Lynne Cherry
Lesson plans and teaching ideas

Biography

Cherry's official Web site, including a resume and lots of great pictures.

The Armadillo from Amarillo

Free downloadable materials for use with a Promethean board, including vocabulary, grammar, and spelling activities.

Students will recognize and use the word "symbol" and create a glyph using symbols about themselves. The Armadillo from Amarillo is integrated into this lesson plan. Requires Adobe Reader or comparable application for access.

This lesson integrates The Armadillo From Amarillo and other books with developing skills in geography.

This lesson uses Google Earth and the book The Armadillo from Amarillo to teach students about location and the ways one might describe his or her location. Designed for grades 1-3.

The Great Kapok Tree

Step Two of this unit integrates The Great Kapok Tree .

Summary, discussion points, activities, and related titles.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence of animals, people and plants in the rainforest by participating in an ecosystem simulation.

Students gain an understanding of the development of plot and of how conflict is resolved in literature. Students demonstrate this understanding by completing a graphic organizer.

This lesson will familiarize students with the concept of stewardship and the practice of that stewardship by problem-solving what an individual or group can do to take care of our natural environment. While written for a Catholic Elementary School, this lesson may be adapted easily for public school use. Includes vocabulary, writing.

After listening to The Great Kapok Tree , students play a card game to arrange the animals in the sequence that they appear in the story. Scroll to the bottom for related links.

A River Ran Wild

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the concept of the life of a river and pollution through the story A River Ran Wild . This is the first of 5 lessons dealing with rivers.

Using A River Ran Wild and Brother Eagle, Sister Sky , students practice identifying main idea and supporting details from non-fiction and historical fiction literature. They will develop an appreciation for the environment and learn ways in which people abuse while others protect our natural resources.

The Shaman's Apprentice