Students construct a four-line poem to be used on the inside of a Valentine's Day card. They use a digital camera to show themselves to their "buddies" (local nursing home patients) who receive the cards on Valentine's Day.

Sixth graders create human sentences in this hands-on activity to practice using comas correctly when punctuating dates in sentences.

Young scholars in fourth grade pair up with students in second grade to edit writing convension.

Students write a friendly letter to an Alien Pen Pal including details about the planet Earth.

Second graders explore how people find out about history. They use previously gathered research to produce tourist pamphlets that highlight historical county events.

Second graders, in groups, produce a Family Cookbook by bringing recipes from home.

Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding strategies, 3rd graders, working in groups, write sentences that could be read with expression. Each member of the group takes turns...

Fourth graders research an elected official of their choice. They complete a Five-Paragraph Boogie Test worksheets.

Sixth graders think about writing terminology as they rewrite a catalogue descriptioin of an item for sale.

Sixth graders create a travel brochure for a selected destination of their choice using information gathered from the Internet.

Second graders research facets of their community in order to create an informational brochure. After brainstorming ideas of what could be included in the brochure, student groups get information from the internet, the library or a...

During this lesson students will have the opportunity to learn the proper way to use quotations and commas. They will view information on the Internet and participate in online activities to help them master this concept.

This instructional activity focuses on the roles of all of the punctuation marks; it provides a video, small practices in various sections, and a punctuation self-check.