Summer of the Swans Novel Study/Lit Link Gr. 4-6


Book Description

Sara is a person who gets frustrated with herself - nothing is right about her looks or her personality. One moment she would be laughing joyfully and the next moment she would be in the depths of despair. Sara didn't know what was happening to her. Things seemed the same as the previous summers. Then the swans came. Sara takes Charlie, her brother, down to see the swans. Although he was a pain coming home, she enjoyed the experience with him. Then Charlie disappears. Sara gets a chance to make amends with Joe while they are looking for Charlie. They find Charlie together and Joe invites Sara to go to a party with him. Novel by Betsy Byars. Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross curricular activities, complete with answer key.




On The Banks of Plum Creek Lit Link Gr. 4-6


Book Description

Laura's family's first home in Minnesota is made of sod, but Pa builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop. Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest, a strange glittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millions of grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In a week's time, there is no wheat crop left at all. Novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter-by-chapter questions with answer key, language and literacy activities and teacher guide for easy implementation.




Wayside School is Falling Down Lit Link Gr. 4-6


Book Description

The zany world of Wayside School will delight your students while the activities in our lit link guide their learning. Novel by Louis Sachar. Chapter-by-chapter questions and additional activities in vocabulary, word study, and personal development are designed according to research-based education principles to improve literacy skills in communication, critical thinking, social studies and more. A story summary, author biography, and answer key. 64 pages. About the Novel: Meet the wacky world of Wayside School. The school has thirty classrooms but instead of being built in a row, they are built one on top of the other. There are twenty-nine students in Mrs. Jewls' class and this book follows their wacky adventures with Louis, a hobo, a dead rat, Mrs. Waloosh, a world famous dancer, and many more zany characters. Enter the doors of Wayside school and learn lessons about pigtails, freedom, and Mulligan stew; your life will never be the same again...




Skinny Bones by Barbara Park : Gr 4-6 Lit Link


Book Description

Themes of popularity, self-consciousness and self-acceptance are combined with hilarious antics and characters that will deight children. Nove by Barbara Park. Chapter-by-chapter questions and additional activities in vocabulary, word study, and personal development are designed according to research-based education principles to improve literacy skills in communication, critical thinking, social studies and more. A story summary, author biography, and answer key. 64 pages. About the Novel: This is a story of Alex Frankovitch, a regular kid who can't play baseball very well. When Alex gets himself in competition with his classmate and local baseball star, the consequences are both hilarious and humiliating. While his classmates are laughing at him, and his mother is laughing with him, a turn of events allow Alex's own talents to shine through. Who's laughing now?










The Borrowers Lit Link Gr. 4-6


Book Description

Pod, Homily and Arrietty Clock are "The Borrowers"-because they "borrow" objects from humans in order to live. When a boy moves in and discovers them, disaster follows. Novel by Mary Norton. Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross curricular activities, complete with answer key. 64 pages.