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Global Story Book
Students work with a school in another country to produce a Global Story Book. They write stories and design pictures that describe both cultures.
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Lesson Plan for Day Five Part One of Unit on Bless Me, Ultima
Tenth graders participate in literature circles to discuss the novel, Bless Me, Ultima. They formulate questions based on their reading and answer them in small discussion groups.
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Identifying Conflicts in Stories
Fifth graders practice analyzing story points by discussing Cinderella. In this reading comprehension lesson, 5th graders identify the four main types of conflicts in stories and how they are presented in modern day...
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay response to one of the passages.
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Africa: Journey To a Wildlife Park
Students identify similarities and differences between Rehema's life and culture, and their own.
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Red, White, Blue, and Who?
Fourth graders are introduced to pronouns and provided practice in use of singular and plural personal pronouns.
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Clauses: The Trilogy
In this clauses review worksheet set, students go over the proper use of the trilogy of clauses. They review noun clauses, adverb clauses, and adjective clauses by reading their definitions and examples of their usage. There are no...
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Record Memories of Earlier Times
High schoolers identify ways in which the women's rights movement influenced a woman they know, and then document the important events in her life. Each student interviews an oldere woman. They compile their interviews into a class book.
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It's Not Just a Man's World
Students demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process. They summarize information learned from their assigned text. They identify ways in which the actions of particular individuals influence their...
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Phrasal Verbs Quiz
In this phrasal verbs worksheet, students identify the phrasal verb, then select the best answer to complete the given sentence that helps define the verb's meaning. There are 10 exercises like this for students to complete.
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Describing Words
First graders brainstorm adjectives, recognize adjectives within text read by teacher, identify sentences that contain adjectives using Hyperstudio stack, and write two descriptive sentences for abstract image they create.
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Pablita Velarde: A Biography
Learners listen to Pablita Velarde: Painting Her People, a story by Marcella J. Rich. They discuss the book and why they think the author wrote it. They make a concept map of their ideas using Kidspiration software.
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To Be or Not To Be - Main/Helping Verbs
Fourth graders focus on the use of main and helping verbs in written communication.
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Guess What It Is?
Third graders write and present a descriptive 'powergraph' that describes a secret object using prior knowledge of adjectives, clustering graphic organizers, and presentation skills. Authors read powergraphs and classmates 'Guess What It...
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Globe Raider: Part I
Students research a Spanish speaking countries using the Internet and other appropriate resources. They work in groups to complete a computer based treasure hunt before completing a Globe Raiders worksheet. They use the research...
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Five a Day
Students look up and print definitions of fruit and vegatable. They write down their food intake for three days. They identify and categorize fruits and vegetables. They research how fruits and vegetables grow. They bring in their...
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Scrapbook of Freedom
Third graders examine what it was like for a child traveling in the Underground Railroad.
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Tour of the Town of Andrews
Third graders describe local services being provided on a tour of their town. During community-based instruction, they visit several local government buildings. Upon their return, 3rd graders document in their journals, the services...
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Mustang: Wild Spirit of the West
Learners write a day in the life story from the point of view of another endangered animal. Students write to your local newspaper to express their opinions on the issue. Learners research a horse's diet and explain why horses have...
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Interior of the Earth
Sixth graders identify and describe the composition and physical properties of the layers of the Earth. They also explain how scientists used the scientific process to know about the center of the Earth. Finally, 6th graders read a...
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Sing a Shaker Song
Second graders study the Shakers of the 19th century and practice a traditional Shaker song, complete with dance motions.
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Doctor : Open Wide And Say /o/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /o/...
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Fish Anatomy
Students identify and interpret the internal anatomy of the fish. They also identify and define vocabulary for anatomical parts and anatomical functions and forms. Finally, students identify and interpret the differences in fish...
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Constellation Companions
Learners identify constellations and the characteristics of the stars that compose them. In this space science lesson, students view depictions of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in the book Astronomical Micelleny. Learners create their own...