Examine the characters in Willa Cather's My Antonia with a group project. Small groups illustrate their chosen character on a large piece of paper and choose quotes from the text that tell about the character. Where students choose...

The sky's the limit of what you create when combining functions! The module begins with a review of transformations of parent functions and then moves to combining different function types using addition, subtraction, and...

Students practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, students organize their vocabulary words into an online...

These short sentences will give your budding writers practice printing whole words and leaving space between them. They copy two short sentences and are instructed to leave a finger space between words. Learners illustrate the first...

Use a counting cup or bag to complete this activity, which has young counters examining the contents of their container. Once they dump it out, they count and record the number either using words, pictures, or numbers. Try a mix of all...

Before reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible with your middle and high schoolers, consider running through this short PowerPoint. Five slides introduce the plot, the author, and Puritanism. The slides are text-heavy, and not much...

Young scholars explore Aboriginal storytelling. In this literature lesson, students read Knots on a Counting Rope and then create a story line as they discuss the attributes of Aboriginal culture. Young scholars retell the story in their...

In this problem solving worksheet, students read a word problem and then illustrate 5 steps given. For example, "What do I know?" and "What do I need to find out?"

In this math worksheet, students solve a word problem about base ten blocks. Students illustrate their work in pictures, numbers, and words.

In this math worksheet, students solve a word problem about base ten blocks. Students illustrate their work with pictures, numbers and words.

In this math worksheet, students solve a word problem about a collection of shells. Students illustrate their work with pictures, numbers and words.

Students write poems and input them into a word processing program.  In this poetry instructional activity, students listen to Chinese poems and draw mental images. Students compose poems and illustrate them. Students share their work.

Students study the context of The Ponder Heart through Welty's photographs. They analyze how illustrations and photographs interact with written text and create their own images to illustrate a well-known Welty short story....

Second graders write and illustrate a story. In this habitats instructional activity, 2nd graders learn about different types of plant and animal habitats. Students view video segments about habitats, answer comprehension questions,...

Third graders match the body part words in Spanish to a picture. They receive a picture of a human with lines coming from its feet, hands, and arms. Students use a word bank, to write the Spanish word that corresponds to the picture. ...

Students explore the pronouns ir, estar, ser, tener, querer, poder, and jugar. They do a word scramble using 8 words from chapter, and clues needed to be in the Spanish sentences. Students design concept poster from using 10 vocabulary...

Students read in class the novel The Adventures of Tom Sayer by Mark Twain. They can choose to find song lyrics from any artist that they feel define one of the characters in the book, illustrate a scene from the book or create their own...

Students listen to Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, by Mo Willems. In this listening and writing lesson, students listen to the story and create a poster for their favorite toy if it were to go missing. They work independently to...

Students discuss their interpretation of the words "generation" and "generation gap" and try to come up with a word or phrase that best defines their own generation. They access an online article, "The New Generation Gap" by Neil Howe...

Students use a variety of creative writing tools within this assignment: poems on particular organ systems, write a short story and/or create a word graph. They are involved in a demonstration of lactic build up in the muscles, a...

Students are read the book "Sheep in a Jeep" focusing on the vocabulary. They create a rhyme chart and a class rhyming book. They share their illustrations with the class.

Students study word problems and learn to identify key words to solve the problems. In this word problems lesson, students role play as detectives to find key words in addition and subtraction word problems. Students then create a poster...

Learners identify base words and their inflectional forms. In this base words lesson plan, students learn how adding "ing" can change the meaning of the word, and they fill in a chart with different forms of base words.

Let your learners' inner comic book artists emerge in this fun activity, which provides a word bank of twenty-seven words to be used in a story about what kids want to do when they grow up. Opportunities to illustrate their ideas, as...