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A VIP - Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Here is an interesting way to teach the present perfect and present perfect continuous. Individuals practice these verb tenses as well as the simple past by asking a partner questions about an imaginary biography. The biography...
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Writing an Informal Letter
What is the difference between formal and informal letter writing? Who gets a formal letter? What about an informal letter? This reference page presents different introductions and phrases you might see in each type of letter, and then...
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Volume of a Rectangular Prism
Children use the length, width, and height of an object to calculate the volume of a rectangular prism. They observe how to multiply three numbers at a time, and define volume. Pupils observe as the teacher demonstrates how to determine...
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Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Lesson Plan
Young scholars investigate fractions while adding and subtracting mixed numbers. They discuss how to add and subtract mixed numbers and they practice working with mixed numbers. They complete a worksheet while working with mixed numbers.
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Creating an Author Brochure
Pupils, while in the computer lab, visit a variety of web sites and read about the life and work of Langston Hughes. They create an author's brochure on Mr. Hughes from the data they collect from the various web sites. Each student...
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Speaking Practice
Conversational language is something that both young learners and adults learning English need to practice. This short activity, with 13 prompts, can help learners develop this skill. The sentence frames included on this worksheet...
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Physical Education Lesson Plan - Medicine Ball
Use the medicine ball to help young learners develop strength in the core muscle groups. The Russian twists develop oblique strength, push-ups develop triceps strength, sit-ups work on abdominal strength, and squats develop quadriceps...
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Changing With the Tide
Students research and they role-play the behavior of plants and animals in a salt marsh habitat as the tides change.
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A Holiday Calendar in MS Publisher for Elementary School
Students create a holiday calendar using ms word. In this technology activity, students create their own calendar while learning basic Publisher skills. Students use clipart, explore how to change fonts, and how to use templates.
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TE Lesson: Fighting Back!
Young scholars examine the roles of the immune system in keeping the body healthy. They see how engineers contribute to this process by creating antibiotics, and vaccinations. They discuss how an astronauts' immune system may be...
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Rocket Me into Space
Students engage in a lesson that reinforces rockets as a vehicle that helps us explore outside the Earth's atmosphere by using the principles of Newton's third law of motion. Also, the principles that engineers deal with when building a...
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How To KidPix II
Students practice using KidPix to create illustrations. In this visual arts lesson, students define key vocabulary words, such as "palette" and "toolbar" to familiarize themselves with the KidPix program. Students create...
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Beginning Graphs in MS Excel
Young scholars practice creating graphs in Microsoft Excel. In this technology lesson plan, students conduct a random survey and collect data. Young scholars use the Microsoft Excel program to create a bar graph of the data.
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Excel for Beginners
In this Excel lesson, students set a formula to check their homework. Students also use clipart, work in groups, and learn to use the tools in the drop-down list.
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Spelling Free Throw (Elementary, Games)
Young scholars run to the chalk board to spell a given word, pick up a basketball, dribble to the hoop and make one shot, run the basketball back to their starting place to score points for their team.
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Banking for Your Future
Learners get a handle on their own personal finances. They discover how banks work, how to plan and stick to a budget, and other helpful tips on managing money. They study the Federal Reserve System, which oversees the nation's banks.
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Reading: A Speech by Helen Keller
In this Helen Keller worksheet, learners read a speech that was delivered by Helen Keller in 1925. Students answer 8 true and false comprehension questions.
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How to Use Technology to Teach Landforms
Students create a landform table on the computer. In this geography instructional activity, students use Microsoft Word to design a 3 column table. They list different landforms, examples, and attach a picture of each.
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MS Word Skills Assessment
Students are assessed on their use of the Microsoft Word program. In this word processing assessment, students are asked to complete a list of tasks in the Microsoft Word program to determine their knowledge of the program.
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Cake Batter Lava
Students examine how lava flows change the landscape. In this lava instructional activity students complete a lab activity where they create a lava flow using cake batter.
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Back to School, Mathematically Speaking
Reduce "math anxiety" by listening to students' math stories.
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Past Progressive and Past Tense Verbs
In this verb tense worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 35 sentences by writing the past progressive or past tense form of the verb in parentheses.
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Write the Questions
In this questions and answers worksheet, students read 25 answers and write an appropriate question that could go with each one.
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Verb Summary "Be"
In this verb worksheet, students read about the verb "BE." Worksheet is informational only, and covers explanations, examples, making questions and using negatives.