A Guide for Using Where the Red Fern Grows in the Classroom

by John Carratello, Patty Carratello, Cheryl Buhler (Illustrator)

This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book presents an exciting approach to teaching well-known literature! It includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary building ideas, cross-curriculum activities, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and many ideas for culminating and extending the novel.

48 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1991

About the author

Author, musician, educator—John Carratello is a person of many talents. Along with his wife, Patty Carratello—a former Riverside County Teacher of the Year—he’s published over 100 educational products, including classroom instructional materials, seminars and support materials for interactive educational software. In 2016, he retired from teaching elementary school after 30 years.
His new book, Test Education vs. Best Education: Let’s Save Our Children from a Bad Idea, outlines the nonprofit project Masterpieces of Learning that focuses on using the knowledge of experts worldwide in developing a new program of instruction for elementary education.