First graders identify words. In this short vowels instructional activity, 1st graders identify words that have the short /e/ sound. They work either independently or in a small group to sort picture cards into "yes" or "no" stacks...

Students write the letters of the alphabet. In this language arts lesson, students listen as the teacher says a letter. Students write the letter spoken by the teacher. Students write capital or lowercase letters.

First graders study language. In this plural words lesson, 1st graders discover how words that end in -s are either pronounced with a /s/ sound or a /z/ sound. They work as a group to determine how various words are pronounced. This...

Students explore word fluency by participating in a language arts game. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students collaborate in two small teams, each armed with a fly swatter, in order to swat vocabulary words spoken by their...

In this writing prompt instructional activity, students choose fantasy or real animals to describe in a poem or story. Students draw pictures of their animals as well.

Students participate in an activity to find initial consonant "D" words.  In this phonics activity students find as many "D" words as they can. Students play again with various letters.

Second graders explore language fluency by participating in a physical education activity. In this word family lesson plan, 2nd graders write commonly used word endings on different parts of a beach ball which is tossed between the...

Student leaders direct learners to pronounce letter combinations.  In this letter combination letter students build fluency by correctly sounding the words.  Learners who have difficulty record the words in their activity log.

Students determine whether letters shown on cards are "m" or "not m" as the teacher displays each. In this phonics lesson, students continue identifying the letter m at as face pace as possible as the teacher moves through the stack of...

Students complete the questions to detail their favorite after school activities. For this after school activity lesson, students fill in the blanks using the word bank to detail information about their favorite after school activities....

Students discover the diverse roles of hybridization among animals. They research certain examples of animal hybrids as a springboard to analyzing a zoo's potential exhibit of animal hybrids.

In this research writing worksheet, students solve a total of 25 multiple choice problems related on research writing. An answer key is included.

Learners reference books to become familiar with locating information necessary for citing resources in a research paper. For this technical writing lesson students work in groups to find the answers to prepared questions.

In this language practice worksheet, students complete a total of 25 multiple choice questions related to a variety of 2nd grade language concepts. An answer key is included.

In this language practice worksheet, students complete a total of 25 multiple choice questions that use a variety of 4th grade language concepts. An answer key is provided.

Student learn about "chromatography" in a hands-on experiment. Students make a chart showing what the colors represent.

Students consider the portrayal of war in the news. In this instructional activity on Journalistic perspectives, students will work in groups to critically examine news articles written during war times throughout history.

Students explore various methods for completing effective keyword searches on the Internet. Through guided practice students complete various keyword searches. They independently complete a worksheet designed to aid in their keyword...

Students listen to a read aloud of "Hats, hats, hats," by Ann Morris focusing on the variety of hats. They play a file folder game categorizing hats from the book.

Students explore recent research linking economic status with student behavior. They design their own studies that investigate how different variables are related to student performance in particular subject areas.

Students categorize items into one of the three states of matter. They participate in a demonstration in which they represent particles of matter. Finally, they complete an experiment in which they "race" top see who can make acetone...

This online collection is an index, rather than an archive of online texts. It points to over 25,000 texts that exist online in other collections. The site is searchable by title, author, subject, and serial, and has grouped some of its...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces K-2 students to parts of a book including author, illustrator, publisher, cover, title page, index, etc.

Are you studying or teaching Aerodynamics? This page acts as an index to all the terminology related to this topic. Clicking on any title will open a page with a colored slide and a scientific explanation of the contents. Animated,...