Support your writers! Clear procedures and appropriate support make this a superb resource for elementary writing instruction. Ready your class to compose original descriptive paragraphs inspired by the episode in Roald Dahl's James and...

Learners explore parts of speech by collaborating in groups. In this verbs activity, students examine several boring sentences with their class and define verbs which can spice the sentence up. Learners collaborate in pairs to enhance...

Engage young ones and explain grammar with the folk tale Monkey and Rabbit Together. Using a list of verbs from the story, young readers work on verb participles and proper speech habits. The story itself is not included. Social studies...

Students investigate global geography by researching the country of Scotland. For this cultural investigation lesson, students view images of Scotland on a computer and listen to audio interviews about Scottish citizens. Students...

Help your class find their writing voices with this lesson which uses the work of Ralph Fletcher to guide a "Prompt in Reverse" activity. Using the chapter "First Pen" from Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams, learners decipher what they...

Learners illustrate as many nouns and verbs as they can in a limited amount of time. Students review all the words that they came up with. They help each other figure out which ones were right and wrong. Learners make a new list of nouns...

Fifth graders explore women's rights by discussing the events of WWII. In this American work force instructional activity, 5th graders identify the events that led to World War II and how women helped fight the war through non-violent...

Students explore technology by completing a worksheet in class. In this common machinery lesson, students define the different designs that make simple machines work such as wheels, pulleys and gears. Students utilize verbs to describe...

What is a homograph? Develop your students' vocabulary with a word association tool.   Language arts classes discover what a homograph is and how it can be used as a visual thesaurus. They discover the other uses for homographs...

Fourth graders come to the aid of others. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders acquire the skills for providing first aid for choking victims, including demonstrating the Heimlich maneuver.

Second graders read a story about Little D, a baby dragon, and how he interacts with the five food groups. They color, chant, pantomime, and discuss food groups after reading the story. They also consider causes and effects as they make...

Learners use the Internet to gather more information about the gadgets spies use on the job. They analyze cases in which spies were involved and modern security systems. There is a section in which they can ask questions.

Students view more video clips of Shakespeare's plays. They answer comprehension questions over the video. They are introduced to the language Shakespeare used as well.

Students gain an understanding of various literary devices and strengthen their vocabulary. In this Miss Alaineus lesson plan, students read the vocabulary tale, discuss the use of literary devices and choose from 4 possible culminating...

Students study the history of the light bulb and how an incandescent light bulb works.  In this electricity activity students complete several experiments on the light bulb.