflake-filled  journey with rhyme and simple language through nature in wintertime... where everything is wonderfully unique -- from branches, leaves, nests and winter friends...no two are alike!  The illustrations are gorgeous and can easily be a springboard to making winter art in the classroom. 

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red sled by Lita Judge

Red Sled has very few words but that makes the looking and listening that much closer. As you read this one... pause and think...ask what might happen next?  What do you think? Small children and early readers are quite capable of making inferences and evaluations when you read aloud a good book as this one.  All the woodland creatures take a child's sled for a joy ride at night.  The ride is beautifully illustrated in watercolors.  See the humorous expressions on the characters' faces.  When finished, slowly and gently close the book on your lap and listen to the children's conversations.  They will be very informative of their understanding of this wonderful book. [ and that may be the only reader response required] ...

   b yPete the Cat, Snow Daze

Pete the Cat, Snow Daze   by James Dean


Everyone loves Pete, the Cat and Pete loves a good snow day. He also loves school. When it just won’t quit snowing, Pete starts getting a little tired of staying home and snow activities.  Is it possible to have TOO MANY snow days?  Find out how Pete and friends all chip in to get back to school!




The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats captures the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall.  This is a favorite as it unfolds a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of keeping that wonder forever.  
Click Here to find reader response pages, graphic organizers and pages that will improve understanding and reading achievement.  
Easy to use printables, NO PREP.  


Snow by Uri Shulevitz 

snow by uri shulevitzNo one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city, they are also the only ones who know how to truly enjoy it. This playful depiction of a snowy day and the transformation of a city is perfectly captured in simple, poetic text and lively watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations.

teaching resources, children's literatureSnow by Sam Usher                                                  It's a wonderful feeling when you open your eyes in the morning and you see that deep, soft blanket of snow.  How quickly can you get outside into that winter white world to make your mark?  The young boy in this book zips, zooms through getting ready for his winter wonderland adventure and then waits for his grandfather.  The other kids are already out there making their footprints everywhere!  A whole lot of snowballs and a bit of magic later, this boy and his grandfather agree that
"some things are definitely worth waiting for"
... a teachable life lesson with lots of room for classroom discussion.  Be sure to talk about the cover of the book and how it invites readers into the story. 

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Happy Reading and enjoy the winter wonderland 
with good company and good books!