LitLinks: How to decode the mysteries of sleep with sea animals
Children often wonder why we sleep. When you don’t understand the science behind it, sleep...
LitLinks: Imagine your own alien, an easy STEM + literacy lesson
The year is 2033 and an alien spacecraft has arrived on Earth. An investigator known...
LitLinks: Word banks – like money in the bank!
Word banks — lists of key words or phrases organized on a central theme or...
LitLinks: How alpacas can help students compare and contrast
Thousands of years ago, people living high in the Andes Mountains of South America domesticated...
LitLinks: Let’s see how to build vocabulary with a STEM picture book
Using UP, UP, AND AWAY, MONARCH BUTTERFLIES as a mentor text, students can be taught...
LitLinks: Great ideas to help students practice the art of asking questions
Asking and answering questions is at the heart of every scientific practice, whether in a...
LitLinks: 3 easy ways shipwrecks can help students explore lyrical language
SHIPWRECK is a lyrical nonfiction picture book for children aged 7 to 10 years old....
LitLinks: 4 ways Pluto can supercharge imagination
Informational picture books like those in my 10-title Our Solar System series help young readers...
LitLinks: How to use fireflies to help teach persuasive writing
Persuasion is an art, and like any art it requires practice. In this lesson, students...
LitLinks: How to use picture book biography as a bridge to historical and scientific events
A picture book biography of medical visionary Dr. Virginia Apgar spans STEM and story. Big...
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