In this citizenship learning exercise, students complete a true/false checklist about being a good citizen and complete discussion questions after watching a referenced video. Suggestions for writing and activities are also given.

In this responsibility worksheet, students read a checklist about being responsible and complete discussion questions after viewing a referenced video. Suggestions for writing and students activities are also given.

Life science laureates choose a plant or animal cell to construct a model of as an at-home project. This handout provides guidelines, suggested materials, and a grading rubric for their reference. A full-page letter to parents is also...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is known for its fantastical imagery and nonsense verse. This unit plan offers a basic exploration into nonsense verse through poetry and teacher read-alouds. It incorporates activities involving...

A business letter may be the key receiving a job offer or making a major deal. A writing handout, part of a series of handouts on specific types and styles, shares some of the key components involved with writing a business letter. The...

Students review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they explore five steps/rules of summarizing. In groups, they read an article and then, using the summarization rules and skills, write an effective...

Second graders listen to the book, Pigaroom carefully. They create lists of animals that may be on the farm and then write their own books about farm life. They proofread their stories using editing checklists and exchange their paper...

Students examine the functions of earthworms and their effect on soil. They conduct an earthworm dissection lab, and complete a checklist.

Second graders use a checklist to construct a Geo-Town map including a compass rose, a map key, and a paragraph about a walk around Geo-Town, using appropriate geometric and directional vocabulary to identify the two-dimensional figures...

Sixth graders create a map to locate places on campus and share the map with another student. The other students use the map to locate certain places and validate for accuracy via a checklist. The parents use the completed map at open...

Third graders use a research checklist to gather information for a brochure of their local area. students then use a Brochure Data List and Brochure Rubric to edit their brochure. They discuss and revise and create their final brochure.

Pupils research where lead can be found in homes and industrial job sites, and the effects of lead on the human body. They conduct Internet research, develop a lead checklist to be used in the home or at work, and write a three-page report.

Young scholars practice the strategy of decoding words to advance from beginning readers to independent readers. They read and reread the book, "Sam the Garbage Hound," by Charnan Simon. Fluency checklists are kept for each child and are...

Fourth graders understand the bird identification by sight and sound. In groups of 3-4, they use binoculars, field guide, checklist, and pencil and hike around the pond and through the woods, pointing out birds along the way.

Students participate in a class discussion about wildfire and urban interfaces as well as risk of wildfire in the area in which they live. After reviewing a wildfire/urban interface fire safety checklist, a walking field trip is...

Pupils explore tangram vocabulary and tangram designs, creating an art design that contains various geometric parts. They complete a checklist titled, Important Thing About a Quilt Design.

Second graders follow a checklist and work together in groups to design a game. They present their games to the class including rules and safety issues and the class then votes and plays its favorite.

First graders work as a group to generate and play a game that displays an understanding of developmental level reading vocabulary based on a grade level checklist. This instructional activity really engages the creative side of your...

Fifth graders utilize strategies to solve a variety of problems and create problems of their own. They write explanations of problem solutions and using a checklist, evaluate themselves.

Students analyze and evaluate how they mentally organize information. They participate in a visualization exercise, create a sketch of a mental map of their neighborhood, state, country, and the world, and complete a Mental Map Checklist.

Students perform experiments to determine the nature of energy particularly in air, light and water. They conducted an energy audit using the Energy Audit Checklist and by looking at the school's bills for gas and power.

Students observe a video of a model classroom. In the video, children are creating a checklist outlining what makes a good number story. Students discuss teacher methods to ensure a task is accomplished. They discuss how to determine...

Second graders practice reading with expression. After discussing how reading with feeling and expression can enhance the text, 2nd graders listen as their partner reads a story with expression. Individual students use a checklist to...

Student increase their reading fluency using various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies , young scholars, working with a partner, complete an initial read of a novel text. With the instructor, they read complete a timed...