Students will listen to a story of a boy with chicken pox and participate in a class discussion of chicken pox and what to do when you have a contagious disease. They will incorporate math by graphing who in the class has had the...

Students discover the six steps to use when reading to help know what is important. They then listen to the book, Tambourine Moon focusing on the important information and discarding unnecessary or repeating information. They then break...

Learners list characteristics of a brave and daring person and describe contributions that Amelia Earhart made to aviation. They describe how Amelia Earhart contributed to the advancement of women.

Students investigate the virtue of kindness and giving by conducting a children's literature study of "The Giving Tree". They make a list of words to describe emotions in the story and write a journal daily while looking at the virtues...

Students compare and contrast their life to that of children in Africa. In this multicultural lesson, students read the book A Country Far Away and list ways that their life is similar to the children in Africa.

Students read the book The Secret Birthday Message and review how the boy had to follow directions in order to find his present. In this following directions lesson plan, students list the set of directions and then write their own...

Learners read the book, The Mitten and make a list of animals that moved into the mitten. In this literature lesson, students discuss why we like to have nice, warm places to live, and what happens when there isn't enough space for...

Students explore how to use maps for travel. In this map skills lesson, students read the text, With Love from Gran and discuss the places the character traveled. Students list the names of each city and country on chart paper.

Young scholars identify why trees are important. In this environmental lesson, students read the book The Giving Tree and list reasons why humans need trees. Young scholars create a storybook to explain why other natural resources are...

Young scholars draw a picture of an African city that includes places similar to those found in U.S. cities. After listening to Somewhere In Africa, students identify places or buildings from the book and apply them to the creation of...

Students examine the use of apostrophes. From a given reading, students locate all words with apostrophes. Using these words as examples, students discuss rules for using apostrophes. Students match a person an an object from a list...

Third graders read and hear stories by the author, Dav Pilkey and research the list of books written by this author. They become illustrators to the novel "Captain Underpants: An Epic Novel," then they create a timeline of their lives...

Fourth graders read the book "The Sign of the Beaver". As a class, they identify the problems in the story and predicting what they think is going to happen next. Individually, they examine the cause and effect relationships and...

In this missing words worksheet, students fill in the blanks in two passages from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" from the word list given.

Students watch and discuss films. In this video viewing lesson, students watch a film related to a  different topic every Friday. Students watch these films in order to encourage discussion and Internet research. Suggested film...

In this language arts letter b worksheet, students choose a homework activity from a list of four choice. There are directions provided for each choice.

In this action verbs worksheet, students look at a list of 4 words and circle the action verb and cross out the other words. Students complete 14 problems.

Pupils read an "All Day Nightmare" by R.L. Stine. They use the interactive book to choose the plot at the end of each chapter. They also complete an open-ended story.

Third graders explore where South Africa is and then research details about the country to fully assess the background to the book, "At the Crossroads." They receive a map of Africa and color in the country of South Africa and list five...

Students explore kind behavior. In this values development and literacy instructional activity, students listen to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, then generate a class list of ways the tree helped the boy and ways in which the boy...

Fifth graders use maps of Florida. They locate places from a list on their map. Students use the places mentioned in the book, "To Walk the Sky Path," and locate them on the map. Students should have labeled a minimum of 10 places, and...

Children study similes, synonyms, and antonyms and identify examples in the book Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood. They write short stories about themselves using antonyms, synonyms, and comparisons of themselves to animals. They draw...

Fifth graders explore the positive and negative consequences of choosing to fight against discrimination. They read the story of Rosa Parks. Students discuss the movement against segregation. Students read other books about...

Students are read a book about aboriginal perspectives. They answer questions and practice words with the letter "g". They participate in math drills practicing their counting as well.