Students develop their expository writing skills while integrating various other subjects. In this writing skills lesson, students complete 4 multiple activity lessons to improve their expository writing skills.

In this New York state language arts test worksheet, 4th graders complete activities such as reading passages, answering comprehension questions, writing, and more. Students complete 35 questions.

Young scholars examine the conditions necessary for cloud formation.  In this clouds activity students complete an activity that shows them atmospheric pressure.

First graders read and examine Dr. Seuss books, and create and write their own stories.

Students read "Green Eggs and Ham" in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and visit a storymaker website. Students create and type a three scene story using characters from Dr. Seuss's books and share their story with the class.

Fifth graders participate in a review game of geometry topics. In this geometry lesson plan, 5th graders use the "Eggspert" interactive classroom game system to review the geometry skills taught that week. Students work in teams to...

Fifth graders explore communication by analyzing manners. In this social skills lesson, 5th graders review the different forms of communication and how to present yourself in a phone conversation, face to face meeting, e-mail, etc....

Students write a cultural narrative. For this multicultural writing lesson, students create an expository narrative to teach others about their lives. Students complete the narrative and use a buddy editing strategy to revise their papers.

Fourth graders explore U.S. Geography by reading a timeline. In this Nevada history instructional activity, 4th graders identify the geographic location of Nevada and discuss the history. Students read the book S is for Silver: A Nevada...

Second graders write correct letters to their pen pals and improve their grammar, handwriting, capitalization, punctuation, and ability to construct complete sentences.

Students study about the stages of metamorphosis of a butterfly and then listen to and participate in the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The students then listen to the story in French and translate the French food words to English....

In this proofreading activity, learners rewrite a paragraph to correct various errors. Students must find and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.

Young scholars engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the introduction of The Cornell Notetaking System and the emphasis is upon the active learning that is involved. They discuss and demonstrate the six steps of taking Cornell...

Students write to describe a summer activity. They read a book about the seasons. They describe grab bag props and how they are used in summer.

Third graders examine the vocabulary and strategies to be used with addition, subtraction, and multiplication word and story problems. They observe the teacher solve a variety of problems, then write and illustrate their own original...

Ninth graders read and analyze The Odyssey. They apply note-taking skills to identify enemy, type of enemy, and traits demonstrated throughout the book. Students create a storyboard that illustrates the selected episode from the book...

In this scrambled sentences activity, learners make sentences using all words in a given set. Page has several links to additional activities and answers. 

Students discover how to write fables. In this writing skill lesson, students review the literary elements of fables and take all of the steps in the writing process to create their own fables.

Five brief readings with questions support practice with various literacy skills. In some cases, learners identify whether underlined words are spelled correctly. Other times, they answer reading comprehension questions about the text or...

In this language arts worksheet, students focus on the possessive form of nouns. Students respond to five multiple choice questions.

Discuss the importance of a lead in writing with your upper graders. They examine several examples of leads from literature and practice writing leads for pieces of artwork. They then select a topic from a list and write an introductory...

Learners investigate the properties of plastic eggs filled with solids, liquids, and gases and use these observations to hypothesize whether a chicken egg is hard-boiled or raw.

Double click that mouse because you just found an amazing lesson! This cross-curricular Ornithology lesson incorporates literature, writing, reading informational text, data collection, scientific inquiry, Internet research, art, and...