Sixth graders think about writing terminology as they rewrite a catalogue descriptioin of an item for sale.

Learners review letter writing skills and the use of descriptive language, and practice writing persuasive letters, with help from teacher and peers. Letters are then written to nominate friend for Friend of the Year.

Pupils throw bean bags at stacks of blocks. They record the results and write the corresponding mathematical equations.

Twelfth graders find the mean, median, and modes of stacks of Lego blocks, They search in newspapers for real life applications of them. They present oral reports on what they have learned.

Young scholars consider different aspects of Asia to determine which Asian country they think would be the best location for the American business development. They engage in a series of lessons designed to examine regions of Asia,...

Pupils investigate their individual talents. In this togetherness instructional activity, students listen to the poem "Togetherness Chant" and change the final stanza from play to work. Pupils brainstorm how they can use their individual...

Students identify world capitals. In this world capitals instructional activity, students participate in a game to learn the capital cities of the world.

In this chemistry worksheet, learners complete a six question multiple choice quiz about chemistry. This is an on-line interactive worksheet.

Fifth graders read a dissection article and complete close reading activities for the text. In this reading skills lesson, 5th graders read an interactive frog dissection article in teams. Student teams complete a KWL chart and...

Students bring in newspapers, focusing on sports, living, or general news sections. They discuss newspapers and their daily usage, and study the layout of the newspaper, incorporating the story with pictures.

Young scholars review for a major unit test by playing a question/answer game.

Students define stereotype, discrimination and prejudice. They brainstorm a social action plan to heal racism.

Eighth graders read a short essay and cull out the directions. Then students rewrite the essay using standard English spellings. They create a paragraph of their own using Euro English and ask fellow students to translate to standard...

Fourth graders participate in a canned food drive.

Students fill in a probability chart while attempting to catch candy with their non-dominant hands. They replicate the activity with a coin.

Third graders write an essay which answers the question, "What kind of student do you want to be?"

Third graders interview parents, friends and neighbors to find examples of slang terminology from previous decades. They write slang words and their definitions and chart current and previous appropriate slang on a poster.

Third graders develop and illustrate an original Haiku poem.

Fourth graders choose two artists from a Yahooligans search of African-American artists, answer questions on an artist Biography Checksheet, and write an essay on the differences and siimilarities of the two styles.

Fourth graders choose a shoe and write a description. They listen to each others descriptions and try to identify the shoe.

Sixth graders create a travel brochure for a selected destination of their choice using information gathered from the Internet.

Fourth graders explore Haiku and create their own Haiku poem.

Third graders think outside the box with this lesson in organization through webbing. After a lecture/demo, 3rd graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through creating a writing web.

High schoolers engage in a study of geography while studying a foreign language. They write complete sentences to identify and describe geographical features. Students also use a map in order to use the key to find geographic features...