The Reference Desk provides free lesson plans, articles on developing reading-related skills, reading score information, book discussion questions, word games and puzzles, and activity sheets for our entertaining and educational books. 

Free Lesson Plans:

(Listed by book title and then subject matter for the lesson)

 

“Danny and the Detention Demons”—Word Focus

 

“Little Bianca” —Art Lesson Plan: Expressing Emotion with Color

 

“Little Bianca” —Economics

 

“Little Bianca” —Word Focus

 

“The Snickerdoodle Mystery”—Science Lesson Plan: Solving Mysteries Using the Scientific Method

 

“Webb’s Wondrous Tales” — Art Lesson Plan: Art Content for Book Illustrations

 

“Webb’s Wondrous Tales” —Writing Lesson Plan: Writing Fairy Tales

 

“Webb’s Wondrous Tales”—Science Lesson Plan: Learning about Butterflies

 

Complete Listing of Articles:

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Editing:

Editing Your Writing

 

How to Edit Writing Like a Professional

 

How to Fact Check

 

Teaching Editing

 

English as a Second Language (ESL/ESOL):

Developing English Listening Skills

 

ESL Teaching Tips

 

Improving your English for ESL Students

 

Improving Vocabulary—Seven Ideas for ESL Students

 

Keep Your English Up to Date

 

Learn English through its Proverbs

 

Spelling Tips for ESL Students

 

Start an “English Speaking” Club

 

Tips for ESL Students on Increasing their Vocabulary by Learning Business Terms

 

Parenting: (Check other categories as well.  Most of our articles are written with you in mind.)

Creating a Home Library

 

Developing Good Homework Habits

 

Picking the Right Book: How to Use Readability Scores#

 

Pilinut Press Glossaries: How We Pick the Words

 

Preparing Your Child for School

 

Preparing Your Child to go Back to School

 

Toddlers Learning by Data Mining

 

Publishing: (Check other categories as well, particularly Editing and Writing and the Editing Reference Lists.)

Annotated Examples of a Book Cover and Interior Layout

 

Book Binding by Hand

 

Is Self Publishing for Me?

 

Options for the Self Publisher

 

Reading:

Breaking the Alphabet Code — The Key to Reading, Spelling, and Writing

 

Book Clubs for Boys

 

Choosing a Gift Book for a Child

 

Encouraging Children to Read: Five Strategies for Developing a Bookworm

 

Enriched Summer Reading Program

 

Help Your Child Learn to Read

 

Helping Your Child Learn to Read—4 - 6 years old

 

Helping Your Child Learn to Read—24 to 36 Months

 

Helping Your Child Learn to Read—12 to 24 Months

 

Helping Your Child Learn to Read—Up to Age 1

 

Look it Up — How to Use a Dictionary

 

Nurturing a Gifted Reader

 

Reading Goals for Kindergartners

 

Reading Goals for First Graders

 

Reading Goals for Second Graders

 

This is What You Should Not Do When Encouraging a Child to Talk and Read

 

Toddlers Learning by Data Mining

 

Spelling:

Preparing for a Spelling Bee

 

Spell Better by using these Spelling Strategies

 

Spelling Tips for ESL Students

 

What Spelling Champions Know Can Help Your Child Spell Better

 

Teaching:

ESL Teaching Tips

 

Ideas for Making a Book as a School Project

 

Teaching Editing

 

Using Trade Books in the Classroom

 

Writing:

Help Your Child Learn to Write

 

Writing Articles for the School Newspaper

 

Writing Books for Preschoolers

 

Writing Business E-mails

 

Writing Fairy Tales

 

Vocabulary:

Building Vocabulary through Activities

 

Building Vocabulary: 5 Ideas for Increasing Your Vocabulary

 

Five Ideas for Increasing Your Child’s Vocabulary While Running Errands

 

Improve Your Vocabulary by Knowing These Latin Prefixes

 

Improving Vocabulary—Seven Ideas for ESL Students

 

Improving Vocabulary in Three Easy Steps

 

Increasing Vocabulary through Independent Reading

 

It was Greek to Me:  Improving Your English by Knowing Greek Roots

 

Kids and money — developing financial understanding by learning the vocabulary of money

 

More Word Games to Increase Vocabulary

 

Sing a Song and Learn New Words

 

Word Games to Increase Vocabulary

 

 

Free Teaching Aids:

 

Printable Worksheets:

 

Activity Sheets

 

Basic Alphabet Code

 

Coloring and Lettering Sheets

 

Word Searches#

 

Editing Reference Lists:

Auxiliary Verbs (also called helping verbs)

 

Capitalization Rules

 

Common Grammatical Errors

 

Contractions

 

English Irregular Verbs

 

Most Commonly Misspelled Words

 

Commonly Misused Words

 

Pronouns and Their Uses

 

Tautologies

 

The Highly Irregular Be Verb

 

Using Adverbs

 

Verb Tenses, Mood, and Voice

 

Pilinut Press Support to:

 

Authors

 

ESL Teachers

 

Homeschoolers

 

Librarians

 

Parents

 

Self-Publishers

 

Teachers

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Glossaries:

 

Glossary of ESL Terms