Student Handouts
Happy Father's Day! Handwriting Practice
This Father's Day will be extra special with a personal, hand-written note from your young writers! Pupils practice writing "Happy Father's Day" in cursive writing and print with this set of handwriting worksheets.
Student Handouts
Father's Day Acrostic
Fantastic? Friendly? Funny? What adjective will your youngsters choose for the first letter in father as part of this great Father's Day acrostic worksheet?
Mr. Nussbaum
THE Founding Father
Who is the founding father—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, or Benjamin Franklin? Scholars decide which of three early Americans, should be crowned the founding father of America based on research. Then, they compose a persuasive...
Crafting Freedom
Thomas Day's Letter to His Daughter, Mary Ann
Why is a letter a better way to learn about a person than a different primary source? Explore Thomas Day's ideas and advice to his daughter in a letter from 1851, which details the struggles of the American South before the Civil War....
Curated OER
Black Tiger Academy Martial Arts Fitness Unit - Lesson 19
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."—Father James Keller. Black Tiger Academy’s martial arts lesson plan 19 of 20 focuses on the class recognizing their peers for the positive qualities that each one of them brings to the...
Concordia University Chicago
Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Discuss the balance, color, emotion, and context of the painting Paris Street; Rainy Day by Caillebotte. After a deep discussion, let creativity run free in your class as learners create a dimensional piece that reflects a life change...
K12 Reader
Valentine’s Day Adjectives and Adverbs
Connect parts of speech with Valentine's Day in an engaging grammar worksheet with a Valentine theme. Learners fill in the blanks with the appropriate adjective or adverb to complete each sentence.
Curated OER
Father's Day Wind Chimes
Young scholars create wind chimes for Father's Day. In this art lesson, students construct a wind chime for their father using plastic tubs, metal washers and fishing line.
Curated OER
Present for Father
In this Father's Day activity, students read a passage about Father's Day and then answer 5 true or false questions involving inferences. Then the students write an opinion paragraph explaining what the girl should buy her father for...
Curated OER
A New Twist on Father's Day Activities
Father's Day activities can give students a way to find out about their ancestry and learn more about special people in their lives.
Curated OER
Father's Day Hug
Children create a Father's Day card. In this art lesson, students paint and decorate a card. Students make their hand print on paper, let it dry and decorate.
Curated OER
Valentine's Gift Day Vouchers
Young scholars design and create a gift voucher. In this Valentine's Day gift voucher lesson, students determine chores or ways they could assist their loved ones and add these to a booklet. Young scholars decorate the cover and prepare...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Artist Grant Wood
For this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about artist Grant Wood. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Jimmy Carter
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Jimmy Carter. The errors range from capitalization, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Curated OER
Father Knows Best, Write a Father's Day Letter
Young scholars write a Father's Day letter. In this friendly letter writing lesson, students brainstorm a list of parent responsibilities, then write three specific ways their fathers care for them. Young scholars share learning...
National Humanities Center
Teaching The Great Gatsby: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
The 41 slides in a professional development seminar model how to use close reading techniques to examine the many layers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In addition to passages from the novel, slides provide biographical...
Phantom of Opera
The Phantom of the Opera: Ideas for Research and Discussion
You could spend a full day discussing The Phantom of the Opera and not scratch the surface, but a set of lessons about the literary elements and themes of the musical production is a great start. Young thespians build upon the background...
Curated OER
Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
In this Martin Luther King Jr. Day vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by words that relate to Martin Luther King Jr.
Curated OER
As Good as Gold
Students create a Mother's Day Coupon Book, full of coupons that can be exchanged for special services rendered by students!
Prestwick House
The Metamorphosis
No matter how your day is going, it probably hasn't started out as badly as Gregor Samsa's day. Explore the essentially—and definitively—Kafkaesque story of a man-turned-vermin with a short and straightforward crossword puzzle on The...
Prestwick House
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller's work of American tragedy and frustration is as relevant today as the first day it premiered on stage. Learners review character names and details from Death of a Salesman with a crossword puzzle that contains 27 clues.
Curated OER
Father's Day Acrostic Poem
In this online interactive language arts instructional activity, students write an acrostic poem regarding fathers using the letters FATHER. This instructional activity may also be printed for use in classrooms.
Curated OER
Mother's Day Craft
Students create a flower pot for their mom on mother's day. They use pictures found in magazines to create a collage on the flower pot. They are to follow instructions to complete this activity.
Curated OER
Fathers Day Alphabetical Order Challenge Worksheet
In this online interactive Father's Day worksheet, students examine 16 father-related words then write them in alphabetical order on the lines provided. This worksheet may also be printed for classroom use.