Students choose a historical or present-day event to portray through photographs. They narrate this event with photographs and text to communicate its significance in history or our current daily lives.

In this Dr. Seuss comprehension of text worksheet, students complete a vocabulary word search, answer ten comprehension questions and match various pictures that rhyme.

Students, while reading and discussing the two texts by Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys, compare/contrast the two main characters and juxtapose them as the same character told from two different points of view. They gain insight of how to...

Students choose books to preserve for future generations.  Students are given a scenario in which they are allowed to save only five books for future generations.  Students write a persuasive letter in which they try to...

Young scholars read The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Livine. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities as they read of an ancient oak tree that has lived for nearly 500 years. they focus their attention on the events in...

Students explore how to read silently to help them read fluently. They discuss why it is important to read silently. Students read "Jane and Babe" as the teacher models how to read quietly and then silently. They write a story describing...

Students examine how the lives of children have been represented in art in the past and the present. Using the internet, they research how schools are different today then they were in the past. In groups, they take photographs to...

Students discover what it means to be a giver. In this service instructional activity, students create a story and art project to be shared with a local preschool or nursing home. They reflect on the impact of this experience on their...

Second graders write a story about someone who works in order to earn money for something they want.

Students revise Spanish mystery stories. They sequence the events from a group's mystery story and suggest revisions for the setting. They revise their stories using the suggestions from classmates and describe characters in folktales....

Sixth graders listen to music as they reflect on a time they told the truth without hurting anyone. Students listen to a story about a person who falls from a roof and breaks his leg. The person lies about how it happened. Students...

Students, through teacher modeling and guided practice, explore the concept of visualization and how it works to help them comprehend what they read. They read a story, visualize what has happened in the story, and then draw a picture of...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners investigate a telling time problem in the context of a story. Students read the story and answer 15 comprehension questions.

In this writing activity, students write a story about a given prompt about their favorite book or comic book character coming to life. Pages are lined for writing.

Fourth graders use graphic organizers to differentiate between cause and effect. They read a story independently and write the cause and effects in the graphic organizer.

Tenth graders examine the different parts of history that make up people's lives.  In this American History lesson, 10th graders explore how historians learn about events that happened in the past by looking at events that happened...

Students examine 19th century gender roles. In this gender roles lesson, students read "The Daughter-in-Law" and discuss their impressions of etiquette and gender roles in the 19th century. Students write etiquette guides that address...

For this poetry analysis worksheet, students read the poem "Fish Swimming," and discuss the metaphors in the poem. Students complete eight activities based on the poem, including rewriting the subject of the poem and watching two...

Language learners receive support with the concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic unit Our Earth from this 32-page packet of exercises and activities designed just for them

Work on deciphering the point of view of various pieces of literature. As readers review the concepts of first, second, and third person perspective, they apply what they know to different passages.

Students read and discuss Alaskan Native stories and legends. They share summaries and questions from the reading.

In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a selection titled, " Nasreddin and the Beggar," then complete 5 multiple choice questions.

Students research the photographs of Dorthea Lange. In this visual art lesson, students look at photographs of children taken by Lange and answer several questions. They write or tell stories to explain what they think is occurring in...