Fourth graders examine surface terrain and how plants and animals are affected by the temperatures and precipitation that elevation and terrain creates. Then students predict what type of environment plants and animals live in.

Where does a cow live? Language learners engage in a series of activities that asks them to match animals with their habitats.

Students examine the challenges of a new language and culture. For this cultural lesson, student read Running by Peter Hessler and discuss obstacles faced, including the language barrier. Students write an essay about a time they...

Students examine the story for use of balanced sentences and parallelism-two literary devices-and then practice using those devices in writing of their own. They combine the simple sentences grammatically into one correct sentence. A. I...

This website is about author Jean Craighead George. Offers information on her background, her books, she gives hints about becoming a writer. She also has a question and answer section where she answers questions that people most often...