Students work together to research a historical event. They create their own poems based on their research. They share their poems with the class and discuss the historical event further.

Students study Bearden's style of collage and create their own collage that reflects their neighborhood. They are read "The Block" and poems about neighborhoods and write one about theirs.

Students explore public signage and create positive message signs. In this social interactions lesson, students explore their own neighborhoods for examples of positive, negative, and neutral signage and use this knowledge to create...

Students investigate the idea of community by taking a field trip.  For this civics lesson, students participate in a supervised walk around their neighborhood while identifying characteristics and objects that make their home town...

Students analyze House on Mango Street. In this House on Mango Street activity, students complete a pre-reading activity for vignettes from the story. Students follow with lessons about self definition and identity, friendships,...

In this language arts activity, students complete activities such as reading, writing high frequency words, finding long o words, fill in the blanks, and short answers. Students complete 4 activities.

Students identify how their school has changed. In this local community lesson, students listen to a brief history of their town and school and interview someone that graduated from their school. Students then create a map of their...

Students explore structures in a big city.  In this big city lesson plan, students become familiar with vocabulary about big cities through songs graphs, and hands-on art. Students practice phonic sound /M/.

How, when, where, why. After a brief explanation of the types of additional information adverbs supply about verbs, kids circle the adverbs in a group of sentences and label the type of information provided.

Winter, spring, summer, and fall! Every season is covered in a 14-page list of writing prompts. Included are story starters, reflection questions, poetry topics, and more.

A world without adjectives would be a sad place indeed! Make sure adjectives stay around by teaching your class about what they are and how using them can make a boring story truly interesting. Learners put this idea into practice by...

Suggestions for interview topics with question prompts, scavenger hunts, oral presentations, and reading and writing prompts abound in this 11-page packet of activities for English language learners. ESL worksheets are also included...

Considering a unit study of American Musical Theatre? What better way to start than at the very beginning. Eight pairs of cards provide class members with background information about the genre from 1893 through 2004. The cards are...

Commas can be complicated. Help learners achieve a greater understanding of comma usage with this handout, which includes two different comma activities. Following given directions, young writers punctuate provided sentences and combine...

What is a preposition? You can't possibly understand prepositional phrases without first learning prepositions. Start by reading the informative paragraph at the top of the page. An example is also included. This is a great introduction...

The power in this worksheet is in the detailed answer sheet that explains precisely why one answer is the best response to the question. There are explanations that serve as models for how to approach sentence completion exercises. The...

Kids will observe, write, and create as a way to better understand the work of artist Fred Tomaselli. Guided by great critical thinking questions, learners will first analyze the piece Field Guides. Then, they will write a creative...

Stressed? Stressed students? Check out a lesson that includes a checklist of causes of stress, suggestions for ways to deal with stress, and a role-play activity. Definitely worth a look.

The attached resource is no lie! The K-W-H-L activity, which is fourth in a series of seven, serves as a pre- and post-assessment. First, pupils brainstorm what they know about a specific topic, then they list what they want to know, how...

Five vocabulary activities help kids to put words into context while reinforcing their definitions. They find synonyms and antonyms, finish analogies, and use context clues to study ten words on the list.

Have your young learners practice using higher-order thinking skills by engaging in this problem-solving activity. They work in cooperative groups to solve problems, and list ways to address a variety of challenges. They explain their...

Finding a topic that engages young writers can be difficult. The four prompts offered by this resource focus on pets. Whether it be writing a story about an imaginary pet or about preparing for a pet, your pupils will find something here...

In this culture worksheet, students answer ten short-answer questions about their own culture then write about the major cultural influences in their lives.

Learners create a symbol to represent their classroom community. In this community lesson plan, students discuss what their classroom community is like and create symbols in groups to present to the rest of the class.