Students participate in fluency activities related to farm animals. They discuss counting sheep and view clips from the video "Babe." They create a short dialogue between Babe and Fly. They role play as animals providing the sounds...

Students summarize information taken from the internet about animal character's from the story, "Charlotte's Web." Questions are created, answered, and entered into a book about the animal of their choice.

Students complete various activities to investigate  farm animals. In this farm animals lesson, students sing the song 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm,' and listen to sounds farm animals make. Students color pictures for farm animals and...

In this novel analysis worksheet, students use the various sections with online links to complete activities about the novel 1984. Students explore domestic surveillance, the U.S. Patriot Act, online privacy, advertising, doublespeak,...

In this book title vocabulary worksheet, students match a set of 12 authors and famous book titles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Here's a fascinating take on a three-year honors, AP language, and AP literature course. Designed for teachers, the presentation suggests how to connect Tolkien's classic to the AP English canon. Very thought-provoking and definitely...

What do a bird and a shark have in common? Work on r-controlled vowels with a phonics matching game. Kids examine the 12 words on a game board, then add the card that has the correct matching r-controlled vowel. 

For this literature analysis worksheet, students read Animal Farm and complete a trial activity project based on the characters of the animals vs. Napoleon.

Students investigate music appreciation by completing worksheets. In this musical arts lesson, students complete worksheets in which they identify different musical instruments, the sounds they make and the family of instruments they...

Students define allegory and discuss its use in visual arts. They identify and explain allegorical themes in a number of images.

Students define allegory and discuss its use in the visual arts, examine paintings from various time periods and identify allegorical themes in them, and explain what makes an image allegorical.

Young scholars participate in an after school program that promotes making decisions, getting along with others, decision-making, and being responsible. A pet survey is administered along with a variety of pet riddles with the students....

Students explore biology by participating in a dietary habit activity. In this food chain lesson, students discuss their own diets and the animals we feed upon daily. Students create a poster demonstrating the animals that we feed upon...

Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...

Students work together in small groups to share their knowledge about apartheid in South Africa. They research the role of women in both traditional and contemporary African societies. They focus on such topics as employment, family, and...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the inspiration for this project-based learning activity. Kindergartners create a lifecycle chart for a butterfly with four sections: egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly. It is a three-dimensional...

The video "The Tales of Aesop" traces for viewers the history of fables and identifies their characteristics. The class then goes to the web site "The Fisherman and the Little Fish" where they examine the classic and a modern version of...

Students identify farm animals after receiving visual stimuli and a verbal prompt. They apply appropriate social language into her vocabulary base through group interaction with peers. They mimic a physical action when given a model.

Students complete a year-long unit for poetry and songs. In this poetry and songs lesson, students complete nine lessons for animal songs and animal poetry to improve their understanding of rhyme, rhythm, and poetry.

Students practice their reading comprehension by reading about sheep. They describe the characteristics of the animal and discover what type of clothing comes from them.

Students differentiate the differences of living on a farm or in a city. They do this with the use of coloring pictures and have group discussion about each picture to identify characteristics and identify where the picture is from. The...

Students follow directions regarding what colors farm objects should be colored. They identify various items pictured on provided worksheet that can be found on a farm or are made from farm animals. Finally, they match each color crayon...

Students take a field trip to a farm or observe pictures of farms and animals in the classroom. They paint a mural of a farm setting with animals. They practice phonetic skills with farm stories and songs. They explain how milk becomes...

Students identify Jane Goodall as a scientist who studies the behavior of chimpanzees. They listen to a biography of Jane Goodall and review the location of Africa. Then students participate in an animal observation activity.