Students explore safe and unsafe choices in different environments. In this safety lesson plan students discuss safety rules they know. The teacher reads the students different scenarios and the students decide if it is a safe behavior...

Students create a newsletter about electricity. They view a completed newsletter and discuss its information and format and research the Internet to find facts about electricity. After researching their facts, they write a rough draft of...

Students discuss the importance of abiding by the school rules in order to keep safe at school. Students identify why it is important to attend school regularly. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.

Students write an article or an editorial about the situation of Cleveland-area schools instituting policies to restrict seating at night football games. Students research their own school policy, as well as other school policies.

Students write a persuasive essay, expressing their opinions of how the school dress code should be changed. Students investigate their own school's dress code, developing their own opinions of whether the dress code should be more or...

Students learn and discuss what to do when approached by a stranger. In this stranger lesson plan, students answer questions based on a book that the teacher reads. They then participate in a discussion about rules and guidelines to...

Spark a disscussion about a current issue, bullying, in your classroom. This resource, published by The New York Times, provides a short article discussing a Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights passed into law in the state New Jersey followed...

Encourage respect, responsibility, and caring within your classroom with a collection of lessons that spark dialogue and self reflection. To address character traits, lessons touch on topics such as staying safe in the...

High schoolers create a new playground design to present to elementary students during Playground safety week. They review basic geometry to use in observing and recording the equipment on a local playground. They research playground...

For this kid's safety source worksheet, students read an article about Battalion Chief, Mike Nakamichi. Students then fill in nine blanks in a Madlib story associated with choosing and making decisions wisely.

Students discover what an arthropod is and how they survive in our world.  In this insect lesson, students read the book, A House Is A House For Me, and compare a home for a person with the type of habitat an arthropod lives in....

Young scholars read a story called Athletes Need to Make the Grade to Play and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events college athletes and academics lesson plan, student respond to literature by...

Third graders discover the importance of the Virginia Assembly in English America as a governing body. After discussing the formation of the House of Burgesses, they elect their own representatives to make class decisions. In groups,...

Seventh graders create ecosystems in a jar which they observe over the course of the school year.

In this writing worksheet, 4th graders read a checklist of editing reminders and practice editing a paragraph on the worksheet.

For kids who have already mastered the basic concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on amazing animals, here's a packet of enrichment activities sure to provide food for fertile minds. 

Students conduct labs to gain an overview of chemical reactions. They observe examples of synthesis, decomposition, single displacement and double displacement reactions. They identify certain products by the use of litmus and splint tests.

In this life cycle worksheet, students read about the butterfly life cycle and draw pictures about it. Students draw 2 pictures and answer 2 short answer questions about the life cycle.

Seventh graders discover how an ecosystem works by creating one in class.  In this Earth science lesson, 7th graders study vocabulary terms associated with ecosystem and read environment handouts.  Students create an...

Fourth graders explore the language of procedural text forms. They respond to the meanings and ideas in procedural text and write their own procedural text for making a kite. Students record their kite flying experience using digital...

Fifth graders participate in first aid demonstrations. In this first aid lesson plan, the students answer questions and participate in demonstrations focusing on common household first aid conditions. The teacher poses first aid...

Students discuss importance of reading and understanding traffic signs then list the common road signs. They complete "Traffic Signs" activity sheet and Compare and contrast traffic signs and driving practices in the U.S. with traffic...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks informational text explains how a student can be a good citizen at school. A question sheet with pictures is available to help young students build skills in reading comprehension.