In this Romeo and Juliet activity, students read 5 passages from Romeo and Juliet and identify the speaker, explain the significance of the excerpt in terms dramatic devices, plot development, character revelation, thematic significance,...

Third graders discuss ways to be kind to the Earth. In this conservation lesson, 3rd graders listen to the story And Still The Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callalhan. They compare how the early people treated the Earth to how we...

Young scholars create "little clouds" after reading the story "The Little Cloud" by Eric Carle in this cross-curricular Art and Language Arts lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The author suggests using this with a "Raindrop...

Students play a musical Alphabet game after listening to the book "Alphabet Letters" by Rolando Merino in this Language Arts lesson for early-elementary classrooms. The lesson includes an idea on how to evaluate student comprehension.

In this language arts learning exercise, students learn 50 Level 1 Dolch basic sight words. Students cut apart the 8 flashcards per page and study the words, which are in alphabetical order. There are no directions for use of the cards.

Students analyze song lyrics and discuss Faust theme in musical history. In this thematic activity, students view a film clip and create a song lyric, poem or short story developed around the Faust theme. Students perform or present...

Fourth graders study the economy of Jamestown. In this early settlers lesson, 4th graders read about the trade between the English and the natives in Jamestown. This lesson is part of a larger unit and coincides with the novel The Double...

Fourth graders assess the development of animal husbandry, outline it in detail as well as arrange the steps in sequential order. In addition, they discuss how certain animals came to be domesticated, concentrate to research on one of...

Young scholars read "the Very Hungry Caerpiller" by Eric Carle and create their own caterpillers using the same art techniques found in the book in this excellent early elementary activity. Included with the activity is a vocabulary list...

Learners evaluate comments submitted by young people regarding teenage criminals. They plan a new approach to young offenders and explain their ideas as a poem or rap lyrics.

Young scholars work in small groups to illustrate a story board of a folktale. They develop the meaning of a trickster as a humor device in folktales by listening to several about Leprechauns and the Coyote of Native American tales. They...

For this early childhood traceable "V" worksheet, learners practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters by following the arrows.

In this early childhood traceable "U" worksheet, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters by following the arrows.

In this early childhood traceable "E" activity, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters by following the arrows.

In this early childhood bugs word scramble worksheet, students unscramble the name of each bug that goes with each picture on this worksheet.

In this early childhood traceable "A" worksheet, learners practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters by following the arrows.

In this early childhood traceable "X" learning exercise, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace uppercase and lowercase letters by following the arrows.

In this early childhood recognizing same things worksheet, students look at the first summer picture in each row and then circle the summer picture on the other side that is the same as the first.

In this early childhood traceable "W" worksheet, students practice handwriting skills and letter recognition as they trace 5 uppercase and 6 lowercase letters and following the arrows.

In this early childhood cryptogram puzzle worksheet, students match the summer pictures with the letters in the key and using it to solve the puzzle.

In this early childhood missing vowels worksheet, student look at the summer pictures and then determine the missing vowels in each summer word and write them on the lines provided.

In this early childhood beginning sounds worksheet, students learn to recognize beginning letters of words as they look at the pictures of the elephant, lion, octopus and sun on the page and choose from the letters in a box associating...

In this early childhood beginning sounds worksheet, students learn to recognize beginning letters of words as they look at the pictures of the ball, goat, money, octopus and zebra on the page and then draw a line to the letter each item...

In this early childhood beginning sounds phonics worksheet, learners draw a line from pictures of the umbrella, tire, lion, apple, and fan on the page to the letter it begins with on the other side of the page.