Free Literature and Reading Lesson Plans - Elementary School

Why spend hours clicking through the over 1,000 sites that are dedicated to Elementary School Literature and Reading Lesson Plans?  You waste valuable time perusing sites that don't relate to your subject matter, whose material is sketchy at best, and where you cannot find a single resource to help you.  Here we have listed some of the popular Literature and Reading lesson plan websites and offered detailed descriptions of what you will find.  We have also ranked each site based upon the quality, quantity and usefulness of its Elementary School Literature and Reading lesson plans and activities.  Best of all, each of these sites has been checked out and ranked by a certified Literature teacher!

Ranking System

   3     Site offers multiple relevant lessons/activities and is well organized.

2     Site offers some good information, but is not well organized or the area covered is very narrow.

1     Site offers only a few lessons/activities or has limited information, but is worth listing.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITERATURE LESSON PLAN WEB RESOURCES

Web English Teacher    http://www.webenglishteacher.com

This site allows teachers to share resources and learn from each other. It includes Elementary SChool Reading and Literature lesson plans, activities, and resources for all areas in the English discipline ranging from poetry to Shakespeare toyearbook publishing.
Rank: 3

Story Arts Online   http://www.storyarts.org/

A resource with Elementary Literature and Reading ideas and lessons for storytelling in the classroom.
Rank: 3

AskERIC Children's Literature Page   http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts/Literature/Childrens_Literature

A site with Literature and Reading lesson plans on Elementary level books and basic reading concepts.
Rank: 3