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Hawaiian Leis
Third graders examine the Hawaiian culture through the different types of Hawaiian flowers and discover how to create Hawaiian Leis. Students make flowers out of tissue paper to create their leis.
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"Twelfth Night": What's so funny?
Students brainstorm and discuss elements of modern humor. They compare humor in their own lives to the humor that Shakespeare used in "Twelfth Night". They perform portions of "Twelfth Night" focusing on its humor.
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Creating a Clear, Accurate, Engaging Presentation
Students create a presentation that is clear, accurate, and engaging. They, as a class, develop the criteria by which their presentation be judged.
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Spooky Sound
First graders explore the concept of vowel digraphs. They distinguish between the sound made by one vowel and two vowels. Through listening, matching, and writing activities, 1st graders identify the sound in words and sentences they...
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Shh! It's Reading Time!
Students observe and demonstrate how to read silently. They discuss the "Cross-Checking" strategy, select a book for independent reading, and demonstrate silent reading. Students write a summary of what they have read in their reading...
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End of World War II
Ninth graders examine the results of the Yalta Conference on Europe after the war. They develop a PowerPoint presentation that compare the effects of World War I and World War II. They write a journal entry taking the point of view of...
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Vocab Quiz: Grade One Vocabulary List One
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 15 words in a list and draw lines to match them to the definitions in another column. Words are common sight words.
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Manuscript Letter Writing Eliminating Reversals
Students practice their writing by writing their name. They complete a timing exercise everyday on the letters they are having trouble with. They correct any mistakes they made each day.
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Introduction to Adverbs
Students categorize a list of words into various categories of their choosing. They notice patterns in the lists and discuss -ly words and adverbs. They practice adding adverbs to sentences.
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Grizzly Hibernation
Students explain why and how grizzlies hibernate. They make a den using cardboard boxes. They write a story told from a new-born grizzly.
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The Story Of American Freedom
High schoolers investigate the concept of American freedom with the use of primary sources of images in order to derive meaning. The images are used to inspire research and writing about historical scenes. The writing and analysis of the...
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Anti-bullying Poetry Competition
Students establish a list of correct words to use in a variety of situations. Students speculate on different forms of poetry. Students encounter different types of poetic techniques. Students write an anti-bullying poem.
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Early Explorers of America
Fifth graders examine a time line of early American explorers from England, Spain, and France. They trace exploration routes on maps and write reports about early explorers. Students view a laser disc presentation, Land of Opportunity...
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Alice in Wonderland
Students explore the contrasting movement characteristics of Alice, the White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts. In a circle students follow the teacher who introduces movement for the characters of the Alice, the White Rabbit and the Queen...
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Verb Tenses Test
In this verb tense learning exercise, students complete a 30 question test that includes making sentence negations by filling in the blank with the proper form of the given word. They fill in blanks using the proper form of the given...
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Verb Tenses
In this verb tenses worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 30 sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. It could be a positive or negative verb phrase.
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Verb Tenses
In this verb tenses practice worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 15 sentences with the correct form of the verb given in parentheses and use an appropriate form of the verbs in parentheses to complete a narrative paragraphs and ...
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Verb Tense Worksheet
In this verb tense worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 15 sentences with the proper form of the given verb. They use the proper verb form to complete the next 5 sentence groups. They write 10 complete sentences using sentence...
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Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
In this literacy and graphic organizer worksheet, students read a short fable entitled, "The Ant and the Dove." They fill in 2 cause and effect graphic organizers with relationships from the paragraph.
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Verb Tenses
In this verb tenses worksheet, students complete 30 sentences by filling in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
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Verb Tense
In this verb tense activity, students fill in the blank to sentences with the correct form of the verb given. Students complete 20 sentences and write 10 of their own.
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Verb Tenses
In this verb forms worksheet, students read 30sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given. Students then use 10 phrases in complete sentences.
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Verb Tenses
For this verb forms worksheet, learners fill in the blanks in 30 sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. Students then read 10 phrases or expressions and use each in a complete sentence.
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Verb Tenses
In these verb tenses worksheets, students read the 20 sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verb. Students then write a complete sentence using the expressions in italics for the 9 examples.