The  Giving Tree

Author and Illustrator: 

Shel Silverstein

Primary Lesson Plans     Intermediate Lesson Plans     High School Lesson Plan      Book Text     Art Activity

Author Biography     Teacher Resource File     A Symposium        Character Education Lesson Plans   

The Giving Tree Lesson Plan

http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/147.html

The Giving Tree Lesson

http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/g/givingtree.html

The Giving Tree Gives

http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/00-2/lesson0007.shtml

Awareness and Appreciation for Trees K-3

http://www.nrcd.org/coconino/rcee/plant.html

Bow Down to Trees  Lesson Plan  Grades 3-4

http://www.kqed.org/ednet/mediaed/lessonplans/other_2.pdf

The Giving Tree Icebreaker K-6

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6040.html

CIMC Integrated Units Grades K-5

http://libweb.uncc.edu/cimc/integration/Units/GvngTree.htm

The Giving Tree Gives: Lesson Plan for Grades K-2

http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/00-2/lesson0007.shtml

the Giving Tree Lesson for Grades 1-3

http://teacherexchange.mde.k12.ms.us/teachnett/sanford.htm

Tree Lesson Plan for Elementary

http://www.nps.gov/cave/teacherguide/act.giving.htm

The Giving Tree Lesson Plan Grade 2

Contains full presentation of Text that can be shown on the Dukane Monitor with a scan converter

http://tiger.towson.edu/~jpei1/Thegivingtree.htm

Have you ever Met a Tree?  Lesson Plan for K-4

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~coalitn/sciedoutreach/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/arb/meetatree.html

The Importance of Trees  Lesson Plan  page 9  Elementary

http://www.friendsofcongaree.org/activityguide/Pages_01-25_thr_01-36_Elem.pdf

Trees: A Complete Look Unit Lesson Plan Elementary

http://dnr.state.il.us/entice/Calendar/January/0102.htm

The Gifts of Trees

http://www.treetures.com/TwigsTeach.html

The Giving Gift  Lesson Plan Grades K-3

http://csf.concord.org/esf/Curriculum/Curriculum_DisplayUnit.cfm?ViewID=43

The Giving Tree Lesson Plan  Grades 2-4

http://www.lawpublish.com/education/html/givingtree.html

Thematic Unit on Apples

http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/K99Health.pdf

The Giving Tree Lesson Plan

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~lgandrew/giving.htm

The Giving Tree Lesson 3-8

http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/givingtree.htm

Bow Down to Trees Lesson Plan Grades 3-4

http://www.kqed.org/ednet/mediaed/lessonplans/other_2.pdf

The Giving Tree Icebreaker K-6

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6040.html

CIMC Integrated Units Grades K-5

http://libweb.uncc.edu/cimc/integration/Units/GvngTree.htm

Book Reviews by  8 year old students

http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/review.php3?review_id=561

http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/review.php3?review_id=561

Unit Lesson Plan for Grades 5-6

http://tcesc1.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/LessonPlans/GivingTree.htm

The Giving Tree Previewing Notes (or Prereading) 

Includes summary of scenes and discussion questions

http://www.gen.umn.edu/faculty_staff/yahnke/aging/film_age/giving2.htm

The Giving Tree Discussion Questions

http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,22-20201,00.html

The Other Giving Tree

Lesson idea for Older Students

http://sched.sbu.edu/Faculty/pschafer/newweb/the_other_giving_tree.htm

Tree Lesson Plan Grade Elementary

http://www.nps.gov/cave/teacherguide/act.giving.htm

The Importance of Trees Lesson Plan page 9 Grade Elementary

http://www.friendsofcongaree.org/activityguide/Pages_01-25_thr_01-36_Elem.pdf

Trees: A Complete Look  Unit Lesson Plan Elementary

http://dnr.state.il.us/entice/Calendar/January/0102.htm

The Giving Tree Lesson Plan Grades 5-6

http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/LessonPlans/GivingTree.htm

The Gifts of Trees

http://www.treetures.com/TwigsTeach.html

Shel Silverstein

Includes a lesson plan for grades 9-12

http://www.honors.unr.edu/~fenimore/en297/bohannon/menu.html

The Giving Tree Text

http://www.banned-width.com/shel/works/giving.html

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~triciamb/givingtree.htm

Helping Hands Wreath

http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,22-25846,00.html

Shel Silverstein: Author Biography

http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorID=12731

Shel Silverstein Teacher Resource File

http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/silverstein.htm

The Giving Tree: A Symposium

http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9501/articles/givingtree.html

Character Education-Giving: Lesson Plan for K-5

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAThemeGivingK5.htm

Character Education-Giving Tree-Caring and Kindness

Lesson Plan for Grades 6-8

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/lp/lp99v.html