Students are introduced to the culture of a variety of Native American tribes through literature and related activities.

Students appreciate African folktales, make "connections" between geography and literature, and research facts about Africa's animals and present findings through art and writing.

Students review vocabulary words and definitions from a literature selection. They play Vocabulary Bingo to practice the words.

Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.

Students investigate other people's perceptions and interpretations of the world. They write a letter, taking into account another's historical point of view. The students also compare and contrast differing points of view through...

Students recognize poetic devices including rhyme, syllabification, and meter. They identify the characteristics of a nonsense poem and of a limerick. They write their own limericks.

Students explore limericks. In this poetry writing lesson, students listen to and read a variety of poems written by Edward Lear. Students count syllables and identify meter by clapping as they read aloud. Students complete a limerick...

Students read The House of Dies Drear and understand how he filled a need and helped people. In this philanthropy lesson students understand how the people who helped on the "Underground Railroad" filled a need and helped others....

In this literature vocabulary crossword, students solve 15 clues and put them into a crossword, with no word bank. All words pertain to the book Buffalo Before Breakfast.

In this literature word search, students examine 18 words in a word bank which pertain to the novel Henry and Ribsy. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.

Learners research Japanese culture through art, caligraphy, food and literature of Japan. They increase knowledge of the computer and Interent.

The students investigate the role of symbols in literature by participating in prereading and postreading activities for "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Teacher questions are included.

Students explore the use of description in literature and color. They read Hailstones and Halibut Bones and discuss the description of each color. Students what each color makes them think of and they create pictures for each color.

Students practice the art of reading a piece of literature left to right by relating the beginning letters to common words from their environment. They practice holding and reading the book, "The Lightbulb," by Joseph E. Wallace and...

Students explore the benefits of summarizing a piece of literature to increase comprehension. The teacher models summarizing by deleting trivial information from a reading passage. The students then practice summarizing independently...

In these literature worksheets students will illustrate each stanza of the poem. Students will then staple together their pages to create a student made poetry book.

In this literature response worksheet, students identify the beginning, middle and end events in a story and display this information on a story clock (graphic organizer). The title of the book goes in the center and the 3 parts are...

In this literature worksheet, students learn new vocabulary words taken from the chapter of Boxcar Children called "A Big Meal from Little Onions." There are 45 words on the page to learn and they are organized by phonograms. There are...

In this literature worksheet, students learn 45 new vocabulary words from the book Boxcar Children. On this page is a list of words organized by phonograms from the chapter called "A Queer Noise in the Night." There are no questions to...

In this literature worksheet, students learn 45 new vocabulary words taken from the chapter called "A Swimming Pool at Last" in Boxcar Children.The words are arranged according to phonograms; there are no questions to answer.

In this literature learning exercise, students learn 45 new vocabulary words in this list taken from the chapter called "Fun in the Cherry Orchard" in Boxcar Children. The words are arranged by phonograms; there are not questions to answer.

In this literature and comprehension question worksheet, students write complete sentence answers to 4 questions about Chapter 3,"The Garden," from the book Surprise Island.

In this literature and vocabulary worksheet, students complete vocabulary work from pages 16-26 of "The Boxcar Children." They examine the phonograms: a, ng, oi, ie, c, s, ay, ck, qu, igh, gn, ed, ou, ar, and ee. No directions are...

In this literature and vocabulary worksheet, students complete vocabulary work from pages 128-142 of "The Boxcar Children." They examine the phonograms: ea, s, er, u, ed, c, a, and ci. No directions are provided with the worksheet.