Your class is asked to use inverse operations to solve eleven equations for unknown variables or to rearrange formulas to highlight a quantity of interest. By using the same reasoning as solving one- and two-step equations, algebra...

There are many different options for graphing data, which can be overwhelming even for experienced mathematcians. This time, the focus is on histograms and Venn diagrams that highlight the frequency of a range of data and overlap of...

Would you work for a penny today? Use this activity to highlight the pattern of increase in an exponential function. Scholars compare two options of being paid: one linear and one exponential. Depending on the number of days worked, they...

Here is an excellent worksheet on the layers of the sun. Each of the pages has an illustration of sun with the layer highlighted. There are lines underneath the drawing which are used to write the definition of the layer.

The fascinating topic of human skin color is examined in this article from Muse magazine. It highlights a study done by a pair of scientists on the relationships among strength of sunlight, vitamins, and melanin in the skin. The results...

Biology classes will bubble with excitement as they complete this assignment. Beginning with an informative overview of cellular respiration and fermentation processes, the highlight comes as an experiment in determining the rate of...

Who is Blaney? Why is she different from other frogs? Read the passage with your emergent readers, and answer the comprehension questions that follow. Consider reviewing the questions with your learners before they read the text, and...

Who is Roberto? Give your Spanish speakers the letter from Roberto, detailing what it's like to go to school in Mexico. As they read they letter, they should mark the text, highlight words they don't know, and make clarifications when...

Winter is upon us! Teach your beginning French language learners some basic winter-related vocabulary. First, they read a short reading passage that highlights 11 new vocabulary words. Then, they unscramble a list of words and complete a...

So many themes are expertly woven through Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. On the first page, scholars will read five themes, selecting an incident and a quote to highlight that theme. On page two, they use chapters 29-31 to...

Writers use the four steps outlined here to edit their own or a peer’s paper. Using different colors of highlighters, editors note “to be” verbs, examine the length of sentences, box the first word in every sentence, and mark instances...

Ever think about the impact those cool disposable chopsticks have on the environment? Read about a group of students in Beijing who created a forest using nothing but tossed out chopsticks. Find out how this artistic endeavor is making a...

Those are some big numbers! Scholars multiply three and four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers in these equations. There are 28 total, and they do need to regroup for many of them. The one-digit numbers are all either 7, 8, or 9; use...

The final resource in a series of 16 phonemic awareness activities, designed to develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in words, features the /ue/ sound. Kids identify and highlight the /ue/ sound in a list of 13...

Son, sum, sun.The /u/ sound is featured in this phonemic awareness activity that asks learners to identify and highlight the /u/ sound in a list of 39 words. The purpose here is to help readers develop the awareness skills needed to...

Phonemic awareness is the focus of an activity that asks kids to identify and highlight the /ou/ sound in a list of 32 words. The exercise is designed to not only develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in...

Choose a flute of cool fruit today. The /oo/ sound is featured in this activity designed to help kids develop the conscious awareness of the sound structure of words. After identifying and highlighting the /oo/ sound in a list of 39...

Would you put a hood on a good pudding cookie if you stood in the crook of a bush with a notebook? Yes, its the /oul/ sound and it's featured in this phonemic awareness activity that asks kids to identify and highlight the /oul/ sounds...

Caught, off, robin. The /o/ sound if the focus of an activity that asks readers to identify and highlight the /a/ sound in a list of words. The exercise is designed to develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in...

Home, though, smoke. Help readers develop phonemic awareness, the conscious awareness of the sound structure of words, with an exercise that asks them to identify and highlight the /oe/ sound in a list of 39 words. The exercise...

This activity, the second in a series of 16 resources designed to develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in words, asks readers to identify and highlight the /ie/ sound in a list of 39 words....

Spoil, brown, poison. Designed to help develop phonemic awareness, the conscious awareness of the sound structure of words, readers are asked to identify and highlight the /oi/ sound in a list of 30 words. They then practice reading...

Six silly chicks sit and fish with big strings and sticks. Help young readers develop the phonemic awareness skills needed to detect the sound structure of words and the vowel sounds in words with an exercise that asks them to...

As part of a phonemic awareness exercise, kids identify and highlight the /er/ sound in a list of 59 words and then read these words to an adult. The activity is the sixth in a series of 16 resources designed to develop the...