This article discusses the four forms of identifying similarities and differences: comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies and how these strategies can be used in an elementary classroom.

This lesson plan can be used to help students build the foundation for comparing and contrasting items which will lead to being able to sort key details in text. 

This article provides links to standards-based science and literacy lessons about weather, climate, polar climates, and climate change.

This article provides geography lessons to teach elementary students about the polar regions. Literacy extensions are included for each lesson.

This article provides a list of children's literature relating to the geography and characteristics of the Arctic and Antarctica.

This article provides a lesson plan that teaches elementary students to write poems about home using sensory language and imagery. Examples of student work are provided.