Melissa Stewart
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Videos and Interactive Teaching Tools

for your classroom or library

And don’t miss

Read­ing Rockets 
   inter­views Melissa

14 short video clips to share with your students

Melissa Stewart Reading Rockets Interview

The Author-Illus­tra­tor Relationship

What hap­pens when the illustrator’s art doesn’t match what the author had in mind

Meet the Mini-Mammals

How Young Writers
   Can Avoid Plagiarism

When stu­dents take the time to look at a top­ic through their own per­son­al lens, the writ­ing will be com­plete­ly their own.

Thank You Moon
Melissa Stewart Bombardier Beetle from Ick!

Ick! From Research
   to Revision

What goes into research­ing,
writ­ing, and revis­ing
a non­fic­tion book?

Ick! Delightfully Disgusting Animal Dinners, Dwellings, and Defenses

Search­ing for Text
   Struc­ture Timeline

Find­ing the per­fect text struc­ture is crit­i­cal when writ­ing expos­i­to­ry nonfiction.

Can an Aardvark Bark?
Text Structure Timeline

Rockin’ Research

Read the book and explore the research process.

Summertime Sleepers Animals That Estivate

Choos­ing a Topic

Read the book and dis­cov­er where the idea came from.

Tree Hole Homes

Time for Text Features

Read the book, watch the video, and do the activity.

Pinocchio Rex and Other Tyrannosaurs

In the Illus­tra­tor’s Studio

Read the book and learn how Amy Hevron cre­at­ed the art by paint­ing pieces of wood.

Tree Hole Homes
table

Revi­sion Decisions

Get an up-close, step-by-step look at the revi­sion process. 

Summertime Sleepers Animals That Estivate

The Pow­er of Similes

Read the book, down­load the Sim­i­les work­sheet, watch the video.

Feathers Not Just for Flying
Similes Worksheet

Using Vivid Verbs

Read the book, watch the video, and do the activity.

Fourteen Monkeys a Rain Forest Rhyme

The Voice Choice

Read the book, down­load the Sim­i­les work­sheet, watch the video.

Seashells More Than a Home
Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers