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Understanding Idioms
For this language arts worksheet, learners discover that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Students read 10 idioms and match them with their meanings from a word bank.
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Animal Similes
In this ESL animal vocabulary worksheet, students examine pictures of 7 animals. Students read similes that are incomplete; the animal names will be used to make the simile complete. Example: as blind as a (bat).
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Idiom Choices
In this idioms review instructional activity, students answer 10 questions that require them to identify the commonly used idiom and explain what it means.
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Idiom Sentence Maze
In this idiom sentence maze worksheet, students use problem solving skills to work their way through the maze by stringing together idiom sentences.
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Common Idioms 1
In this language arts worksheet, pupils learn that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious. Students match the 10 idioms to their meanings.
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Money Figure Research
Students practice researching facts, particularly using the Internet. They find facts on people who are and were featured on United States coins and bills and also record what sources they used in conducting their research.
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Spring Similes
Students write similes with a partner. In this spring similes instructional activity, students discuss the season an write a story using a minimum number of similes.
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At the Dinner Table: A Foreign Language Lesson
Students name dinner-table utensils in the foreign language being taught. In this foreign language vocabulary lesson, students create a restaurant table setting with labels to learn vocabulary of the table in the language they are studying.
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Fall Similes
Students create descriptive autumn similes and write them on fall-themed paper. They first write the autumn simile, and then arrange the plants around the border of the paper. They use natural plants which must be pressed.
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Busy As a Bee
Students define the term 'simile,' write their own similes using the words as or like, and work cooperatively to write similes. In addition, students write stories that include similes and illustrate picture books that contain similes.
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Almost Famous: Three People Who Aren't in the History Books
Enrich your history lessons with books about three little known figures: Thomas Banning, Annie Taylor, and Tony Sarg.
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Baked Polymer Clay 3D People Portraits
Students discuss methods of building forms with clay (ball and variations, snake, flat sheets). They draw a stick figure of what their sculpture may look like, including correct figure proportion.
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Pilgrims: The First Americans
Fifth graders become familar with the pilgrims and first Thanksgiving through essays about important people of the time. In this Thanksgiving activity, 5th graders choose an important figure from the time of the Pilgrims and write...
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Master Spy
Students explain that a code is a system of symbols, letters, words, or signals that are used instead of ordinary words and numbers to send messages or to store information. They practice deciphering a variety of secret codes used in...
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Describing Trends
In this describing trends activity, students read information about broadcast TV plus cable and satellite TV, observe an annual use of the media graph and describe the trends. Students also read a text about advertising, interpret a...
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George Washington Carver
Students learn and research the life of George Washington Carver. In this historical figures lesson, students read a book on George Washington Carver, discuss his character and the challenges he faced in becoming a botanist. ...
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Thanks Be To You
Students research U.S. history by completing a worksheet activity in class. In this historical figure lesson, students identify the contributions and risks taken by the former African-American leader Martin Luther King Jr. Students read...
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Funky Illuminated Fairy Tales
Students create their own fairy tale. In this book making lesson, students write a fairy tale and turn it into a book. They use decorated initials and borders to make it look like an illuminated manuscript.
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Yikes! An Interjection!
In this grammar activity, students learn about using interjections in sentence writing. They then use what they learned to answer 9 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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Introducing Biographies-Getting to Know You
Young scholars study biographies as a nonfiction genre while examining a variety of examples. Next, they access and complete an online tutorial about biographies. They choose one person that interests them to conduct further research...
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Tell a Totem Story
Students study and view pictures of Native American totem poles on the internet. They create totem poles using PowerPoint that represent their family histories using symbols to designate historic events.
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Creative Writing Poem
Fifth graders write poetry using imagery and practice poetry presentation. In this poetry lesson, 5th graders listen as the teacher reads a humorous poem using different voice modulations and presentation techniques. They discuss the...
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Bio-Poems and U.S. History
Students explore U.S. History by writing poems. In this United States leader biography lesson, students identify elements needed to create a good poem, and write a Bio-Poem about themselves. Students utilize the same form to write a...
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Crossword Puzzle
For this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners complete the puzzle by using the clues listed. The crossword puzzle consist of 8 clues to solve.