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Teaching Tip -Vocabulary procedure
Participants are introduced to a variety of procedures to teach vocabulary. They gain oral practice with creative adjectives. They offer various vocabulary presentations along with games and acting out the words.
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Word Art with King's Words
Learners investigate equality and racism by creating a word art project. In this civil rights lesson, students discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and create a word art project using the Internet site Wordle Web. ...
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The Call of the Wild Vocabulary Exercise
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match words to definitions and complete a word search for vocabulary from The Call of the Wild. Students complete 10 words for each exercise.
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Worksheet 5. Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary activity, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. There are 12 sentences to complete and each has 2 options to choose from.
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Worksheet 4: Vocabulary Review
Using this vocabulary practice sheet, learners identify the verb to use in the context and change it to its correct form. The 8 question activity requires some thought and helps students develop critical thinking and vocabulary...
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An Organic Work That Imitates Life
Students practice using organic and geometric forms while creating individual works of art. This creative art lesson incorporates Math concepts for a cross-curricular approach in the classroom.
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Natural Beauty: Looking Sharp
Students create covers for their "nature journals" using watercolor techniques and the artistic ideas of color, depth, and focal point. This instructional activity can be used in the Science or Art classroom and meets national standards...
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Applying Phonetic Principles
Young readers develop their phonetic skills by using a nifty tool called a word pocket. They use the tool to help them organize individual letters that they have at their desks to spell entire words and to construct beginning and ending...
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T Letter Ideas
Students participate in activities that begin with the letter "T". They also expand their vocabulary.
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U Letter Ideas
Learners participate in activities that begin with the letter "U". They also expand their vocabulary.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Ira Sleeps Over
Students read Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the ideas presented in the story. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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Worksheet 2. Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners choose the word or phrase that means the same as the word or phrase in bold in each sentence. There are 12 questions to answer.
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Worksheet 5. Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary worksheet, students choose the correct word from the options in parenthesis that completes the sentence. There are 20 sentences to complete on this worksheet.
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Worksheet 6. Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase from the word pool. There are 10 sentences to complete.
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Reading The Flag Maker
Young scholars explore The Flag Maker. In this reading comprehension lesson, students listen to the book The Flag Maker, making predictions and answering questions during the reading. Young scholars locate facts and opinions within the...
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"Q" Letter Ideas
Students participate in activities that begin with the letter q. They also expand their vocabulary.
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S Letter Ideas
Students participate in activities that start with the letter "S". They also expand their vocabulary.
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Moving Mountains: Big Ideas Start Small
Students read case study about three students who led fundraising efforts for tsunami relief, discuss key concepts and vocabulary, identify problems in their own school or community, and brainstorm ways to solve problems.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Shakespeare and Macbeth: The Story Behind the Play
Students read Shakespeare and Macbeth: The Story Behind the Play by Stewart Ross. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the play and Shakespearian culture. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing,...
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Back to School
In this language arts worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle about the beginning of the school year. The 15 clues include general school procedures and supplies.
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CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: EXAMINE EXPRESSIONS THROUGH PORTRAITURE
Students use a work or art as a springboard to a personal narrative or descriptive writing, create a collage to identify tone through art, and use inference to discern what might have caused an individual to feel the emotion that is...
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Ethnic Art: African. Mexican and Caribbean Perspectives
Students study artistic aspects of their culture. They compare ethnic cultures through arts and crafts and produce quality works of art from the knowledge that they have gained. They develop the vocabulary required to verbalize or...
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Son of a Gamblin' Man: The Life and Art of Robert Henri
Students bring baby pictures of themselves. They discuss composition in art and compare these to their pictures. Students discuss mood, and ways an artist creates mood. They create a triptych using their baby picture, a recent photograph...
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Child Care -- Arts and Crafts
Students continue their completion of the child care internet course. In groups, they examine the differences between arts and crafts and develop their own stations for their classroom. To end the lesson, they create their own art...