In this holiday instruction worksheet, young scholars follow directions to make a toilet paper tube Advent wreath. They cover toilet paper tubes with construction paper and decorate it with greenery.

Help young scholars see the important role camouflage plays in the survival of animals with a fun science lesson. Starting with an outdoor activity, children take on the role of hungry birds as they search for worms represented by...

This creative cut and paste activity requires students to identify the colors red, brown, green and orange, as well as follow directions. Students color a group of shapes, and following the directions, paste each piece onto a sheet of...

In this Aboriginal art instructional activity, students create a work of art in the x-ray style of Australian art. They read a short paragraph about the history of the art form. They draw an example of the art that shows the bones of a...

Ensure that your kids don't even consider saying "Not me!" when it comes time to read by engaging them in this set of lesson plans based around "The Little Red Hen." The class reads the story together before starting in on additional...

In a multidisciplinary lesson plan, you will focus your instruction around the West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk while your little learners sing songs, play games, participate in a grand...

Looking for a set of resources to compliment a reading of The Mitten by Jan Brett? A fun winter resource has everything from story sequencing and writing prompts to a parts of speech sort and a mitten flap book. The activities are great...

One of the things that makes Bloom's Taxonomy so effective is that it works off different levels of understanding. Test your readers' knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation with these short questions....

Practice alliteration with a fun game! Kids match names to a best friend's name, and add something they both like. 

A two-day assessment challenges scholars to read an excerpt from the story, Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis then complete a series of exercises in preparation for a writing assignment. Day one includes an independent...

All revolutions in science and technology have both pros and cons. Kids examine the advent of the Green Revolution, nuclear growth and use, and the countries considered nuclear powers. They'll construct three responses to each of these...

In this writing instructional activity students learn how to write a great sentence. Students analyze 6 columns labeled with the parts of speech which have many word possibilities listed. Students choose one word from each column to...

In this Language Arts activity, students read about peppers and participate in a variety of related activities. For example, students create a chile pepper pattern.

Crafty sentence builders go beyond the plan old subject and verb construction and add details that make their sentences more exciting. This worksheet models how to add directional prepositions like beyond and toward to enliven writing. A...

In this flower coloring worksheet, students will color and cut out a flower pot, stems and flowers. Then students will arrange the flowers the way they want and glue to construction paper.

Provide these templates as aids for pupils as they work to compose summaries of both stories and informational texts. The first two frames provide sentence starters to help learners structure their summaries and include all the necessary...

A two-part assessment challenges scholars to gather information from reading then write an opinion piece. In part one, learners read, take notes, and answer text-related questions. In part two, participants use their new-found knowledge...

A performance task challenges scholars to read an informational text then respond with an explanatory essay. The exam begins with an independent reading of Seeing Eye to Eye by Leslie Hall. A second reading follows with the...

An assessment challenges scholars to read an informative text then respond with an explanatory essay. The exam begins as participants read a text passage twice then take notes, making sure to jot down key details. Following the...

In this writing learning exercise, students are instructed to cut picture pieces and glue them on the paper. Students then write a sentence on the lines for each word. Note: The pieces are not included on this learning exercise.

In this writing worksheet, students are instructed to glue word or picture pieces in spaces on the paper. Students write a sentence for each word. Note: Word or picture pieces are not included on this sheet.

Through grand conversation, help scholars identify issues that harm the Earth and find solutions on how to solve them. After voting—on what your class deems the most important problem—stretch writing muscles with a problem-solution...

In this cut and paste instructional activity, 1st graders color the various shapes and then cut each one out. Students paste the shapes on construction paper to make a kite.

In this pumpkin activity, students will practice lacing by using yarn with glue on the ends. Students will lace the yarn through holes punched on a picture of a pumpkin glued to construction paper.