Students observe and identify the various types of clouds. They compare clouds to clouds on a chart, and in small groups compose and present a group poem about clouds and weather.

In this poem worksheet, students add a stanza to a given poem, using information they know about monarch butterflies.

In this hat shaped rhyming worksheet, students write a story or poem in rhyme. They realize that Dr. Seuss books are written in rhyme before attempting the writing on their own.

Students listen to excerpts from an autobiography about the first blind man to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. They discuss Erik Weihenmayer's life, and write a bio-poem using a bio-poem formula.

Every writer knows how terrible writer's block can feel. Use these five writer's block-busting techniques to help young writers get out of their rut and into a better state of mind.

That's Amazing! is the theme of an English language development unit created by Houghton Mifflin. Following a speak, look, move, and listen routine, scholars delve into topics; seasons, weather, animals, landforms, telling...

Learners read or listen to a story, and discuss how it relates to them. In this personal event writing activity, students write about recycling. Learners read "The Giving Tree" a Shel Silverstein poem and discuss the poem's meaning....

Students explore mountain formation. In this cross curriculum earth science and legend writing lesson, students listen to the poem "The Way to make Perfect Mountains" by Byrd Baylor and identify examples of vivid language used. Students...

In this spelling worksheet, students master their weekly spelling words by choosing activities from this spelling menu. Students examine the list of choices which each have points. By the end of the week, students need to have completed...

Students interact, answer questions, and extend the story plot. They write a Haiku or basic poetry with their words, name characters, create a new ending for a story, and write a new story with one of the characters.

Student identify synonyms in poetry. In this grammar lesson, young scholars define what a synonym is and view several examples on the board. Students read a selected poem on an overhead transparency and circle the synonyms.

Students listen to a confusing poem about baseball. In this clear writing instructional activity, students write a set of directions for a game.  Students rewrite their directions until they are clearly understood.   Students...

Students build three-dimensional rough draft for a story by creating objects, people, places, animals, etc., with clay, and write story in a journal, poem, or other written form.

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 explore Colonial papermaking.  In this Colonial America U.S. history lesson plan, students analyze two poems written in the 1690s about the Rittenhouse paper mill to learn about papermaking.  Students produce their own...

In this The Giving Tree worksheet, students read the story The Giving Tree and identify words with pictures, fill in missing words, write correct numbers, and answer short answer questions. Students complete 4 activities.

For this poetry worksheet, students write an acrostic poem using the letters in the word Christmas. They work on the paper which is decorated with ivy and a red ribbon.

Fourth graders examine the role a teen from the Hudson Valley played in the American Revolution. They view the map of Sybil's ride and calculate the distance using the map's legend.

Students explore the importance of learning to read. They work with other students to create audiobooks to share with younger students, or classes.

Learners produce their own self-portraits and use them to create a book in iPhoto. They explore the visual symbols used by artists to communicate their feelings, interests, and identity.

Students engage in a study about the holiday of a birthday with the help of using children's literature. They make cognitive connections of using the characters of the book and relating them to the personal celebration of a birthday.

An excellent series of five lessons on China awaits you and your young geographers. In these lessons, learners engage in hands-on activities, watch streamed video, access websites, and complete activities in cooperative groups in order...