Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Section Two: Why is Biodiversity Important?
Explore soil, genetic traits, natural resources, and pollution in a series of lessons that focus on biodiversity. Kids complete experiments to learn more about the importance of varied genes and organisms in an ecosystem.
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Language Review
In this spelling skills worksheet, students correct misspelled words, identify word families, and determine if the content of a sentence is real or make-believe.
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Grade 3 Language Review
In this grade 3 language review worksheet, 3rd graders complete sentences and a simple analogy, determine syllables in words and complete sentences vs. fragments.
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1st Grade Language Review #2
In this grade 1 language review learning exercise, students fix sentences, circle questions and find words that don't belong in groups. A web site reference for additional activities is given.
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Grade 1 Language Review
In this grade 1 language review worksheet, 1st graders fix sentences, write capital letters, and make words. A web site reference for additional activities is given.
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Grade 1 Language Review #8
In this grade 1 language review instructional activity, students edit sentences, complete sentences choosing correct words, write words for a contraction, and find correctly spelled words.
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Grade 1 Language Review #3
In this grade 1 language review worksheet, students circle capital letters, make words, choose words to complete sentences and determine real and make believe.
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Grade 1 Language Review #9
In this grade 1 language review learning exercise, students identify sentences, make words, find correctly spelled words, and edit sentences.
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Grade 1 Language Review #6
In this grade one language review learning exercise, students make words, determine correctly spelling words, circle complete sentences, and edit 2 sentences.
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Language Practice #4-Grades 2/3
In this language practice worksheet, students correct sentences, make words, and find correctly spelled words
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Language Practice #12 Grades 2-3
In this language practice worksheet, students write questions, fix sentences, and find words that don't belong in sets.
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Language Practice #3
In this language practice worksheet, students correct sentences, find rhyming words, make words, and find correctly spelled words
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Language Practice Activities
In this language practice activity, students correct sentences, find rhyming words, answer questions, and find correctly spelled words. A web site reference for additional activities is given.
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Language Practice #13: Grades 2-3
In this language practice worksheet, students make words, write contractions, fix sentences, and find words that mean more than one.
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Language Practice: Grades 2-3
In this language practice worksheet, students answer 1 comprehension question, write opposites, alphabetize an edit a simple sentence.
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Language Practice #12: Grades 2-3
In this language practice worksheet, students write contractions, find correctly spelled words, choose words to complete sentences and edit sentences.
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Language Practice #5: Grades 2-3
In this language practice worksheet, students find opposites and correctly spelled words, determine real vs. make-believe and edit sentences.
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Language Development: Yours and Humankind's
Students brainstorm on the evolution of communication with the use of an animated cartoon activity, 'From Caveman to Spaceman.' They discuss their own personal communication development and create a timeline to illustrate how they have...
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Creating Dramatic Monologues from The Grapes of Wrath
The characters in The Grapes of Wrath come to life through an activity that asks groups to craft a dramatic monologue for a character in John Steinbeck's National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Writers are...
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Grade 1 Language Review #7
In this grade 1 language review worksheet, students answer a questions, write words for contractions, circle correctly spelled words and edit sentences.
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Review Poetry and the Simile and the Metaphor
Learners compile a list of the things they look for in a friend. Then they use that information to create a simple poem. Later they illustrate and display their poems.
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Grade 2 Daily Language Review Worksheet
In this grammar review instructional activity, 2nd graders read a sentence and answer 2 comprehension question, circle the correct spelling of 2 words, fix 2 sentences, tell if the sentence is real or make believe for 2 sentences, and...
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Franny and Zooey Review Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Salinger's Franny and Zooey. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Free Traceable Alphabet Letter C Worksheet
In this alphabet learning exercise, students trace the upper case letter C seven times and the lower case letter c eight times. Next, students look at three pictures and color the pictures that begin with the letter c.