A Wrinkle in Time: Resources for Teachers

A Wrinkle in Time has been a favorite of teachers and children for more than 50 years, and it’s appeal today is stronger than ever. One of the recommended books in the new common core standards, A Wrinkle in Time offers a rich text for exploring a range of issues and themes.

A new teachers’ guide from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group incorporates material for comparing and contrasting the 2018 Disney film directed by Ava Duvernay. There’s also a guide for Becoming Madeleine: A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters. Both of them include common core codes.

Curriculum and Study Guides

• 2019 Teacher’s Guide by Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
• A common core state standards unit for 6th grade from Leon County, Florida
• A study guide with worksheets, from the Glencoe Literature Library © McGraw Hill
• A curriculum guide, aligned to the common core for 6th grade by ReadWorks.org
• A study guide, with worksheet0like questions, by Dr. Betty Powers
• A chapter by chapter guide, by Carolyn O. Burleson

Perform A Wrinkle in Time with you students

Multiple adaptations of A Wrinkle in Time for the stage are available through Stage Partners. They also offer lesson plans created by Peter Royston. Here’s a sample:
A WRINKLE IN TIME – 5 Lesson Plans.