1. Diwali Book Companions

This Diwali and Holi Book Companion Bundle includes 3 of our Starts With a Story resources: Binny’s Diwali, Holi Hai!, and Festival of Colors. Binny’s Diwali is about Diwali, while the other two books on the list are perfect for celebrating Holi, which is another holiday celebrated in India.

Each of the book companions includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Some of the resources include reading comprehension questions with sample student responses, writing prompts for 10 different genres of writing, SEL teaching ideas based on characters and events in the story, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. Diwali Unit

This Diwali Unit is filled with fun and engaging lesson ideas and activities for teaching about the Indian holiday Diwali. The resources will help you celebrate this winter holiday and learn about Indian culture and traditions. Use these resources as social studies lessons, holiday activities, or another way that meets your needs. This unit includes resources such as an informational reading passage, note taking templates, and passport activity. Learn more about this Diwali unit in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Diwali Craft

This Diwali craft idea is part of our Diwali Unit. You can find instructions for how to complete it in this holidays around the world crafts post. This craft looks great hanging from your classroom ceiling or on a bulletin board wall display. Your students will enjoy making them while learning about this special Indian holiday. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

4. Holidays Around the World Unit

This Holidays Around the World Unit is jam-packed with teaching resources and activities to help you teach your elementary students about the different holidays celebrated around the world. Some of the resources include reading passages, printable books, note taking templates, recipes, read aloud book lists, crafts, and much more. You’ll have everything you need to deliver a comprehensive holidays around the world unit in your classroom. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

1. Día de Los Muertos Book Companion Bundle

This Día de Los Muertos Book Companion Bundle includes 2 of our Starts With a Story resources: The Dead Family Diaz and Gustavo. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. The Dead Family Diaz Book Companion

The Dead Family Diaz follows the Diaz family, a lively group of skeletons, as they embrace their uniqueness and celebrate the Day of the Dead, offering a vibrant and inclusive portrayal of Mexican traditions and the importance of family bonds. This The Dead Family Diaz Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Gustavo Book Companion

Gustavo, the Shy Ghost follows the journey of a shy ghost named Gustavo as he navigates the challenges of making friends. This Gustavo Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

1. Spider Activity Packet

This Spider Activity Packet is filled with fun and engaging activities students love like a directed drawing writing activity, word search, and crossword puzzle! These activities can be used as center activities, homework, fast finisher tasks, filler activities, or indoor recess activities. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. Spider Book Companions

This Spider Book Companion Bundle includes 5 of our Starts With a Story resources: Anansi the Spider, The Very Busy Spider, I’m Trying to Love Spiders, The Spider and The Fly, and Diary of a Spider. Each of them includes printable and digital resources. Use them in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Spider Non-Fiction Reading Unit

This Spider Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like Anansi the Spider, The Very Busy Spider, I’m Trying to Love Spiders, The Spider and The Fly, and Diary of a Spider. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

4. Integrated Spider Unit

This integrated science and literacy thematic unit about spiders provides teachers and students with a complete collection of printables for a two-week study of spiders. Use the unit as a stand alone resource or in conjunction with other materials. There is little to no prep involved (just optional anchor charts if you choose to make them) and all you’ll need to add is a collection of books on the topic for your students to use for their research. I’ve even included tips on easily acquiring books and resources. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

5. Spider Reading Comprehension Activities

These spiders reading comprehension activities offer engaging, meaningful practice to greatly improve your 1st-5th grade students’ reading and writing skills. Each of the reading graphic organizers included in this set can be used over and over and with ANY spider book you choose. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

1. Growth Mindset SEL Unit

This Growth Mindset Unit is filled with engaging activities, helpful teaching resources, and more. Having a growth mindset directly impacts students’ mental health. Learn more about this SEL resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. Friendship SEL Unit

This Friendship Unit is filled with engaging activities, helpful teaching resources, and more. Being able to develop and maintain friendships directly impacts students’ mental health. Learn more about this SEL resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Mindfulness SEL Unit

This Mindfulness Unit is filled with engaging activities, helpful teaching resources, and more. Practicing mindfulness directly impacts students’ mental health. Learn more about this SEL resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

4. Understanding Emotions SEL Unit

This Understanding Emotions Unit is filled with engaging activities, helpful teaching resources, and more. Identifying and understanding emotions directly impacts students’ mental health. Learn more about this SEL resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

5. Self-Regulation SEL Unit

This Self-Regulation Unit is filled with engaging activities, helpful teaching resources, and more. Being able to self-regulate directly impacts students’ mental health. Learn more about this SEL resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

6. Confidence SEL Unit

This Confidence Unit is filled with engaging activities, helpful teaching resources, and more. Being confident directly impacts students’ mental health. Learn more about this SEL resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

7. Worry SEL Unit

This Worry Unit is filled with engaging activities, helpful teaching resources, and more. Managing worry effectively directly impacts students’ mental health. Learn more about this SEL resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

8. Resiliency SEL Unit

This Resiliency Unit is filled with engaging activities, helpful teaching resources, and more. Being resilient directly impacts students’ mental health. Learn more about this SEL resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

1. Fire Safety Book Companions

This Fire Safety Book Companion Bundle includes 3 of our Starts With a Story resources: Dot The Fire Dog, Fireboat, and A Chair for My Mother. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. Firefighter Non-Fiction Reading Unit

