Scholastic
Will He See His Shadow? Groundhog Day Activities
What a fantastic collection of activities for celebrating Groundhog Day! This resource includes a variety of holiday reading selections, groundhog facts, links to printables, story comprehension lessons, and much more!
NEST Family Learning
Thomas Edison: Resource and Activity Book
What other inventions was Thomas Edison responsible for besides the telegraph and lightbulb? Incorporate a set of worksheets into your study of Edison and other inventors. The 48-page packet includes all types of activities from word...
Curated OER
Chicken Soup with Rice Extension Activities
After reading Chicken Soup with Rice, by Maurice Sendak, incorporate some of these great extension activities into your lesson plan. Ideas include focusing on knowing the months of the year, or studying the illustrations and how...
K12 Reader
5th Grade Master Spelling List
Here's a spelling program that includes 36 lists of 21 words and 20 suggestions for weekly activities. Each list includes common and proper nouns, sight words, academic vocabulary, and words built on a specific Greek roots.
Curated OER
Sea Turtle Alphabet Activity
In this sea turtle alphabet activity worksheet, learners examine the 9 words pertaining to sea turtles and list them in alphabetical order on the lines provided.
Curated OER
Here's an Instant Activity for February 15, 2010
Second graders complete a spelling activity to learn how to spell plural words. In this plural words lesson, 2nd graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher and then a worksheet to spell plural words.
Curated OER
FEBRUARY WORD SCRAMBLE
In this word scramble worksheet about the month of February, students are given eleven scrambled words to decode. An answer sheet is included.
Anti-Defamation League
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas became a quick hit in the young adult literature genre before its adaptation in the 2018 film of the same name. Use a thorough lesson, discussion guide, and series of activities to discuss the social...
Curated OER
"Chicken Soup with Rice" Activity Card Worksheet
In this months of the year activity worksheet, students cut out picture cards associated with the story, "Chicken Soup with Rice." They glue the cards into a table that is labeled with the months of the year. They re-read the story to...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Civil Rights Leaders
A unit focuses on Civil Rights leaders. Scholars read or listen to an informational text about Susuan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, and other...
Steered Straight
Marijuana Awareness
February is Marijuana Awareness Month, and a set of interdisciplinary activities can make your class aware of the social, medical, legal, and psychological effects of marijuana. With writing prompts, research opportunities, and...
Breaking News English
More People to Stick to New Year's Resolutions
What makes a good New Year's resolution? Practice goal-setting and reading comprehension with a set of language arts activities. English learners work on cloze passages, synonym matches, interviewing exercises, and...
Curated OER
February 2010 Calendar-Coloring
In this calendar coloring activity, students color pictures on a February 2010 calendar and answer 1 question given on the calendar. Worksheet is part of a site with additional links, there are 12 calendars total.
Curated OER
Report Writing: Athletes and Gravity
Using the fascinating topic of extreme sports, learners are prepared to research and write a report. Unfortunately, most of the Internet links for the research are no longer valid, but the lesson can still be implemented by having pupils...
Curated OER
Here's an Instant Activity for February 18, 2008
Fifth graders complete a spelling activity to practice spelling with suffixes. In this suffixes instructional activity, 5th graders complete an instant spelling activity as well as a worksheet to help them add suffixes to words.
Curated OER
Here's an Instant Activity for February 19, 2007
Sixth graders complete a writing sentences activity using words that contain Latin roots. In this Latin roots lesson, 6th graders write words containing Latin roots. Students then write the words into sentences.
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Here's an Instant Activity for February 16, 2004
Fourth graders complete a spelling activity that also improves their proofreading skills. In this spelling lesson, 4th graders read a list of words and proofread to find the word spelled correctly in each row.
Poetry Foundation
Dream in Color — Middle School
Celebrate diversity with a toolkit designed to inspire young poets to develop their own voices. After examining poems by African American poets, individuals craft their own poetic stories. The packet features poems by Gwendolyn Brooks,...
Curated OER
Literacy Activity: The Perfect Pet
Students develop their listening skills as they listen to the book The Perfect Pet. In this reading lesson, students listen to the book, and then talk about the pets they have. Then they make a graph as a class of all their pets.
Curated OER
Love To Langston
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Love To Langston. For this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...
Curated OER
Lewis and Clark's Journey West: A Timeline Activity
Students complete a scavenger hunt which highlights events on the journey by Lewis and Clark. Using the internet and journals, they identify events on the journey and places them on a timeline. They complete a worksheet as well to end...
Curated OER
Using Words as a Way into Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief
Use the Visual Thesaurus to predict the subject matter of Rick Riordan's book The Lightning Thief. A pre-reading activity encourages middle schoolers to use context clues and word meaning to discover what the book is about. After...
Digital Public Library of America
The Poetry of Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou's work reflects her passion for life, civil rights, and justice for all. A collection of 12 primary sources provide scholars with insight into this amazing woman. The set includes photographs, articles, recordings of...
Scholastic
Jackie Robinson
Learners complete a six-page coloring book featuring Major League Baseball's first African American player, Jackie Robinson. To bring the pages to life, scholars follow directions adding color and pictures where directed.