Students distinguish the elements of fiction in a short story. In this fiction elements lesson, students complete nine lessons of activities to learn about the elements of fiction in short stories.

Students will use their shoe as a measuring item to learn about length. Students will compare classroom items by holding their shoe against the item and deciding if it is longer or shorter than their shoe. Students will record their...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to compare the lengths of everyday objects to a foot or a yard and state whether they are longer or shorter. Includes...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to compare the lengths of everyday objects to one yard and state whether they are longer or shorter. Includes video...

Nikko works in an ice cream shop. Can you help him decide which ice creams are longer or shorter?

This resource discusses four uses of the colon: to signal a list, to signal and emphasize a comment or explanation that follows, to show that a longer quotation is coming, and after a greeting in a business letter. L.9-10.2b Colons

Students will use their knowledge of measurable attributes (length, weight, capacity) to compare two or more objects using one measurable trait or more than two measurable traits to compare if the objects have more, less, or equal...

This is a glossary entry for the term Circumlocution meaning "a roundabout or indirect manner of writing or speaking."

Photograph of an alpaca (in the front) and its relative, a vicugna (in the back). Note the longer neck and shorter hair on the vicugna.

Practice comparing 2 objects to see which is bigger, smaller, taller, shorter, or longer. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.