Going back to school doesn't have to be scary! Brainstorm what Back to School means with a concept web graphic organizer. 

Here's an amazing writing guide that deserves a place in your curriculum library. The 136-page packet provides focus lessons on the writing process, expository, persuasive, and timed writing, the Cornell system of note taking, and...

How was your summer vacation? Encourage class members to meet their new friends with a back-to-school activity that compares summer vacations using a Venn diagram.

In this Back to School bingo worksheet, cards are cut out that describe various facts or situations about learners to be used in a back to school bingo game, where students find classmates who match the descriptions on cards. Worksheet...

For this Junie B. Jones activity worksheet, students think about their first day of school and create a comic strip using the 8 boxes to depict their day.

In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a concept web using the topic of 'back to school.' Students fill in the web to organize their thoughts about the topic.

In this ESL activity learning exercise, students use the prepositions next to, in , on, in front of, or behind to respond to 7 questions regarding places in a school. Students also ask a classmate the same 7 questions.

In this ESL conversation about school activity, students complete a dictation activity and read and discuss several articles about various aspects of school. A reference web site is included.

In this getting acquainted at the beginning of the year worksheet, learners fill in the blanks about themselves and another classmate regarding school subjects and friends and then compare them. Students fill in 12 blanks.

If you're teaching point of view, this is the instructional activity for you! First, decipher the writer's point of view from a primary resource, then compare and contrast the primary source with a secondary source to explore the...

Bring the beauty of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost to middle school language arts. After learners read a copy of the poem, they follow an instructional sequence that focuses on sound, figurative language, and theme.

Want to know more about Dr. Seuss? Scholars research topics such as his childhood, family, education, jobs, and story themes to learn more about the ever-popular and fun to read author, Dr. Seuss. 

Celebrate Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss' birthday with this compare and contrast graphic organizer in which three stories are examined for their setting, characters, problems, events, and solution. 

Need some ideas for team-building activities? This 27-page packet contains a wide variety suggestions, everything from back-to-school bingo to positive comments name charts. There's even an inspirational poem by David Roth...

The most chaotic time in the classroom can be when some people are finished with their work, but others aren't. A checklist and reflection worksheet reminds learners what their options are after finishing their work, including reading,...

In this niches worksheet, students will observe 2 different bird species around their home or school and complete a chart comparing the birds' food, home, habits, and description.

Explore a variety of fables to learn life's lessons through engaging stories. Add rigor to the learning process with activities that include matching a a fable to the story's moral, short answer exit slips, and a three-column graphic...

Rosa Parks is a great book for studying the Civil Rights Movement. Use this packet of worksheets to track reading, elicit responses, and promote book-related activities. Character analysis, prediction and short essay skills will be...

Fifth graders interpret a table of data about food chains in the ocean. They create a food chain to represent the information on the table. Periwinkles eat seaweed, and crabs eat periwinkles - so who eats crabs? Extend the activity with...

Are you working on a letter writing unit? Use this learning exercise on addressing letters to help your second graders' letters get to the right place! Each section helps students write out the address, return address, and message of a...

In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study the ancient Rome's families and children. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.

Use this comprehensive packet to accompany a study of Missing May by Cynthia Rylant. Starting out with a brief author biography and background information about the novel, this guide includes materials to use throughout the entire novel....

Use this packet as a companion to your study of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The resource breaks the novel up into several chunks, and for each chunk provides activities, background information, vocabulary, graphic organizers, and response...

How do you structure oral presentations? Guide your orators with this plan. Groups of English language learners will practice presenting their opinion in response to the question "Do you think the death penalty is justified for some...