Students explore communication by participating in language description activities. In this directions lesson, students practice using communicative terms and prepositions of places to direct a classmate to an exact location. Students...

Students write definitions for vocabulary words used in a unit in any subject area. They use the words to play a game.

Students access that the purpose of this activity is to integrate physical fitness with spelling of core vocabulary words used in science and social studies. Students play the Scrabble Lap Game.

Students complete an activity sheet. In this paragraphs lesson, students discuss the essential parts of a paragraph. Students practice thinking of body sentences to support a topic sentence. Students complete an activity sheet where they...

Fifth graders complete an analysis of the Revolutionary War through literature. After "My Brother Sam Is Dead," students create a time capsule containing items that would be relevant during the Revolutionary War. They identify key...

In this completing the "ph" words with missing letters worksheet, students read sentences with incomplete words, use the scrambled missing letters and context clues, and fill in the missing letters to complete the words and sentences....

Students describe what it means for a marine animal or fish to be threatened or endangered after playing game simulating extinction.

Fifth graders listen to a story told by their teacher. They have cards of all of the events in the story. They must "jump" into the correct order of events.

Students read and answer questions based on One Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes. For this tolerance lesson, students record their feelings and reflections during discussion of the book. Students create a dress using their own ideas.

Student groups retell stories from Iroquois storytellers. They role-play Iroquois women, men and children and explain their roles. They read "Knots on a Counting Rope" and make up their own stories. They create timelines. They visit a...

Young scholars play a software based spelling game to increase their ability to spell frequently used words. They work on creative word work when they are not on the computer. They write words using different colored crayons and markers.

Students practice listening and responding to a question with confidence. After studying the names of various fruit, students play a New Zealand game called Octopus. The game can be used for any key words or phrases. It is fast paced...

In this word challenge game worksheet, students list as many words as they can from the letters in the words "bases" and "loaded". The worksheet includes 14 hints for words the students may use.

In this word challenge game worksheet, students list as many words as they can from the letters in the word goalkeeper. The worksheet includes 14 hints for words the students may use.

In this Back to School bingo worksheet, cards are cut out that describe various facts or situations about students to be used in a back to school bingo game, where students find classmates who match the descriptions on cards. Worksheet...

Young scholars prepare a classroom theater presentation of Rumpelstitskin in which the narrator is a private eye. They write the defense of one of the characters who conspired against the king and play a vocabulary game.

Young scholars read the novel, "The Giver", and test their comprehension through the game Jeopardy. Then students research individual rights of different cultures and write a summary of their findings. Young scholars develop a personal...

Students use game simulation software to increase their reading comprehension. They work in teams to determine whether statements are fact or opinion. They complete a Fact/Opinion Scavenger Hunt. They simulate that they are part of the...

Students use educational software to examine the hardships and problem solving skills needed by the pioneers as they endured frontier life. They work as teams while using the game simulation. They work a number of project while not on...

Students recognize the parts of a sentence while working on their locomotor skills. Students, in teams, race to words on index cards. The team collecting enough cards to create a complete sentence wins. Additional variations on the...

In this county fair puzzle, learners identify terms related to a country fair. Examples include raffle, tickets, tents and games. A list of 44 words is provided to assist students in their search.

In this Quidditch word search worksheet, students locate the 12 words or names listed in the puzzle that pertain to the game played by Harry Potter and friends.

In this Olympics Trivia worksheet, students find and use resources on their own to complete a set of 15 questions about the Olympic Games.

Students participate in a game to build self esteem, self awareness and listening skills. In this citizenship instructional activity, students search for representations of their favorite things in the classroom, hide them in a shoe box...