This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

"We can fly! We can fly" Your child may never fly, but they'll have a soaring good time with this Peter Pan story and worksheet.

With this language arts exercise, students will find textual evidence and use it to support an inference.

With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Meet one of the most well-known Native American women in our country's history--Sacagawea!

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Engage in some sneaky warfare with the tale of the Trojan Horse, one of the most legendary Greek myths ever told.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students begin reading The Great Fire.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!