Students design a postcard with a graph and text. They research their favorite vacation spot. Pupils write a friendly letter to their parents requesting to visit this vacation destination. Students use a Circle Map, to help fill in their...

Students investigate animals. In this animal research lesson, students choose an animal to research online and record facts from at least 3 types of resources. Students complete a webbing tool, write a paragraph, and use MS word or...

Students research and write reports about inventions and inventors. They develop graphic organizers to organize their information, and create reports on the impact of inventors and inventions.

Learners engage their families to write down a folk story from their primary language. In this family literacy lesson plan, students rewrite the story or fairy tales in English. Parents and learners are invited to present the stories in...

Students investigate the motivation of volunteers. In this philanthropy lesson, students interview school volunteers on why they volunteer and write thank-you letters to them

Third graders compile their writings into pop-up books after reading "The Jolly Postman: Or Other People's Letters." The book contains letters, invitations, essays, and narratives they have written previously. The project also includes...

Second graders combine letters to make several short words. They create word families and discuss letter patterns and make one word from all the letters at the end of the activity.

Students examine their own personality traits and preferences. They use this information to write an autobiography.

Students review career options, resumes, and job applications. They compile a job portfolio using the items listed on the job kit page then write resumes and cover letters.

Young scholars complete a literary analysis lesson for House on Mango Streetby Sandra Cisneros. In this literary analysis lesson, students read and discuss the assigned chapters and complete an open mind diagram. Young scholars write a...

Students study the science and geography related to the Galapagos Islands. In this ecosystem lesson, students locate the Galapagos Islands on a world map and discuss its significance in history. Students complete a vocabulary sheet,...

Students create picture dictionaries to encourage the development of letter-sound recognition. In this alphabet project, students cut out pictures from magazines and glue them onto tagboard, and then write the name of the picture below...

Students imagine that a puppet is a new friend, and try different ways to befriend the puppet. They discuss why people react in different ways to greetings and learn how to greet people from other countries, including Afghanistan. They...

Students study credit and interest in a novel and consumer math activity. In this credit instructional activity, students read the book Bingo Brown and the Language of Love. Students discuss the book and the ideas of credit, interest,...

Students examine how animals create a unique space in which they can live. Students read a poem about animals' habitats discuss the habitats. They draw a space of their own and write a poem that describes their habitat.

Third graders sing in 3/4 meter with an upbeat. They write a poem using descriptive words. Students move at different speeds to show quarter, half and eigth notes. They play a math game involving the number of beats a quarter, half and...

Students explore biology by writing animal poetry in class. In this animal characteristics lesson, students research the Internet for facts about an "ugly" animal such as a bug or small critter. Students complete worksheets about animal...

Sixth graders work through a two-step equation with their teacher. After reviewing one-step equations, they complete a worksheet using tiles and colored pencils to complete two-step equations. To end the instructional activity, they...

Students read the book The Clever Stick and answer discussion questions about it. In this reading instructional activity, students read the given book, and participate in answering questions based on the book. There are also writing,...

Students research an environmental issue and decide on a course of action. They write a reseach paper and present an oral presentation based on the research.

Students examine the Kyrgyzstan bride kidnappings and compare wedding traditions there with those in the United States. They explain these differences and similarities in a fictitious letter to a peer in Kyrgyzstan.

Young scholars study African American nonprofit organizations. In this nonprofit organizations activity, students discuss African American organizations. Young scholars research the NAACP and NUL website. Students design posters for both...

Sixth graders write an invitation letter to potential immigrants to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Using internet research, 6th graders gather information from a virtual museum exhibit highlighting the positive reasons to move to St....

Students write a story about themselves as the main character in a work situation. In this writing perspectives lesson, students brainstorm about their future occupation. Students then use themselves as the main character in a short...