Teaching Themes
Harry Potter: Everything You Need
These Hogwarts-inspired resources help students become wizards in all subjects.
Blog Posts
Planning for Next Year — Hogwarts' Houses
Grades: 3–5
Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin? Here's one creative way to sort your students into small groups next fall.
Book Resources, Lesson Plans
Harry Potter Brings Magic Into the Classroom
Grades: 3–5
Harry Potter themed skill-building classroom activities, such as homemade trading cards, Hogwarts yearbook, and more!
 Collections, Author Interviews, Book Resources J. K. Rowling Author StudyGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 J. K. Rowling, the world-famous author of the Harry Potter series, was born on July 31, 1965. Use these activities and lessons to extend students... |
 Author Interviews J. K. Rowling InterviewGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 On February 3, 2000, classrooms across America went online to ask author J. K. Rowling their burning questions about Harry Potter. Read the... |
 Book Resources, Discussion Guides Harry Potter Discussion Guide for the First 4 BooksGrades: 3–5 Harry's first four years at Hogwarts are chronicled in the first four Harry Potter books. In each of those stories, amidst fun and laughter,... |
 Classic Tales of WizardryGrades: 3–5, 6–8 The Tales of Beedle the Bard, released yesterday, is a volume of five stories that were "written for young wizards and witches," according to... |
 Articles, Book Resources Harry Potter ThrillsGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Scholastic Kid Reporter Maeve Hammond reviews Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows, the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's wizarding series... |
 Booktalks Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone BooktalkGrades: 3–5 There are moments in everyone's life when everything changes, and nothing can go back to being the same way it was before. For Harry Potter, that... |
 Harry Potter Crafts and ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 Read the Harry Potter series in your classroom. Here are 42 ways to make the books come to life. |
Lesson Plans Wizards and ResumesGrades: 9–12 Presents a lesson in which students write resumes for author J.K. Rowling and then for themselves. |
 Book Resources, Lesson Plans Harry Potter ProjectsGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Teacher recommendations for class projects using the Harry Potter book series. |
Book Resources, Discussion Guides Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Enjoy a more complete and personal Harry Potter experience with your class or at home. |
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Book Resources, Discussion Guides Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Harry Potter has lived a miserable life since his parents' death. Left to survive with horrible relations, Harry has been forced to live in a... |
