What kinds of questions could be asked with different pieces of literature? Use QAR questions to help your middle schoolers develop the skills to find information in a text. Thorough directions, a text excerpt, and a set of reading...

Conduct research on the Internet about labyrinths and mazes to learn about proportions and ratios. Inquisitive minds design their own maze, one maze is chosen and proportionately enlarged to 20 feet by 30 feet. This is a fun challenge...

Explore mathematics by analyzing images. As they view pictures on the SMART Board, individuals must write corresponding algebraic equations. They utilize models to visualize the math expressions.

A different-than-normal problem that allows learners to practice their reasoning to find an answer. The problem bases itself off a graph drawing of a store that needs to install security cameras. The challenge is to find which placement...

Look no further for St. Patrick's Day-themed math and literacy practice worksheets. Math skills allow for practicing counting to 100 by 5s, 10s, and 1s, as well as 10 more or 10 less, writing numbers in word and standard form,...

The classroom becomes a safe and inclusive place for your ELLs as they create documents about their lives. Learners create, read, and present story books based on their own personal experiences. They use digital cameras to take...

The apostrophe is a punctuation mark that is often incorrectly-used. This short, but effective, presentation addresses that fact. One way to use them is when showing possession in writing. Learners are coached on when to use possessive...

What time does the bus get to State Street? The only way to find out, is to read a handy time-table, or bus schedule. This presentation provides ample practice to get learners ready to catch any mode of transportation on time. A great...

Explore narrative writing by participating in a role-playing activity. In this perspective lesson plan, learners define first and third person in writing and discuss how it changes the mood of the reader. The first activity has pupils...

Students practice solving very basic number sentences and recording their answers on a worksheet. Individually, they use different manipulatives to represent the sentence they solved. They also explain what steps were taken to solve...

Students practice planning budgets as they create a budget for ten employees of a company to attend a professional convention. They use the Internet, and spreadsheet software to complete their assignment.

In this grammar worksheet, students practice working with the words been and gone. Students complete sixteen sentences with the words been or gone and write four sentences of their own.

Students raise money to purchase milkweed plants for their butterfly garden. For this gardening lesson, students listen to the story Miss Rumphius to determine why it is important to plant milkweed for butterflies. Students develop a...

In this just and only worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the word just or only. Students complete 14 sentences and write 4 sentences on their own.

Students identify examples of private resources. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and identify the private resources the characters used in the text. Students name private resources that can help...

In this subtraction worksheet, students complete a total of 10 problems, finding the value of x [missing number] to solve. A reference website is given for additional resources.

In this dinosaur worksheet, students make a dinosaur card out of index cards, push pins, scissors, and more. Students also answer 4 questions.

In this various words and phrases worksheet, students complete the sentences with various words and phrases. Students fill in the blanks for 10 sentences total.

Students investigate where scientists find dinosaur bones and decide why rebuilding them is important. They create a scale model of a dinosaur.

In this consonant clusters worksheet, students fill in the missing initial blends for the words. Students fill in cr, gr, fr, pr, tr, and dr to make each word match the picture. Students find nine different words.

In this online interactive New Hampshire learning exercise, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit what they know about the state. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this English exercises:  activities to teach peace worksheet, 5th graders listen the the song Together, interactively select 13 words to complete the lyrics, read a quote, explain it and draw a picture about it, make a peace...

In this foreign language worksheet, students find the vocabulary words for Spanish and the words appear to be missing. One should try the links at the bottom of the page.

Students read classic children's books. In this Dr. Seuss lesson, students read the Seuss classics The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs & Ham and Horton Hears a Who. Students create models based on story characters and discuss the...