Attract learners to an interesting instructional activity! The third in a 14-part series of lessons on electricity and magnetism uses a hands-on approach to exploring magnetic fields. Scholars experiment with a compass to test Earth's...

"Warning: Conducting this lesson may be harmful." Such statements, called "Trigger Warnings," are the focus of a two-part lesson that looks at censorship, especially the pros and cons of trigger warnings. Class members read two articles,...

Time to pick a side! Building on the Fishbowl activity from the previous instructional activity, scholars choose a position about whether the American Academy of Pediatrics should raise its screen time recommendations. Using notes,...

Listen up, it's time for a Fishbowl discussion! Scholars continue their discussions about water management in industry and agriculture. After hearing both sides of the debate, pupils complete graphic organizers, deciding which sector is...

Speak up and listen up. Scholars participate in a speaking and listening mid-unit oral assessment. They discuss whether their rules to live by should be a personal choice or made into a law, and then they complete an exit ticket to...

How is a poem similar to and different from a news article? Pupils use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the two genres. Also, as part of a mid-unit assessment, scholars participate in small-group discussions based on poetry...

Let's talk it out. Using the resource, scholars work in triads to discuss how their research has deepened their understanding about sustainable fishing. Next, pupils engage in a whole-class discussion to consider their next steps toward...

Learning is never-ending. Scholars learn about effective conclusions as they continue watching a video of an opinion speech. After analyzing the speech's conclusion, they work in small groups to write an ending for their own speeches. 

Political comics can be a great way to get kids thinking critically about current political topics. They assess this cartoon and analyze how the cartoonist feels about US spending policy. There are three solid critical analysis...

Are you afraid of what goes bump in the night? Talk about the supernatural with your English language learners to find out their beliefs while practicing speaking skills. Learners read three different viewpoints on the paranormal...

Take some notes on integers! Learners can use the number line and thermometer provided along the bottom and side of the page to help visualize and understand positive and negative numbers.

Great, greater, greatest! Invite your learners to practice their comparative and superlative adjectives with these grammar worksheet.

In this interview learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to complete 14 sentence starters. The sentence starters pertain to moving to the United Kingdom and meeting new people.

In this online interactive Roman Empire instructional activity, students match 10 sentence starters with the appropriate sentence finishers.

Kirsten Hall's animal books provide learners with an opportunity to practice forming statements of opinions and factual statements. Using sentence starters such as "I learned. . ." and "I think. . ." class members craft sentences cite a...

Students add details to sentence starters by creating mental images of what they are writing. They expand the vocabulary they use in their writing.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer 9 short answer questions based on their reading of chapter 2 of the story, "Two Pennies and a Lollipop." They receive a sentence starter for each answer.

In this literature and comprehension question instructional activity, student answer 5 short answer questions about chapter 14 of the story, Surprise Island. They have a sentence starter for each answer.

In this literature and comprehension learning exercise, students answer 7 comprehension questions about Chapter 15, "Good-Bye Summer," from the story Surprise Island. They use a sentence starter to begin each answer.

For this folk remedy presentation response journal worksheet, students share their impressions of a peer presentation by filling in blanks to finish 11 sentence starters.

In this oral traditions instructional activity, students respond to their emotional connection to a story of their choice by completing 10 sentence starters linked to events in the story.

In this icebreaker activity worksheet, students examine 11 sentence starters that describe a variety of favorites. Then students fill in the spaces provided with answers that describe themselves.

For this interviewing and reporting back worksheet, students complete 8 sentence starters, discuss their answers to 5 questions, and report their answers to another group using the words say, tell, explain, decide, and admit.

Young scholars participate in a game to get to know their classmates. In this getting to know you activity, students use the tags with sentence starters to get to know their classmates. Young scholars fill out the tags and walk around to...