Can knowing about things of the past help predict the types of things seen in the future? Advanced learners consider the idea that things extend. In other words, concrete things like bridges and intangible things like ideas extend from...

Do you have young scientists wanting to make new discoveries rather than just completing the same experiments? Young scientists use their observational skills to identify animals and patterns in animal behavior. Through tracking...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and words containing a_e. In small groups they play a board game, then spell words containing the a_e letter pattern using letter manipulatives. Students read the...

In this recognizing words with the consonant vowel consonant pattern worksheet, students read a phrase and illustrate it, identify the phrases that identify the pictures, identify the sentences that correctly describe the pictures, and...

Sixth graders complete activities with the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. In this literature activity, 6th graders read Chapter 8 of the book and discuss the chapter. They practice putting events in sequence and record new...

There's just something special about lines in algebra. Introduce your classes to linear equations by analyzing the linear relationship. Young mathematicians use input/output pairs to determine the slope and the slope-intercept formula to...

Which numbers are multiples of 9? Task class members to find the first ten multiples of 9 in a straightforward assessment worksheet.

In this spelling worksheet, students write each of 16 words two times. This list contains words with the VCCV pattern and academic vocabulary. 

In this spelling worksheet, learners write each of 16 words two times. This list contains the -ol- pattern, sight words, and academic vocabulary. 

In this alphabetical order activity, students read a list of words that have the "ug" spelling pattern. Students alphabetize these words.

An interesting series of puzzles and word games are available in this multi-page collection, which focuses on coal. Learners practice math and language arts skills as they solve the puzzles, and learn many facts about coal at the same time.

How can we locate places? Maps, of course! Expose second graders to the tools available in maps and discuss how these tools can help people find locations. Students also look at communities, including what makes a community and the...

in this spelling worksheet, students write each of 21 words two times. This list contains words with the edge/idge pattern, sight words, and academic vocabulary.

Help your youngsters find meaning in the text they read with this series of five intervention lessons. Offering explicit, step-by-step instructions for walking children through shared readings of leveled books, these...

Sometimes it's okay to rock the boat! Science scholars manipulate wave properties using a fun interactive. Part of a larger playlist that dives into waves and sound, the lesson helps users work their way from apprentice to wizard by...

A solution will work one way or another: find solutions, or use solutions to find the function. Learners use polynomial identities to factor polynomials with complex solutions. They then use solutions and the Zero Product Property to...

In this language arts instructional activity, students read 10 sentences and correct the words which may or may not need a silent E. Example: She set fir to the fire tree. (She set fire to the fir tree.)

Rhyming words help students see patterns in words. In this rhyming worksheet, students look at the 4 pictures on the left and draw a line to the pictures on the right that they rhyme with.

Do you hear a k in the word Christmas? It sounds like it, but it's really a ch that creates the same sound! Teach young learners this fun song, "There is No K in Christmas," and show them words that use ch to make the same /k/ sound. 

Fifth graders read and write equations. In this equation writing lesson, 5th graders use real life scenarios to write equations. Students use manipulatives, draw pictures and make tables to understand how to write equations. Students...

Learners read books by the same author and compare what they find.  For this Dr. Seuss lesson, students learn about Dr. Seuss' writing style, listen for the rhyme scheme in his stories, and create a KWL chart on Dr. Seuss. ...

In this geography worksheet, students identify who a cartographer is and what they do specifically. They study an outline map of a fictitious island and then, respond to the three questions that follow. Finally, students add three more...

Young scholars analyze instrumental music.  In this instrumental music lesson, students investigate musical works of art.  Young scholars describe the instruments they hear and discover the relationship between music and other...

Students meet an imaginative Siamese kitten pretends to be a Chihuahua when he is in time-out. In this Skippyjon Jones lesson plan, students develop an understanding of different cultures. They understand different dialects and...