Search this crossword puzzle for words with long /o/ and /i/ sounds. Some of the clues are challenging, so consider completing the most difficult clues together. As an extension, it is suggested that your learners find the homophones in...

If you're a pest, come and get a tasty meal here! Scholars work collaboratively to construct a mini restaurant out of a shoe box and create a menu that feeds a pest their favorite food. 

Timed tests don't have to cause stress, they can be fun. To boost automaticity in solving the 3s times tables, this presentation is set up as a speed game. Learners will write out the answers as each 3s multiplication problem is...

Get ready for your next math lesson with a fun little warm up. This single slide contains a word search, where learners work to find all the number words they can. Time it for an extra challenge, use with early finishers, at an...

Explore the fun world of hobbies with this presentation, which displays basic terms for everyday activities. English learners can study words like sewing, video games, basketball, and painting. Bright illustrations help to define each...

Junior scientists work in groups to construct electromagnets. They experiment by varying number of wraps around the nail, the diameter of the nail, and the type of metal the nail is made of to see if any of these factors has an...

Youngsters visit the classroom library to complete various reading activities, pushing their motivation to read! They will discuss different library books and read two specific books that use "Building Block" reading skills. They also...

Break the ice or warm up your class with the very interesting Peanut Butter Song. Students will sing about all of the silly places they like to put peanut butter. For instance, on their shoes, socks, shirt, and head. Note: Having fun...

Some children with autism need to be prepped prior to game play, and game play concepts need to be introduced and reinforced. This short yet informative article will help you know how to get the kids in your special ed class ready for...

The hunt is on! Send young mathematicians on a search for shapes in the first lesson of this two-part series. Each time a child finds a hidden shape, he draws it on his paper, and continues searching for the rest. Perform this activity...

Help make learning about fairy tales fun. Learners locate twenty words that are associated with fairy tales using this word search. They use the words in a table at the bottom of the page which include brave, king, princess, and witch.

A simple and fun way for youngster to practice following directions and shape recognition skills, this resource provides 7 shapes which can be colored, cut out and glued onto construction paper to form a picture of a frog like the one...

Getting ready for a activity on animal adaptations can be a  lot of fun. Kindergartners will go on an egg hunt. Once they have collected all the eggs, they will open them up to reveal an image of an animal. Each pupil will act out...

Second graders will love playing this math game. They will add their way to a gold, bronze, or silver medal. What a fun game to play as a wrap up to a basic addition unit.

Read alouds are great ways to build fluency, accuracy, and intonation. Each slide contains part of a story about a haunted house and audio of the story being read aloud by several different children. Whether you use it as a reading...

Try out the 421 Loop calculator trick. Your class will be amazed as they divide any even number by two and any odd number by three. As they repeat the process the answers results in a 421 loop. Super fun, super easy, and a great way to...

Kids love calculator tricks. They can add, multiply, and divide using their basic calculator to build number sense and have fun at the same time. One trick and a full rational as to how it works makes a great morning warm up.

Use word shapes to have learners fill in 16 listed words into the correct tall, medium, and low boxes. There are 4 pages with different words.

Young learners will build confidence with this illustrated worksheet. For each question, they determine whether the word starts or ends with sh. An example given is the word fish. Does it begin or end with the sh sound? 

Write it. Read it. Find it. That's the name of the game here! Elementary learners trace basic words, say them aloud, and find the matching picture. All words on this worksheet end with the letter g. 

The burning questions is at what point do readers of Fahrenheit 451 recognize the many literary devices Ray Bradbury employs in his dystopian classic that warns of  a society that uses media to indoctrinate the public and denigrates...

Demonstrate how rain is measured. Pupils will use a rain gauge to measure the amount of rainfall during one week. Then record the data and discuss the results.

Discuss the symptoms and variations from infectious diseases from one person to the next. After a class discussion, small groups complete research on the topic. 

Introduce materials science with a class demonstration. After showing a PowerPoint presentation on materials and their properties, instructors provide a ceramic tile, a Popsicle stick, a paper clip, and a plastic bag as examples of...