In this 5th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students listen to a fictional story that as their instructor reads it aloud 2 times. No questions accompany the worksheet.

Gorillas, groceries, pirate treasure, and aardvark homes: these are just a few of the things children will search for and find in this week's Afterschool Adventure, Lost and Found. Children will use position words like above, below, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] The mystery of what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke has gripped imaginations for centuries. Now archaeology may be able to provide answers before long. This article describes the history of the...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lost and Found or Twelve Years with Bulgarian Gypsies by Mrs. Carl Rother (c1887), a children's novel.

A video of the book "Lost And Found", written by Oliver Jeffers. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.

This site is a fluency reading entitled "The Lost and Found" and is intended for third-grade reading assessments.

Choose a quest and set off on an adventure with Noah and Nell.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about a new bird species found on the island of New Guinea. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a new species of bird found in the rain forest of Indonesia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

What interesting and unusual items might you write a Lost & Found Ad for? Devote a page in your journal or writer's notebook to write several unusual Lost & Found Ads this year. Use the lost and found writing prompt generator to...

From a bloodied pair of shoes, to IDs to jewelry, here is a look at some of the 9/11 Memorial Museum's more than 11,000 artifacts -- and the heavy stories they carry.

Based off the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to chaos theory, and specifically Levy flight paths. These allow students to "trace back" where an object may have originated, given its endpoint. This lesson is...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett, a real-life Indiana Jones. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This article explains what forces are at work on changing the tides of our oceans.

In this elementary school-age lesson, children will learn about rhythm and meter through the lines of William Shakespeare. Students will recite and "act out" the song lines from "A Winter's Song" found in Love's Labour's Lost and "A...

After the Great War ended, women in Texas redoubled their efforts to gain the right to vote. Read this article to see how the Texas Equal Suffrage Association devoted their time to the passage of the amendment and how conflict emerged...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction text tells the story of Sabi, a military bomb-sniffing dog that was lost in Afghanistan and found over a year later. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...

Pictorial exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Righteous Program founded by Yad Vashem to honor rescuers who protected Jews from death and deportation during the Holocaust.

In this lesson, 5th graders learn about the individuals and groups who first founded the different colonies in America and what their motivations were. Students participate in a reader's theater activity, create a poster that would...

Using a lasar system called Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), scientists have been able to uncover a city of ruins in the rainforests of Honduras. Read about this exciting discovery and the theories of what this lost city may be.

The Dare Stones have long been a thorn in the mystery surrounding the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. The first stone was found in 1937 and had an inscription that was originally thought to have been carved by Eleanor Dare, daughter of...

Contains a biography of rapper/actor Will Smith (aka The Fresh Prince), among the first Grammy-winning rap artists.

Investigate scientists' explorations of octopus middens, or garbage piles, and apply this scientific observation to an examination of a school lost-and-found collection. Create an inventory and analyze the objects from various perspectives.

A comprehensive resource dealing with the first and second attempts to found a colony at Roanoke, its mysterious end, and the people involved. From the State Library of North Carolina.