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Raising a Healthy Child
Students identify key features in promoting their child's health. They create their own health and wellness plan for their Students.
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Three Little Pigs: Verbs
The story of the Three Little Pigs is a classic. Prep your special education class for a telling of this tale by previewing verbs commonly found in the story. Each page of this printable resource include the verb and an image showing the...
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Literary Criticism
Students evaluate and debate whether movies, television shows, and other mass media cause violent behavior in students and whether books are the same as or different from these other media in their potential for causing violent behavior...
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Show Me The Money!
Students select which bank would best meet their needs. In this lesson on personal banking, students write a summary stating which bank and bank accounts best suit their own needs.
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May the Force Be With(in) You
Students explore the characterization of heroes and their representation of the values and beliefs of the society in which they are created. They first examine the creation of the 'Star Wars' heroes and plots, and then develop their own...
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Straight Talk On Tough Issues
Learners engage in a lesson that is focused upon the concept of breast cancer and research is conducted using a variety of reference sources. They reflect upon how different people deal with the tragedy of cancer and then students write...
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Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 1
In this mistakes that English native speakers make learning exercise, students identify one mistake in each of the twenty sentences that follow on the page.
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Weather Watchers - Interdisciplinary
Young scholars investigate weather and climate through a variety of interdisciplinary activities.
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The Heat is On!
Fifth graders investigate evidence for changes in matter that occur during a chemical reaction.
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Plan a Park
Students think about designing and, perhaps, creating their own public park or space. It helps students think about community needs, park design, and civic activism.
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Planning a Funhouse
In this mirrors worksheet, students will design and draw their creation of a "Crazy Mirror Room." They must use a combination of convex, concave, and plane mirrors and they must write a description of what a person's reflection would...
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Conservation
Fifth graders examine how destructive fishing practices affect the health of coral reefs. They watch a Powerpoint Presentation, conduct an experiment, and in small groups create a Powerpoint Presentation.
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The Parts of Speech -- Grammar
Students discover the different part of speech. The words are color coded and should help them remember the different parts of speech.
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On With the Show!
Students think about comedy skits, based on family or domestic situations, and stage one of their own.
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"ight" Word Family Worksheets
In this word families worksheet, students examine 10 words that feature "ight" and then write them in alphabetical order on the lines provided.
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Thomas Nast political cartoons
Young scholars think about entrepreneurialism and participate in a business project of their own.
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Sing the Blues
Students explore examples of this musical form, then write their own lyrics for a blues song.
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Jet Engine Magazine Project
Students create a magazine highlighting their favorite type of of jet engine.
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Connectives
In this connectives instructional activity, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive instructional activity about connecting or transition words.
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Jumping Across Cities
In this comprehension worksheet, students complete multiple choice, matching, word play activities, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
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Informational Writing-Creating a Speaker's Voice
Fifth graders study speaker's voice in informational writing. In this writing lesson, 5th graders discuss the difference between an interesting non-fiction excert and a reference non-fiction excerpt.
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Risky Business
Students distinguish the attitudes of other students their age regarding whether or not they are concerned with contracting HIV and why they might have these attitudes.
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You Make the Rules
Students explore the nature of rules and see how they help in the formation and operation of organizations. Working in small groups, students create their own charter for a new club
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Find the Oldest
Students track down their town's oldest standing man-made landmark. By learning more about the oldest structure in their area (whether it's a church, store, graveyard, bridge, etc.), they discover interesting details about their town's...