Students learn the importance of business writing, including content and presentation. They improve their usage of punctuation and commas.

Learners create punctuation marks using different sizes and shapes of macaroni. They show their understanding of proper use of quotation marks.

Students recognize and use coordinating junctions. They also explore subordinating conjunctions.

Students read and complete activities dealing with the book "Afternoon on the Amazon". They create webs of words used in the book and write about what they have read.

Learners get up close and personal with Black Bayou Lake. Visiting web sites and taking virtual tours, they write multi-paragraph essays using descriptive words and literary devices.

Eighth graders investigate varous writing skills as part of larger course of study. The lesson is essentially a rough guide for conducting a class for writing. The main focus of the plan is organizing ideas using various strategies that...

Students create birds using construction paper, pencils, scissors, glue, and heart shapes in this Art instructional activity for the elementary classroom. The instructional activity could be used for a Valentine's Day activity or for a...

Students identify a variety of animals that can be found at the zoo and select one to conduct research on. In pairs they conduct Internet research, complete a graphic organizer chart, and create a two slide PowerPoint presentation.

Students share important moments with their grandparents. Individually, they write one paragraph thanking them for being in their lives or for a specific event they have been involved in. They also identify ways they act like their...

Students create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and publish...

Students conduct research with the purpose of writing a report about the Titanic. They use a variety of resources. The students produce a written document that has plenty of documented information. They also compare the information that...

Students discuss American Presidents. They each complete research on one particular President and then, using a template, create a short biography (including a picture) about him. When all biographies are complete, they compile them into...

Fifth graders understand the effects of substance abuse and then in pairs, they use a KWL chart to assess their prior knowledge of drugs; healthy and unhealthy. Then as a whole group, 5th graders provide feedback and are introduced to...

Fifth graders are introduced to the text, LITERACY LINE viewing the contents page. They review the definition of explanatory writing; discussing the features used and complete a KWL chart to identify what they already know about how a...

Students review punctuation marks and their functions. They read a story, "Punctuation Takes a Vacation." Given flash cards of punctuation marks, students hold up the appropriate punctuation flash card during the story.

Students identify quotation marks and demonstrate the uses of quotation marks. They rewrite sentences without quotation marks and discuss how the meanings can change without the use of quotation marks. In addition, they make their own...

In this factoring learning exercise, students solve given equations through factoring. Students solve polynomial equations and place their answers in the space provided. This web page provides step-by-step instructions for each...

In this Alexander Graham Bell worksheet, learners review and discuss a set of key terms associated with Alexander Graham Bell and then locate and circle each term in a word search puzzle.

In this Albert Einstein worksheet, students research a variety of terms associated with Albert Einstein and then locate and circle those terms in a word search puzzle.

In this literacy worksheet, students take part in a variety of activities that are under the theme of Benjamin Franklin. They could be a word search or puzzle.

In this literacy worksheet, students work together to find the words that are necessary to solve the word search puzzle. Spelling is emphasized.

In this literacy worksheet, students solve a word search based upon the theme of baseball. They also have access to other puzzles that are related.

In this baseball terminology worksheet, learners brainstorm and discuss ten key terms associated with baseball and then complete a baseball word scramble worksheet.

In this literacy worksheet, students look for the answers to the activities that are based on the game of soccer. They include word searches and some other puzzles.