Learners participate in a letter matching game that pairs students so that they can introduce a new friend. They listen to the Shel Silverstein book, The Giving Tree and write a letter to the class telling them what they will give to the...

Students read an article from English Teaching Forum to learn about Seattle, Washington. In this Seattle research lesson, students make words from the letters in Seattle, Washington. Students read a fact sheet about the city and find...

Students use information from the Asia Society's AskAsia Web site to explore the cultures of China, Japan, and Korea. They answer four questions and then use what they have learned to write a letter of introduction to a Japanese exchange...

Young scholars explore the music alphabet. They step up from any letter of the musical alphabet. Students practice stepping up or skipping from various letters within the musical alphabet.

In this consonant rule vocabulary worksheet, students write the new words as "definition clues" are given by the teacher, unscramble the new words, and use words in sentences that show meaning. Worksheet has 4 sets of 7 words each, same...

In these vocabulary building worksheets, students learn the vocabulary words by completing the four pages of activities that include definition clues, word scrambles, sentence writing, and timed readings.

Students write and illustrate a sentence which names a letter of the alphabet. The sentence should have subject, verb, describing words, and incorporate alliterative techniques.

Students investigate the historical events surrounding The Trail of Tears. They write a letter that identifies the people, destination, events, and descriptions surrounding the timeframe. Students provide a written summary of the history...

Students study the vegetation and types of animals that live in the rainforest. They role-play their favorite rainforest animals and write letters from the viewpoint of their favorite animals. After writing their letters, they view a...

Pupils examine documents describing the experiences of survivors of the Great Chicago Fire, and write condolence letters.

In this writing worksheet, students participate in a variety of punctuation activities. For example, rewrite a text using correct punctuation and unscramble words to create sentences.

Young scholars compare and contrast travel in the 18th century with current methods of travel by participating in a simulated trip to Mount Vernon. In this US history activity, students write a letter to George Washington for permission...

Fifth graders apply the ABC format to write books about various states. They identify important people, places, and events and include title. copyright, and dedication pages. They have items for all letters and createcovers and "about...

Pupils create a dictionary of vocabulary after reading a story. Individually, they create a story web making sure to include all of the basic story elements. They also create a timeline and write a book report of all important events.

Students review parts of speech by using Inspiration. They brainstorm vocabulary that fit a Valentines theme. Students watch as the teacher demonstrates the parts of a cinquain poem. Students write their own poem and create a KidPix...

In this literacy and spelling worksheet, students fill in the missing letter in 100 essential words that are contained in a table. They write the correctly spelled word in a cell next to the word with the missing letter. They complete...

In this February and other words with tricky spellings worksheet, students use scrambled letters, definitions and a dictionary to identify 65 words with tricky spellings, then write them.  A list of more irregular words is included.

Students observe human health by analyzing different food groups. In this food pyramid lesson plan, students utilize the web to complete an interactive food pyramid game as well as research the nutrition encyclopedia. Students discuss...

Students write a story from the perspective of a water droplet on a journey through the water cycle. They use the 6+1 Traits writing method to focus on voice in the writing as they create characters that their water droplet has...

Students explore symbols by identifying public signage. In this public safety lesson, students view flashcards of everyday road, fire and food signs while discussing their function and purpose. Students record and identify road and...

Young scholars explore and compare hieroglyphic writing to the modern English alphabet through the creation of personal hieroglyphs.

Students discover how to write and send e-mail messages/letters. They correspond with other students of same age level in another geographic area on a social level.

Students explore abbreviations and acronyms. Students examine the difference between the two types. Students complete a worksheet, sorting words. They write a creative script containing abbreviations and acronyms.

Learners find words that begin with the letters in their own names, using a variety of sources including word banks and online dictionaries. They create an acrostic poem. Pupils revise poems as needed, for meaning and conventions. ...