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New York State Language Arts Test Grade 4
In this New York State language arts test worksheet, 4th graders answer multiple choice questions where they read passages and answer comprehension questions. Students complete 28 questions.
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The Twelve Months: A Slavic Cinderella Variant
Students locate Slavic countries and identify a few characteristics of those countries. They read and/or listen to the Slavic tale, "The Twelve Months," and compare this version with another Cinderella story.
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What's the Big Idea?
Students choose a paragraph from a book of their choice, identify the main idea, and draw an illustration of the main idea. They write original paragraphs, illustrate them, and trade with a partner, identifying the main idea of the...
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Simply Summarize
Pupils review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they follow five given steps in summarizing a written passage. Then they read a passage independently and follow the same steps in summarizing the...
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Settling the Plymouth Colony
Students label blank maps with the names of the New England Colonies. They explain the difficulties that the Pilgrims had and how hard they worked to survive in Plymouth.
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Settling the Plymouth Colony
Young scholars use the Internet and graphic organizers to research the Plymouth Colony the experience of the Pilgrims. Students compare and contrast different colonies and develop a timeline showcasing their research.
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Coastal Landforms
Pupils explore landforms. Using the internet, students research the main landforms. They define landforms and download images into a word document. Pupils create their own picture-dictionary.
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Scholarship and Learning in Islam
Students explain what a madrasah represents in Islam. Using the Muslim world as an example, they identify and describe two or more centers of learning. They explain the contributions that Muslims have made to science and math and...
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Five Step Summary
Young scholars review the five steps to summarization. They then read the article "Whoooo-o Are You?" silently. As a class they summarize a small section of the article using the five steps included. Finally, the students summarize...
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Fly High and Summarize
Pupils are introduced to the concepts of comprehension and summarizing information. They review a summerization poster which shows the information they are looking for and read a book silently. They watch the teacher model...
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Perspective
Students explore the writing trait of voice. In this writing skills lesson, students read No, David! and discuss the author's use of voice. Students write a class version of the story called Yes, David! that incorporates an alternative...
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Eggsactly: An Egg Online Activity
For this egg activity worksheet, students use provided links to research and answer questions about animals and egg-laying. Other resource links are provided.
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Bird Nests Internet Hunt
In this birds nests worksheet, students click on links to access sites and answer questions related to bird nests.
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The Sun - Renewable Energy Source
In this sun worksheet, students click on the links to read about the sun and then answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions.
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Worm Facts Internet Hunt
In this worm fact worksheet, learners use provided links to research facts about worms and answer a set of questions. Links to additional resources are given.
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Bats at the Beach Activity
In this bats worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about bats to find the answers and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 5 questions total.
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September Science Internet Activity
In this energy activity, students click on the links in the questions about energy to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 12 questions total.
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Mystery Caterpillar Challenge and IPM or Organic Gardening Practices
In this caterpillar worksheet, students look at the picture of the caterpillar and identify what kind it is. Students then decide how to take care of it.
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Is That Movie OK?
Students read movie reviews. In this language arts lesson, students read and discuss a movie review. Students use the information from the review to determine if the movie is appropriate for viewing. Students
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Cinderella Stories
Students listen to the Scottish tale, The Princess and the Golden Shoes, creating a character chart. They develop a newspaper containing news stories, personality profiles, and editorials regarding The Princess and the Golden Shoes.
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Tattercoats
Students read the English folktale, "Tattercoats," identify basic literary terms, and respond to writing prompts. They compare and contrast with another Cinderella story version and create a graphic response to the story.
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Centennial: A Patchwork Quilt of the People of Utah
Students discuss the many cultures of the people of Utah. They create a database of the family backgrounds of students in the class. They record the major contributions of each ethnic group and display them on a quilt.
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Super Space Summarization
Students review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they explore five steps/rules of summarizing. In groups, they read an article and then, using the summarization rules and skills, write an effective...
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Children Just Like Me: Celebrations!
Students read literature that is multicultural in order to investigate the types of celebrations that people have in relation to holidays around the world. They can link up with different celebrations looking for similarities to how the...