ReadWriteThink
A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: From Image to Detailed Narrative
A picture's worth a thousand words—and even more inspiration! A visual activity uses photographs to inspire writers. The process teaches aspects of narrative writing, such as point of view and characterization.
Lafayette Parrish School System
Teaching Tone and Mood
Tone and Mood are not synonymous! Introduce young readers to these literary devices with a series of exercises that not only point out the significant differences between the terms but also shows them how to identify both the tone and...
National Council of Teachers of English
Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme
Young scholars write rhyming poems using rebus. With pictures instead of words, authors create original work about things they love.
Illustrative Mathematics
Watch out for Parentheses
It is important for the algebra learner to understand the use of parentheses. Mathematicians of all levels can make errors with nested parentheses. This will give them some practice. It makes for a good class starter or quick assessment.
Illinois State Board of Education
Is It Linear?
Math apprentices are introduced to the components of a linear relationship. In groups, they write story problems that incorporate this relationship and relates to the real world. They give their problem to the class for them to solve.
Nemours KidsHealth
Smoking: Grades 3-5
Students discuss the pros and cons of smoking. For this smoking lesson, students navigate websites to find information on smoking and then participate in a discussion with specific discussion questions.
Nemours KidsHealth
Smoking: Grades K-2
Young scholars navigate websites to discover the reasons not to smoke. In this smoking lesson plan, students research and answer questions about the bad effects of smoking.
Nemours KidsHealth
Food Allergies: Grades K-2
Students explore different types of food allergies. In this food allergy lesson, students look at what foods people with peanut, seafood, milk, egg, soy or wheat allergies have to avoid. They create a button for a student with an allergy...
Nemours KidsHealth
Sportsmanship: Grades K-2
Students discover how to play sports fairly by role playing sports scenarios in class. In this sportsmanship lesson, students participate in a charades activity in which they act out a random event while the class decides if this is an...