For this rebus story worksheet, students read or tell a story about the snow. There is a picture key so students can insert the proper word. Students answer 12 questions about the story.

Think outside the box - and think about education beyond the classroom walls - with a resource that has your critical thinkers watching a video about a nursery in Scotland that lets youngsters roam wild in a forest....

Students simulate dinosaurs. They discuss dinosaurs and listen to a story. They play a game of Hide and Seek simulating dinosaurs with their parents. They complete activity pages and draw pictures of dinosaurs. They discuss follow-up...

Down on the Farm is the theme of this series of ESL lessons designed to support reading, speaking, and listening skills. Over three weeks, your learners will have the opportunity to sing songs, play guessing games, create masks,...

Move to the left! Move to the right! Kids will definitely get moving with a lesson on directions. They review left, right, forward, and back before playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey and singing some songs about movement.

Students read books, learn about the letter s, and eat raisins all to learn about shadows. In this shadows lesson plan, students also go outside and look at shadows and sing songs about shadows.

Students read several weather-related stories. They brainstorm weather words and use them as they make a weather booklet that includes pictures, a story of their own, and observations they make about the weather outside on that day.

Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Itsy Bitsy Spider and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define the selected vocab...

In this ESL "let's" worksheet, students read sentences, then type the appropriate response and write it next to each. Choices appear at the top of the page.

Students explore digraphs. They discuss the ay=/A/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them remember the ay=/A/ correspondence. They read a story and identify /A/ in spoken and written language. Students spell words using the ay=/A/.

Nothing aids in comprehension more than an explanation and understanding of why things are done. Address why the Common Core requires the reading percentages that it established and analyze how this affects your readers. Learners read...

Scholars discuss the many ways they use persuasion in their everyday lives and brainstorm specific ideas for encouraging someone to do something. With the list of persuasive techniques they made, young writers complete a graphic...

Primary readers read books in order to practice word recognition, rhyming, and play reading games. They will "read" simple books to reinforce basic reading skills in order to create a foundation. Readers are available to print out along...

Is the hamburger in that fast food commercial real? Interest your class in this reading assignment by playing a short fast food commercial using YouTube. Then, give your class this reading passage, and have them complete the multiple...

What is Miss Bindergarten up to now? Joseph Slate's story Miss Bindergarten Stays Home is an excellent resource for budding readers to practice five vocabulary words in context: advise, lesson, lovely,...

Explore the dancing prodigy and Depression-era African-American icon Bill Robinson as scholars learn new vocabulary words in context. As you read Leo Dillon's Rap a Tap Tap they listen for six new words: clatter, greet,...

Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Night Shift Daddy and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students utilize the vocabulary terms to...

Students explore the process of decomposition. In this ecology and measurement instructional activity, students prepare a worm home to be used for vermicomposting. Students weigh a group of worms and the added food, recording this...

In this sight words instructional activity, students study the 4 sight words in the table: you, play, with, and and. Students circle the words in the 4 sentences.

First graders use pictures and letters to create a rebus. In this writing sentences lessons, 1st graders analyze sample rebuses as a class and read a rice rebus independently. Students make three rebus sentences. Students play a...

Students listen to, analyze, and describe music. They explain relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

Students explore fire safety and prevention through various activities led by the teacher. in this safety lesson, students role play how to "stop, drop, and roll" if their clothes catch on fire. Students sing songs, recite poems, and...

For scholars who need a challenge in the classroom, here is a unit for you. Learners explore topics such as animals, sports, helpers at home, the past, and funny things that have happened in their lives. Youngsters also engage...

Surprise! is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Cover an array of topics such as where we live, different times of day, shapes, the city and the country, what we do for fun, jobs, and games, all while practicing how...