Students imagine they have discovered the ruins of the spectacular lost city-nation of Atlantis during a submarine voyage. They merge legend and facts that they discover in books and videos. They then experiment with art techniques to...

Read the story Amelia the Pigeon and discuss perspective. Since Amelia is a pigeon with a bird's eye view, use aerial photography to enhance your learners' understanding. Have fun connecting art and literature while talking about...

Here's an art lesson for pre-schoolers which focuses on communicating through words and movement. Learners explore the traditions of the samurai grip enhancers and characteristics of wasps. Photographs, embedded in the plan, of these...

In this language arts review worksheet, students correct 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization errors. Students write an antonym for happy, give the plural of cherry, and write 2 words in the ch family.

Which animal is best for you—a dog or cat? Why? Engage third graders in an opinion writing assessment that prompts them to read facts about both pets, and then write and decide which pet is best for them.

Charles Schulz' Charlie Brown and Friends, a collection of Peanuts comic strips, provides young readers with an opportunity to engage in full-class discussions, work in groups to examine how Schulz develops his characters, and...

Students, using the Internet, communicate with peers around the world about winter-themed books. They study authors, write book reviews, re-write endings, interview book characters, create scene dioramas, paint murals, and write...

"The Hare and the Water," a Tanzanian folk tale, lends a global perspective to literary analysis. Learners spend the first two days reading and storyboarding. On day three, they examine folk tale elements (worksheet included), and design...

Youngsters listen to the story of Gregory the Terrible Eater and write a similar story using the same pattern. In the new book, Herman is requested to eat things that are nouns. They must supply the correct part of speech for the class...

Explore the Great Depression! Discover the challenges people experienced during the time period. Learners investigate photographs from the Dust Bowl and WWII era and create a story line about the photographs, writing a newspaper article...

Readers of all ages can work together in groups to create original poetry on the theme of "Imagine," inspired by John Lennon's classic song. They also create a mural to illustrate their poetry. A beautiful instructional activity,...

Youngsters work to build empathy, cultural understanding, and a sense of self as they uncover the story behind their own names. They read the book, The Name Jar, discuss immigration and how it feels to be in a new place. Then, they...

Students explore various kinds of bears and gather information about them.  In this research and habitats instructional activity, students chart their bear information on large posters with illustrations of their bears....

Young readers examine the elements of story structure that are included in all stories. They include these elements in their own written pieces. This phenomenally-designed plan has everything you need to easily implement it in your...

Here is a two-part lesson that introduces learners to genealogy by having them create family trees, and map the movements of their ancestors. While this resource is designed for kids who live in Arkansas, it certainly can be adapted for...

Here is a great activity on how to make a complete sentence. Young writers "drag and drop" the words using the mouse. This is a fantastic activity to use with "Word Wall Words." It provides practice in making sentences, as well as...

Through the journals written by Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Keckly, young readers gain insight into the lives of two enslaved children on nineteenth-century plantations.

What a comprehensive resource! This workbook includes six separate units on writing. Learners begin with printing and then move on to cursive. The handwriting sheets include plenty of practice with letters, numbers, and symbols. Each...

Provide practice for your class transforming adjectives into comparative and superlative forms using -er and -est. Learners do so, first with 11 adjectives, then for 10 more that end in -y, so they must...

A 46-slide presentation focuses on ways to describe characters in stories, how to create story characters, and how to show a character's personality in a student-created story. The colorful and engaging slides provide lots of great ideas...

A fabulous presentation of poetry awaits your students. This rich, 14-slide PowerPoint presents many excellent ways for your pupils to compose poems. The presentation encourages them to play with words when composing poems, to analyze...

Commas can be tricky to use and can also greatly affect sentence meanings. Use this wonderful PowerPoint to remind your class when it is appropriate to use a comma. The last slide includes sentence samples for practice.

Enhance your lesson on compound words with this colorful PowerPoint. This presentation defines a compound word, lists various examples, as well as includes a class activity and assignment. Note: During the reading activity, have students...

Help your young writers improve their writing skills by showing this great PowerPoint. It includes various tips to improve writing: varying sentence length, beginning with a verb, and lots more! This is a wonderful presentation to show...