If your class is reading Jane Yolen's Letting Swift River Go, explore these vocabulary words in context: faint, quench, remain, and sacred. Before reading the story aloud, acquaint learners with these words briefly....

Although the title of Elizabeth Kann's story Pinkalicious isn't a real word, the book is an excellent way to explore some new vocabulary in context: acute, mushy, rare, steady, and surrounded. Find the...

After a teacher-led demonstration on the lives and music of Aaron Copland and Duke Ellington, learners write a letter to them which shows their understanding of how a person's life experiences can be reflected in a composer's music. They...

Cover language registers so that your class members can adapt their speech when necessary. The two example activities are interactive and involve authentic interaction. Test your pupils' understanding of speech adaptation with one or...

Learners analyze, compare and contrast success and failure inside the kingdom and  outside the kingdom.  In this Bible study lesson students read Act 17:1, plays games, engage in discussions and complete a written activity...

Tenth graders read and discuss the story, "The Wounded," by Lu Xinhua. They explore the theme of choices in this story as well as its Chinese cultural history. The backdrop for this story is during the Cultural Revolution and the...

Students create drawings from their favorite book with sidewalk chalk.  In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read Frog and Toad All Year and investigate the character known as the Ice Cream Monster....

Students use technology and listening skills to explore the sounds of their environment. In this environment observation lesson plan, students read Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? in order to identify the sounds in the story;...

Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. For this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Night Shift Daddy and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students utilize the vocabulary terms to...

In this New Year's Eve worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order, unscramble...

In this ESL completing sentences activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 15 sentences with the correct connectives or conjunctions.

Students interview a family member and give an oral report. In this oral history lesson, students create interview questions relevant to an American historical period. Students interview a family member and present an oral report to the...

Students listen to the story "Henry and Mudge Under The Yellow Moon," and write their own story based on a season. In this writing lesson plan, kindergarteners are assisted in "writing" their story by an older student or the teacher....

Students investigate weather maps. In this weather instructional activity, students discover the meaning of different weather icons and symbols. Working independently, students use the local forecast to correctly label a state map.

Students explore U.S. history by participating in a scavenger hunt. For this Civil War lesson, students read assigned text discussing the many battles of the Civil War and the importance of a fort to the fighting parties. Students...

For this places in a house crossword puzzle, students use the 12 sentence clues to correctly complete the word puzzle that pertains to a home.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 8 fill in the blank questions regarding the information included in text of " A Very Bad Cold."

In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student ...

In this ESL reading job advertisements worksheet, students read extracts from job advertisements and fill in the blanks using given words.  Students then match each extract to a sentence.

First graders explore biology by viewing PowerPoint presentations in class. In this plant life lesson, 1st graders identify the life cycle of a plant and how to properly plant a seed outside. Students view a movie about plant life and...

Students participate in a culminating project to create a classroom newspaper. They use the skills of prewriting, writing, revising, editing, drawing, and scanning. This is all done so that students can master all the facets of creation...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter E. Students then play a concentration type game, listen to the book "Lee and the Team,"...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ digraph. As a class recite a tongue twister, and identify the words containing the /ch/ sound. Students then spell different words containing the /ch/ digraph using letter...

In this seeing green activity worksheet, students use the 25 clues and word bank to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.