Can you imagine an entire mountain consisting of a solid diamond? It is possible, though a bit farfetched in The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is meant to be a satire about wealth and greed; the quiz asks...

Little chemists address whether or not you can get sugar back out of tea after it has dissolved. The PowerPoint itself simply walks them through the questioning process, considering different possibilities. The final slide settles on...

Young writers get to pair up and construct sentences that have specific elements. Each sentence needs to have two adjectives and one verb that both start with the letter "c." Then, they try again using the letter "d" as the starting...

The best way to get to know your class is to ask them questions about themselves. Use these silly questions to ask kids what they would rather do, eat, or see. There are 10 questions total, with three possible answers for each question....

Young math wizards should enjoy this interactive presentation on multiplication. A simple problem appears on the slide, with four possible answers. They click on the correct answer and a trophy appears. If they get it wrong, they are...

Make practicing the 7's times tables fun with this interactive quiz game. Each slide contains a 7's times table along with four possible answers, learners race to choose the correct one. Build memory skills, automaticity, and your...

A possible high-interest activity for the ESL classroom, this online resource has learners complete a fill in the blank exercise about advertisements during the Super Bowl. Coupled with a related article entitled "Before the Toss, Super...

Advanced readers strengthen their vocabulary repertoires by pairing synonyms and antonyms with six words derived from the Latin roots spect, sta, and vert. A word bank of 24 possibilities provides support (each blank has two appropriate...

Pupils are provided with 12 clues for this standard crossword activity. In order to complete the puzzle, they must come up with vocabulary terms for these clues that contain the word roots FIN, SED and FER. This worksheet is challenging...

From 34 possibilities (and two blanks for other options), class members choose their top 10 values and rank them in ascending order to focus attention on what they want to prioritize in life. To the list, I'd add "service to others" and...

A thought log helps people track daily events, their (possibly harmful) internal reactions, and the consequences and behaviors they experience in response to their own thoughts. The last column of the chart provides space to conceive...

Move toward mastery of -ow words with a quick worksheet. Learners read a poem that includes as many -ow words as possible and then respond to three included reading comprehension questions.

After reading sample paragraphs -- each with a topic sentence, conclusion, and 2 supporting details -- readers choose from among 3 possibilities another supporting sentence that fits the topic at hand. Only 2 examples are given, so this...

As young learners listen to the story The Shape of Things, by Dayle Ann Dodds, they see how shapes can be found all around us. On a provided learning exercise, scholars choose a shape, then make it into a picture. They add details,...

After reading a picture book about planting and harvesting cucumbers, learners get a chance to examine some cucumbers of their own. First, they see photographs of a cucumber on a vine, and learn that it is part of the gourd family....

These true equations are missing numbers. Scholars examine a set of possible answers to fill in each of the nine equations. Consider covering up the answer options, as it may be more helpful to have learners simply figure these out...

These addition and subtraction problems probably aren't written the way your scholars are used to seeing them, especially since they have double-digit addends and subtrahends. This set of eight horizontal equations gives...

Each of these five rectangles has been split into even sections and scholars must figure the area based on the segmented shapes. There are five possible answers for them to match, however none have units attached. Keep in mind this is...

What fraction is filled in? Scholars examine five shapes, divided into equal sections. They determine what fraction is filled and select the corresponding numeral fraction from a set of four choices. If your learners haven't begun...

Solve these true equations; scholars examine three-digit addends, subtrahends, and minuends in these equations that are each missing one number. There is a list of possible answers to choose from, so decide whether or not you want to...

Get started with area calculations using a simple shapes activity which could serve to introduce kids to this formula and the concept of units. They partition rectangles into columns and rows to determine the area based on the resulting...

Peruse these perimeter word problems with beginning geometers, possibly projecting it as an all-class warm up. There are three scenarios here, each with a visual. Scholars determine the perimeter of a swimming pool, find the missing...

This colorful set of shapes and figures is the data set learners need to fill out an extensive table. For each of 11 types of shapes or figures they record the quantity and how many corners and sides each has. This becomes more difficult...

PLATITUDE : CLICHE :: sage : wise. The power in this word pair analogies worksheet is that learners are directed to build a bridge sentence that expresses the relationship of the words in the original pair. Guided by this bridge...