In this similar words worksheet, students spell the homophones on the lines and make up sentences for the 20 homophone examples.

In this same definition worksheet, students circle the 2 words in each group of 4 that mean the same thing. There are 10 groups total.

Young scholars define the word colossal, then read a news article about an enormous squid caught off Antarctica. For this animal studies and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with dictionary and vocabulary...

Young readers observe a labeled object and circle the article a or an that proceed the word, write the articles before illustrated words, and choose the correct word in parenthesis to complete sentences. Everyone writes 29 answers.

Young animal lovers engage in a lesson that's all about elephants. They access an elephant sanctuary website and read a story about Shirley the elephant. They perform a series of activities based upon that story, and also study about the...

Young historians explore how technology and science affected life in the state of New Hampshire. They define technology and give personal experiences of how technology affects people and how people have used technology. They compare the...

Help kids understand problem-solving strategies by focusing on academic language in a reading comprehension activity. After reading paragraphs about the words solve and evaluate, learners answer five reading comprehension...

What are the most prominent symbols of the United States? Learn about the bald eagle, the American flag, and the Statue of Liberty in a reading comprehension activity that includes a short passage and five reflective questions.

How do you spell great? G-R-E-A-T! Ensure that your pupils can spell great and so much more with this effective app.

Copy all pages to create a book of poems during a poetry study. From alliteration to cinquain to acrostic poem, your class won't run out of templates for writing poems! Each sheet serves as a template for an entire book of poems. Other...

What would the world be like if everyone expressed gratitude? Pupils explore the concept by watching a motivating time-lapse video. Scholars express appreciation by handing out tokens of gratitude, and then write about their...

This PowerPoint provides an overview of how to construct and complete analogies. The slides give examples of how analogies work and have illustrations to match. This PowerPoint also provides students with a chance to fill-in the given...

Students examine the story elements in the book, Miss Nelson is Missing. In this literary elements activity, students listen to the story and identify the sequence of events in the test. Students also use an online dictionary to define...

Students compare two stories.  In this compare and contrast instructional activity, students read Miss Nelson is Missing and Miss Nelson is Back.  Students brainstorm similarities and differences in the two stories, use a Venn...

Students use the cinquain structure and correct parts of speech to write a poem with a desert theme.

For this compound words worksheet, students combine two words to create a compound word. In this short answer worksheet, students write six words.

In this worksheet on writing a terquain, students draw a picture of a subject matter and follow the directions to write a three-line poem about the topic. Students complete four activities.

Students collect their own garbage. For this recycling lesson, students keep their own garbage for a day in their own personal garbage bag and then consider methods to reduce wastefulness.

Students read a story and use sentence strips to order story events.  In this sequencing lesson, students learn new vocabulary words centered around the story Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, preview the story, make predictions...

Young scholars read and analyze a story.  In this compare and contrast lesson plan, students re-read Miss Nelson is Missing and use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Miss Nelson and Miss Viola Swamp.  Young scholars write...

Students understand the way the dictionary is laid out as well as the purpose for why people use dictionaries. In this language arts activity, students recognize the need for alphabetical order and are able to find words using a...

Second graders discuss what antonyms are and read the book, Quick as a Cricket.  In this antonym lesson, 2nd graders write a short story by describing themselves. 

For this Garfield worksheet, students watch a video about Garfield and answer true and false, multiple choice, and crossword questions about it. Students complete 3 activities total.

This PowerPoint enables students to review mathematical terms in an interactive review game format. The slides contain a question about a mathematical term and the students must answer with the correct vocabulary word in order to get...