This Firefighters Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like Dot The Fire Dog, Fireboat, and A Chair for My Mother. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Dot The Fire Dog Book Companion

Dot the Fire Dog tells the story of Dot, a courageous Dalmatian who becomes a fire department mascot and helps educate children about fire safety. This Dot The Fire Dog Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

1. Anti-Bullying SEL Unit

This Anti-Bullying Unit is packed with detailed lesson plans, center games and activities, video lists, and much more. We’ve intentionally designed the resources to be open-ended and included differentiated versions to make it easy for you to meet the needs of all your students. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. Bully Prevention Book Companions

This Bully Prevention Book Companion Bundle includes 5 of our Starts With a Story resources: Hooway for Wodney Wat, The Juice Box Bully, Macca The Alpaca, Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun, and Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Hooway for Wodney Wat Book Companion

Hooway for Wodney Wat celebrates the strength and bravery of a young rodent named Rodney Rat as he overcomes his speech impediment and finds his own unique way to triumph over a schoolyard bully. This Hooway for Wodney Wat Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

4. The Juice Box Bully Book Companion

The Juice Box Bully explores the power of kindness, empathy, and standing up against bullying as a group of students come together to support a classmate facing bullying behavior. This The Juice Box Bully Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

5. Macca the Alpaca Book Companion

Macca the Alpaca follows the adventures of Macca, a lovable and kind-hearted alpaca, as he learns the importance of friendship, acceptance, and staying true to oneself. This Macca the Alpaca Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

6. Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun Book Companion

Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun encourages children to embrace their differences, stand up for themselves, and practice kindness, as a young girl named Lucy learns to appreciate her own uniqueness. This Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

7. Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon Book Companion

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon follows the resilient and self-assured Molly Lou Melon as she embraces her unique qualities, overcomes challenges, and learns the power of self-acceptance and kindness in the face of bullying.This Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

1. Indigenous People Day Book Companions

This Indigenous People Day Book Companion Bundle includes 4 of our Starts With a Story resources: Fry Bread, We Are Water Protectors, Bowwow Powwow, and The Rough-Face Girl. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. Indigenous People Day Non-Fiction Reading Unit

This Indigenous People Day Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like Fry Bread, We Are Water Protectors, Bowwow Powwow, and The Rough-Face Girl. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Indigenous People Day Reading Comprehension Activities

These Indigenous People Day Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers offer engaging, meaningful practice to greatly improve your 1st-5th grade students’ reading and writing skills. Each of the reading graphic organizers included in this set can be used over and over and with ANY Indigenous People Day book you choose. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

4. Pilgrims, Wampanoags, and The First Thanksgiving Unit

These First Thanksgiving Pilgrims and Native Americans Wampanoag Tribe activities go from the Mayflower through the 1st year in Plymouth Colony. Teach 2nd, 3rd & 4th graders about the history of early America as the settlers came from England and the events leading up to the Harvest Feast of 1621. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

1. Witch Book Companions

This Witches Book Companion Bundle includes 4 of our Starts With a Story resources: Alice and Greta, Piggie Pie, Room on the Broom, and Big Pumpkin. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. Alice and Greta Book Companion

Alice and Greta explores the friendship of two unlikely friends, Alice, a neat and organized girl, and Greta, a messy and mischievous witch. This Alice and Greta Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Piggie Pie Book Companion

Piggie Pie takes readers on a silly journey as a clever witch outwits a group of mischievous pigs in her quest to make a delicious piggie pie. This Piggie and Pie Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

4. Room on the Broom Book Companion

Room on the Broom follows the magical adventures of a kind-hearted witch and her animal friends as they work together to outsmart a cunning dragon. This Room on the Broom Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

5. Big Pumpkin Book Companion

Big Pumpkin follows a witch and a group of Halloween characters as they work together to overcome their challenges and finally succeed in harvesting a gigantic pumpkin. This Big Pumpkin Book Companion includes reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, SEL lesson ideas, student activities, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

6. Witches’ Brew Activity

My Haunted House for Sale Writing Project was always a favorite October activity in my 2nd grade and 3rd grade classrooms. This Witches’ Brew noun and adjective center was created to complement that project, but works well on its own too. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

1. Halloween Activity Packet

This Halloween Activity Packet is filled with fun and engaging activities students love like a directed drawing writing activity, word search, and crossword puzzle! These activities can be used as center activities, homework, fast finisher tasks, filler activities, or indoor recess activities. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

2. Halloween Book Companions

This Halloween Book Companion Bundle includes 6 of our Starts With a Story resources: Click, Clack, Boo!, The Hallo-Wiener, Turkey Trick or Treat, The Good, The Bad, and The Spooky, Trick or Treat Crankenstein, and The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

3. Halloween Math Activity

Use this Halloween-themed math activity as a math center or early finisher task to help students practice sorting, graphing, classifying, categorizing, and interpreting data. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!

4. Halloween Reading Comprehension Activities

These Halloween Graphic Organizer Activities are a great way to provide engaging, meaningful practice to greatly improve your students’ reading and writing skills, but are so quick and easy for you to prepare. Each of the included graphic organizers can be used over and over and with ANY book you choose. Students will love the thematic pages and you’ll love the ease in which they can meet individual student needs. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!