Students read one or two chapters from The Painting Ballerina, then pick a scene or idea from the story that is very vivid in their imagines and draw it. They display their finished works and talk about them as a class.

Students analyze a poem of their choice to find the meaning. They break the poems into sections and add images and sounds to make it into a video. They show their video to the whole school if possible.

Students read the book "The Painting Ballerina" by Gloria M. Buono, discuss the book, and use images from the story to create their own artistic paintings. Emphasis is placed upon literacy and creative exploration in this...

Students analyze a poem to find meaning by breaking it into scenes and supporting the text with appropriate images and sounds. They use Frames to create their video poem. Once students have an image, place them all into one folder. ...

Students explore Japanese folk tales and create a performance that tells one of the Japanese folk stories.

Students explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Students interpret words...

Pupils explore the concept of poetry through movement and song. They watch Lucille Clifton read her poem, and write their own poem.

Students, as a class, interview musician to find out more about him/her as an individual. Students then write thank you notes and include, by naming or drawing, one fact learned about the musician.

Students analyze the quatrain structure and rhyming in the song, "Puddles". They use this format to create their own quatrain lyrics for a song then they share their song ang revise it.

Students will activate literacy skills in internet medium, and will use reading, critical thinking and writing skills as they work with their groups to collect and organize information. The follow up activity will allow them to augment...

In this reading a book worksheet, students answer ten short answer questions related to when, what, and how they read a book. One example is where do you like to read?

For this articles worksheet, students complete 12 sentences by inserting either the article "the" or indicating that no article is necessary.

In this city quiz worksheet, students complete the sentences with one of the listed words relating to the text '125 Years of the Central Library in Derby, UK. Students complete 28 exercises.

Students compose haiku poems and recognize how cultures value nature and natural forces through the study of Japanese poetry. This instructional activity includes a bibliography of resources.

Students give oral predictions to news articles. They discuss and revise their interpretations of the content material.

In this past progressive verb learning exercise, students change 10 verbs in parentheses to past tense to fit the sentences. Students then change 4 verbs of being to past tense to form questions.

In this pronouns worksheet, students complete 12 sentences by inserting an object pronoun or a subject pronoun. The worksheet sentences are in the form of questions and answers.

In this personal questions activity, students practice asking each other questions to complete a profile analysis. Students ask and answer 20 questions.

In this various words learning exercise, students choose the correct answer based on number of years, prepositions, and completing sentences. Students complete 7 problems.

Students create a time line of their life starting at birth and each year after that up to their current age. They write and illustrate one important thing for each year, and place their time lines on poster board.

For this research skills worksheet, students read through the questions related to the London Royal Mail and the history of the post office. Students do independent research to answer 10 questions.

In this letter editing worksheet, students read a letter to "mom," then recopy it on another sheet of paper and correct all errors found. 

Students work cooperatively to explore and practice dialogue improvisation.

Fifth graders read "Jabberwocky," as an example of revision. They practice revising their own work.