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Night Hike
Learners explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it works.
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Introduce Solids
Students identify and interpret a variety of solid materials - cloth, wood, metal, plastic, paper, and rubber. After a period of free exploration, they then describe the properties of the objects and develop vocabulary in order to...
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Making Christmas Ornaments
In this craft worksheet, students follow the directions provided to learn how to make a dough ornament. Students answer 11 questions about the story.
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Dd is for Doll
For this handwriting of upper and lowercase letters Dd activity, students trace five lowercase and two uppercase and print the letters Dd several times for mastery.
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Motifs and Variations Worksheet
In this reading artifacts activity, students find images of baskets by three different basket makers and examine them carefully in order to identify crafting motifs.
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Sorting Through Life!
Students sort and count objects. In this sorting skills lesson plan, students work in small group with various objects that can be sorted and counted in groups.
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Big Bones, Little Bones
Students investigate archeology. In this archeology lesson, students research the process of excavation. Students participate in a mock-excavation and sort objects by physical properties.
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Homonym Baseball
Sixth graders are introduced to the characteristics of homonyms. In groups, they are given points in the baseball game when the homonyms are matched to the correct definition. To end the lesson, they practice spelling the different...
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Hh is for Helicopter
Students learn to form the upper and lower case letter Hh in this printing practice activity. Students trace several examples before forming their own letters.
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Hh is for Helicopter
For this literacy worksheet, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Jj is for Jet
In this literacy instructional activity, pupils look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Rr is for Rain
In this literacy instructional activity, pupils look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Ss is for Snake
In this language arts learning exercise, students learn to print upper and lower case DeNelian letter Ss. Students trace several examples and then form their own letters in the unlined boxes.
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Tt is for Tiger
In this literacy activity, learners look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections and help with spelling.
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Pp is for Pizza
For this printing of both upper and lowercase letter Pp worksheet, learners trace and print the letters Pp 11 times. Students write the letters Pp eight times on the lines provided.
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Rr is for Rain
In this printing practice worksheet, learners learn to form both upper and lower case letter R. Learners trace several examples before forming their own letters in the unlined boxes.
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Ss is for Snake
In this literacy worksheet, learners practice writing the letter s. Then they write about the objects who represent that letter of the alphabet.
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Tt is for Tiger
For this printing practice instructional activity, students learn to form both upper and lowercase letter T. Students trace several examples before forming their own letters in the unlined boxes.
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Vv is for Violin
In this literacy instructional activity, learners look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Observations and Inferences
Students observe how to distinguish observations form inferences. In this examining inferences lesson students list observations relating to the activity and discuss the importance of them.
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Ducks
Students explore and learn about the habitats, diets, and specific attributes of various species of ducks. Students know the names of at least seven species of ducks and at least five criteria for identifying species of ducks.
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Emotion Similes
Students define what a simile is before writing a poem that is based primarily on similes. They brainstorm and write the poem using the give format. They write drafts, revise and present a final poem.
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Vocabulary Worksheets - Reading: The Food Pyramid
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students read a passage about the food pyramid and then answer 8 multiple choice comprehension questions.
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Worksheet for Analysis of an Artifact
In this primary source analysis worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions that require them to analyze an artifact of their choice.