Students understand the rights and responsibilities of belonging to a community.For this citizenship lesson, students illustrate eight citizen rights and share them. Students define the meanings of nationality and responsibility.

Eighth graders define and use new vocabulary and identify the reasons why Native Americans captured Europeans during the colonial period. They write their own journal entries about the topic and explain the importance of journals as a...

Students explore poetry. They examine metaphors. Students discuss and write examples of "figurative" and "literal" language. They read mosaic poetry. Students write a poem in mosaic format.

In this hypothesis worksheet, students do a group activity in which to understand the meaning and creation of a hypothesis. Using flashcards and the given directions, students must create a group hypothesis.

Students interview their peers and teachers, in Spanish, about environmental issues. They write a response to their interviews and create a Venn diagram to identify similarities and differences between two cultural responses.

Young scholars describe their feelings through writing, art or music.

Students read the story, "The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connell. They discuss specific parts of the story with a group and put their lists on the board. They write a summary of the plot and setting of the story.

Third graders read the book Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips. In groups, 3rd graders answer questions about the story. They share their personal responses. Students write answers to some questions.

In this ESL weather vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different weather conditions. Students write a sentence for each that answers the question, "How is the weather today?" Note: The meaning of the page title...

Students create a personal clay vessel that has a specific use or meaning in their contemporary culture, which could be discerned through study by future archeologists and art historians.

Students research and write about the parts of a spider's body using educational software. They draw spiders using computer software.

Pupils examine the meaning of the term consumer surplus, and apply the concept to various scenarios.

Students compare and contrast versions of the "Golden Rule of Reciprocity" as it is stated in several major world religions. They write their own version of the rule.

Students examine the different perspectives of Igbo women. They simulate a silent debate in response to the question, "Is the Igbo society sexist?" They write their response to the question and exchange papers with their partner as the...

First graders practice writing full sentences. In groups, 1st graders play a game in which they build sentences using nouns, verbs and adjectives. They investigate how to put a sentence into a meaningful order.

Students identify subtle messages advertisers send (often unintentionally) about age in the course of trying to sell products; to analyze the consequences, both positive and negative, those messages have on the American audience; to...

Fifth graders find and display all possible pairs of flavors of ice cream and look for patterns in the results. They discuss strategies for finding all combinations of flavors. Students explain and write a description for the pattern...

Students examine the importance of silent reading before practicing the technique of visualization. They listen while the teacher leads they through a visualization exercise in which they imagine they are at the beach. Next, they...

In this Christmas word and picture matching worksheet, learners read 9 phrases pertaining to Christmas. Students match these to the pictures that illustrate their meanings.

In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict different kinds of foods. Students match these with the words that describe them. The meaning of the title is not clear.

For this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different weather conditions. Students match these with the words that describe them. The meaning of the title is unclear.

In this ESL action words worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people doing things. Students match the pictures to the verbs that describe them. The meaning of the page title is not clear.

Lensey Namioka’s Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear provides an opportunity for young readers to observe how writers bring their characters to life. Each class member selects a character to trace through the novel, recording...

Fourth graders understand the benefits of recycling. In this recycling literacy lesson, 4th graders read an article and identify the main idea. Students understand the process of transfer to the landfill and discuss how recycling helps...