Lois Lowry's The Giver is one of the most engaging and thought-provoking works of literature in the middle school curriculum. Round out your novel unit with a collection of reading activities, comprehension questions, memoir and...

The world in Lois Lowry's The Giver is one without pain or suffering. Similiarly, your classroom review of the novel can be painless with a simple and straightforward crossword puzzle that covers characters, details, and setting...

Pupils 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. Pupils develop a personal timeline of...

What types of questions help readers learn the most? Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders learn how to ask four types of questions from the Question Answer Response (QAR) reading strategy to help grow their comprehension of Touching Spirit...

Give the ultimate gift this holiday season: Christmas-themed math skills! Young gift givers calculate the amount of wrapping paper that should be used for a particular wrapping method.

In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Lei Day. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.

Whether you're celebrating Australia Day or would like to introduce your young learners to the history of Australia and its indigenous peoples, this coloring sheet is a great way to start the conversation.

Support math instruction with a 30-problem arithmetic worksheet that lends its focus to times tables. Leaners practice 1 through 12 with a straightforward math drill.

Reinforce addition and subtraction with a 30-problem arithmetic learning exercise in which scholars add and subtract numbers between one through 10. 

First graders solve the sums up to 10 using the mental math strategy of number bonding. Thirty different addition facts on the worksheet allow for plenty of practice.

Teach vocabulary in this quick game to vocabulary skills game. Divide the class into two groups, give them clues to a particular word, each team has sixty seconds to identify the vocabulary word. Words can be arranges to include...

Get to talking with your special needs class. In pairs, they take turns telling each other where to go on a schematic map. They work to ask questions, answer questions, and check if their partner understands their directions, or if he...

Seventh graders examine the characteristics of philanthropists.  In this cross- curricular lesson plan, 7th graders evaluate the character traits of people from a film. Students write a metaphor about responsibility to community.

Second graders identify adjectives and brainstorm adjectives that may be used to complete sentences. Students draw pictures and describe them using adjectives. The teacher and students participate in an activity where they ask...