Extend the exhilarating learning experience of Dr. Seuss with five activities designed to reinforce literacy skills—site word reading, dialogue writing, story mapping, and more! Featured stories include The Lorax,...

A close study of two works of art provides the introduction to this cross-curricular writing assignment. After comparing the clothing, facial expressions, body language, setting, and color in the two 19th century paintings Tissout’s...

Help learners construct relationships between written narratives and book illustrations, and between the narratives in formal visual art and the subject of the visual art. Look at Caldecott winning books and focus on the pictures drawn....

Learners investigate art by observing historical sculptures from New Guinea. In this art history lesson, students observe pictures of the "Orator's Stool"from Papua New Guinea, while identifying the small details that make it unique....

After reading Pat Hutchins’ Rosie’s Walk, have your young cartographers create a map of Rosie’s walk. Then lead them on a walk around the school. When you return class members sequence the walk by making a list of how the class got from...

Engage and entertain young learners with this collection of readers theatre activities. With over 25 different scripts, a wide range of topics are covered from simple counting and rhyming exercises to adaptions of popular children's...

Read the story Gingerbread Baby and use these various activities to connect to grammar, art, and point of view. In one activity, learners create character masks. They practice writing verbs on the back of the masks to tell what each...

The 'dge' blend is quite common in our language. This presentation is for young readers who are just learning this blend. Many examples are given, and there are lots of opportunities to practice reading this important consonant/vowel blend.

In this verbs worksheet, students complete filling a chart with present tense verbs, past tense verbs and irregular verbs with "ed" and/or "ing".

Learners study the Japanese art of fish painting called Gyotaku while examining the lifestyle of Japanese fishermen at the end of the Edo period. They make a Gyotaku fish print and write a haiku poem using the proper number of syllables...

First graders read a book and recognize words from the book and write sentences based on the book about language. In this language lesson plan, 1st graders also say yes and no in another language.

Students explore the Alphabet and acquire basic English vocabulary through the exploration of art. They find the alphabet in a variety of visual art images the teacher provides for them. Students count, sort and categorize Alphabet...

In this language review #31 worksheet, 1st graders read 3 sentences, put them in the correct order and write them on the lines provided.

Students view various pieces of art and identify their basic elements. Using the art, they present the elements to the class in a presentation. They answer questions and organize them into written form. They also write and reflect on...

In this language arts worksheet, students learn that similes compare 2 things using the words like or as. Students write 5 similes about camels and then illustrate one of them.

First graders identify text features and how they communicate meaning to the reader. In this media literacy instructional activity, learners view the movie The Lorax and discuss how students from another country would respond to this...

In this English language practice worksheet, students correct mistakes in sentences. In this fill in the blank worksheet, students write six answers.

Learners observe language arts by reading children's stories in class. In this alphabetical lesson, students read the books The Sound of the Week and Alphabetivities and practice making letters using arts and crafts. Learners create...

In this language worksheet, students write words that start with the beginning letter given and complete the clue, and look at the picture and tick the sentences that are true. Students complete 2 activities.

In this English exercises interactive worksheet, students complete a 9 question crossword puzzle. They look at clip art pictures of animals such as a lion, a cat, a duck and an octopus before writing their names in the puzzle. They...

In this online interactive English learning exercise, students respond to 9 multiple choice questions that require them to select "have" or "has" to finish each of the sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this grade 1 English worksheet, 1st graders write down all the rhymes they can make for the words big, pet, neck, and leg. They fill in as many of the blank lines as they can.

Foreign language learners work in pairs to translate the daily routine of celebrities or everyday people, presented in daily planner format, into English. They then illustrate and record their own daily routines in storyboard (film...

Junie B. Jones is the star of this activity. Learners draw a picture of what she thought her brother looked like in Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business. They draw another example of figurative language.