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Using Short Stories to Teach Vocabulary and Literary Terms
Learners apply vocabulary activities to two short stories in order to increase their comprehension skills. They complete three lessons in which they examine irony, examine how it is used in text, and design an ironic skit. Also, the look...
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3D Food Guide Pyramid
Students create their own 3D Food Guide pyramid. In this health science lesson, students assess their eating and exercise habit. They design a healthy meal plan and exercise to incorporate in their lives.
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Journey to Tibet
Students create "Culturegrams" from the library and travel guides provided during class. They use the library and PC lab during study hall to work on a PowerPoint presentation and show the PowerPoint to the class to describe your trip.
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The Electron Microscope
In this microscope learning exercise, students read about how the electron microscope was created and how it works. Based on the reading, students complete 2 short answer questions.
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Changing Roles in Africa: Traditional vs. Modern
For this African culture worksheet, students read a selection about the role of tradition on modern Africa and then respond to 7 short answer questions. Students also complete a Venn diagram.
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Lesson on Education for Global Peace
Fifth graders explore the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In this human rights lesson, 5th graders create their own country, country flag, and charter of rights and freedoms after they have studied the Canadian Charter of Rights...
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Our Town Store
Students purchase items in their classroom store. In this money lesson plan students create a classroom store. The students have a given amount of money and have to decide if they have enough to purchase the items that they would like to.
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Flower Reproduction
Fifth graders examine the cycle of flower reproduction. They listen to a poem about a bee, observe and examine flowers in small groups, and develop a class KWL chart. Students then read about flower reproduction in their textbook, and...
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Birds of Wetlands Facts Table Activity
In this birds of wetlands worksheet, students create a table on the internet to insert facts of the birds in the wetlands. Students make a table for 9 birds.
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Produce a Nonfiction Text
For this language arts worksheet, students look for the facts and create several nonfiction texts while including useful information for the reader.
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Words With Short "a"
In this recognizing words pronounced with short "a" instructional activity, 2nd graders spell, unscramble, and create sentences using the short "a" vocabulary words add, land, shall, glass, wrap, and catch. Students complete eighteen...
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B For Bear
In this recognizing words beginning with the letter b worksheet, students unscramble a word, write sentences about teddy bear's location using prepositions, create words from "teddy bear", and complete a word search. Students answer 4...
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I See Purple
In this recognizing the color purple worksheet, students create a booklet showing every day objects that are the color purple by cutting and pasting pictures on pages with corresponding sentences. Students complete 10 pages.
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Creating a Peace Place
Students, in pairs, explore how to set up and use a "Peace Place," which is a special place to go to center themselves when they are upset or angry.
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Creating a Short Story
Students examine how to outline their story, to write a story and then edit their work. They illustrate their story using drawing features like squares, circles, and other shapes or a drawing program if they have it on the computer.
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Word Families (Est)
For this word families worksheet, students create words that contain the letters 'est.' Students then select words that end in est to complete each sentence. Students create 8 words and finish 8 sentences.
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Get Ready for School, Charlie Brown!
First graders demonstrate how to complete the activity "Rhyme Time with Lucy", use the LCD Projector for large screen previewing. Each student need to complete the activity "Rhyme Time with Lucy".
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Descriptive Writing About a Picture
First graders word process a topic sentence, two detail sentences and a concluding sentence about an image. They import a picture and change the font color of their writing.
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A, An, The and Prepositions Assessment
In this articles and prepositions activity, students complete 10 sentences using the articles a, an or the. Students then complete 10 sentences using a preposition from the word box.
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Punctuating Dialogue
Pupils punctuate sentences containing dialogue. In this dialogue lesson students solve and create sentence puzzles which are sentences cut into individual parts.
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Economics: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
First graders explore the idea of an economy by reading a children's story. In this consumerism lesson, 1st graders read the story If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and discuss goods provided by people in a community. Students create...
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Mardi Gras Madness
CStudents create a sensory chart in on the topic of Mardi Gras. They design a brainstorm web using Inspiration and complete creative writing assignment. Students write a poem about Mardi Gras that is presented to the class at the final...
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Giving and Taking Directions (Middle School)
Students describe the difference between a declarative sentence and a command. They complete a diagram verbs, prepositions and numbers. They follow directions on a map and create directions of their own to another location.
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Quiz 1A: Nouns Used as Adjectives
In this grammar activity, students complete the sentences with nouns that modify other nouns. There are 10 sentences to complete.