Students read Jonah Winter's book, Frida, and Thomas Locker's, Miranda's Smile, and talk about the artists' styles. They practice their own painting styles.

Students read and discuss a simple rhyme. They are taught how their feelings make them unique. Students are taught ways to be healthy. They are shown what to do when they don't feel well. Students use drawing and writing skills to...

Students investigate the life of Amelia Earhart and conduct research using a variety of resources including Scholastic.com. Then they take the information and write a newspaper article. The entire process of writing is completed...

Students interpret and identify the elements of folktales, with an emphasis on tall tales, in this lesson. Students utilize brainstorming techniques to list ways people communicate. Students also read and create a time line and present...

Middle schoolers investigate author's purpose in autobiography by reading Amelia Earhart's autobiography entitled The Fun of It. Young scholars examine character traits needed to fulfill personal goals.

Students examine the difficulties of exploration and some of the motivations for exploration. They investigate various types of explorers and identify the difficulties faced by the New World explorers. Students create a journal of...

Students in upper-level college-bound English classes review the editing process and terms such as, tone, diction, transition, and conclusion. They read and evaluate a sample essay and identify parts they feel they could improve on. ...

Students listen to the story The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey in order to learn about the "monster" character. In this reading and art lesson, students cut a "bun" from beige construction paper, cut out an image of the main character...

Students listen to the children's story "The Wild Christmas Reindeer" while using the pictures from the story to help analyze the plot. In this reading comprehension activity, students discuss the text and pictures of a story as they...

Students explore the world's oceans. They research questions about the oceans and write a research report about an ocean animal. Students identify at least four different writing genres they experienced while reading about the ocean.

Pupils read "Frida" and "Miranda's Smile" and discuss these artists styles. They practice painting and compare it to what they have been taught about the drawings. Students are shown how to use tempera or watercolor paints. They are...

Students investigate dinosaurs through books. In this lesson about dinosaurs, students read a variety of books about dinosaurs. Students become familiar with dinosaurs through reading about them. Students learn that reading is...

Students study freezing temperatures and practice taking temperature readings with a thermometer. They write about a personal experience with weather. They discuss that the freezing point is at 32?? and that any water outside will...

Students read excerpts from Amelia Earhart's autobiography, "The Fun if It," and identify her character traits. To aid visualization of her transatlantic flight, they search books and the Internet for photos related to Earhart's flights....

Students create a book about their school experience entitled, "(Student's name) Goes to School." They identify who their friends are and discuss and list them as one page in their booklets. Students also listen to a story read by the...

In this sea turtle vocabulary learning exercise, students read a passage about sea turtles fill in the blank, short answer and true or false questions about Costa Rican sea turtles.

In these comparing numbers worksheets, students read the poem and then cut out the pictures of the band members. Students put the smallest group in front and then line up the rest of the musician's from smallest to largest. Students...

In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem 'The Case of the Virtual Pet 2000' and use the information within the story to help them find which character had enough time to take the toy. Students use subtraction to...

In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem 'The Big Top Carnival Caper' and use the information within the story to help them solve the problem. Students determine the cost of balloons for every 10th person who...

In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem 'The Case of the Hatcher Hotel Heist' and use the information within the story to help them solve the problem. Students use addition and subtraction to find the next room...

Students create two literacy (reading and/or writing) centers to implement in an elementary classroom. Students review examples of educational software and determine the best potential centers to use in elementary classroom. Two centers...

In this advertisements worksheet, students read a list of 25 specific forms of advertising. Students then answer 2 essay questions. This worksheet directs students to read an article not provided here.

Learners read a book and explore the feelings of the main character during a book talk. In this lesson about the book Wemberly Worried, students listen as the teacher reads, recall events from the story as teachers lists them on a piece...

In this telephone worksheet, students read about Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone. Students write a great message and then write a speech about an invention they created that will change lives. Students then read...