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ESL: Intermediate Grammar 3
In this intermediate ESL grammar worksheet, young scholars type the correct tense of a given verb in a sentence, shown in parentheses. Students may click on a check answer an show answer button.
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Drop Everything And Read
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of decoding strategies to read silently. Each student selects a book for silent reading, and observe the teacher modeling silent reading strategies. Students then demonstrate their silent...
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Animals attributes
First graders analyze different animals in fiction and nonfiction stories. For this animal lesson, 1st graders choose an animal and read a fiction story with that animal as a character. They describe how the animal acted in the story and...
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Who is Harriet Tubman?
Second graders read A Picture of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler. For this Harriet Tubman lesson, 2nd graders explore the concept of slavery and discover how Harriet helped free slaves in the past. The book is read out loud. They...
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Polar Bears
Students read books, color pages, and make crafts having to do with polar bears. In this polar bears lesson plan, students link to different sites for these activities.
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U.S. President: Facts
Students gather information from a chart. They become familiar with the names of the presidents of the United States. They complete a worksheet imbedded in this plan on the many facts associated with the Presidents.
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The ABCs of Citizenship
In this lesson, students read the book that focuses on the ascpects of citizenship/ Students imagine a scene in which each statement is actually happening. Students descirbe rights, repsonisbilities. Assess students by asking what is...
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A Day at the Ancient Olympics
Students examine how athletes from various ancient Greek city-states behaved at the Olympic Games. They conduct Internet research, take notes on a worksheet, and write a screenplay for a television drama about the Olympic Games in...
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Drawing Birds
First graders discuss what they know about birds and share picture books. They read text on the page and discuss the question and draw the flying bird on their paper by having them look at the color drawing of the bird.
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Moon Landing
Students research about the July 20, 1969, moon landing. They demonstrate their knowledge of the first moon landing by creating peek-a-boo rocket books. Also they can make their own moon rocks with an easy-to-make dough.
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Introduction to the Poetry Unit
Students explore, analyze and interpret one form of poetry writing called Poetry Slam. They hear several examples of unexpected poetry and view a video of "Slam Nation." The books, "Hey You! C'mere: A Poetry Slam," by Elizabeth Swados...
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The Clever Stick
Students read the book The Clever Stick and answer discussion questions about it. For this reading lesson, students read the given book, and participate in answering questions based on the book. There are also writing, drawing, and...
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A Measuring Adventure
Learners practice measuring items. In this measurement lesson, students read the book Measuring Penny and create their own system of measurement. Learners measure various items in the classroom, using their creative measurement system.
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Mathematical Reasoning
In this data analysis instructional activity, students read a list of 4 criteria and then select the picture on the sheet that matches the criteria.
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Magical Moments Around the World
Students write magical moments about human compassion and enter the examples on a global, multilingual website. For this global communication lesson, students create their own message about human compassion. Students then enter their...
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New York State Testing Program Grade 8 Mathematics Test
In this eighth grade mathematics worksheet, 8th graders are presented with questions indicative of those on the eighth grade mathematics examination. The twelve page worksheet contains six free response questions that cover a...
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The Killer Angels Quiz
In this The Killer Angels worksheet, students determine answers to questions on plot, characterization, and setting of The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.
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The Light in the Forest Quiz
In this comprehension activity, students complete a quiz based on The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter. Students answer 25 multiple choice questions.
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TAKS Quiz-Adjectives of Number
In this TAKS quiz worksheet, students take an online quiz focused on identifying adjectives of number. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.
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Shadows All Around Us
Young scholars create shadows. In this shadow casting lesson, students read books about shadows, view a demonstration on shadow casting and then practice shadow casting on their own. Young scholars cast a shadow using the position of the...
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How to Teach Geography with KidPix II
Students use the computer program KidPix II to color a map of the world. In this world map lesson plan, students fill in different colors for different continents that are told to them on the program KidPix II.
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Tessellations in Excel
Students complete an Excel project on tessellations. In this technology and math lesson, students discuss tessellations and their occurrences in nature. Students use the Excel computer program to create tessellations.
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Fairy Tales
Students write and draw fairy tales based on modern themes and/or their own experiences. The class is divided into groups and are assigned a fairy tale. The groups develop a modern story based on this fairy tale through group discussion.
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Rain, Rain, Go Away
Young scholars conduct a number of experiments involving evaporation and condensation. They view and discuss a video about the water cycle and then design posters about the rain based on the book "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs".