Curated OER
Introduce Vocabulary: Giggle, Giggle, Quack (Cronin)
Farmer Brown has his hands full with a tricky duck in Norah Cronin's book Giggle, Giggle, Quack, the context of this vocabulary study. This text is available on YouTube if you can't find it. Before reading, introduce the high level...
Curated OER
Unlikely Diary keepers Using Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
Put your class in the shoes of someone - or something - else with this lesson, which encourages writers to keep a diary from the perspective of a living creature or an abstraction. Use Doreen Cronin's Diary of a Worm and the Six Trait...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Power Point Life Span Diaries
Students research an animal or other living creature and create a life-span diary similar to the one they read about in the book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. PowerPoint presentations are made for students to use while sharing their...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Learning About Worms Using
Contains plans for four lessons that use the book "Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin to teach about worms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Unlikely Diary Keepers
The writer will assume the role of a living creature (like an arthropod) or an abstraction (like a fraction). Writers will do research on what they have chosen as their roles, and learn new facts about these roles. The writer will...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Doreen Cronin
Read this biography to learn about author Doreen Cronin. A link to a list of her books is available.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Doreen Cronin: Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type
A video of the book "Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type", written by Doreen Cronin, and illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.