Students evaluate the effectiveness of Internet book clubs, present their findings to the class, and design their own on-line book club (under the umbrella of a fictional television program) to encourage non-readers to read more.

Students explore the rainforest. They listen to The Great Kapok Tree and create a web using Inspiration software. They research kapok trees and create posters to make others aware of the plight of the rainforest. They role-play the...

Here are a couple of unique ways to utilize old newspapers in school in the form of an arts and crafts project. The first is a smile umbrella made out of newspaper, the second requires learners to look through newspapers or magazines to...

Who has the longest cell phone? Find this and other wacky measurement scenarios in this set of length word problems. There are 10 problems here, and scholars show their work for each in a provided space. They determine lengths given how...

Practice putting words into alphabetical order with this instructional activity! Pupils sort 10 words into alphabetical order, writing each word in the spaces provided below the word list. Have class members work together to make this...

For this literacy worksheet, students color all the pictures that end with the letter t. There are several illustrations to identify in the activity.

In this letter Uu words worksheet, students read the words that start with the letter Uu. Students color the pictures for the umbrella, umpire, uncle, and urn. Students also color the upper and lower case letter Uu's.

Students examine various American perspectives about the wilderness over time. In small groups they read and analyze writings by William Bradford and Frederick Law Olmsted, summarize the major points of each author, and write an essay.

In this visual discrimination practice worksheet, students examine the 11 umbrellas on the worksheet and identify the 2 umbrellas that make a matching pair.

In this demonstrative adjectives worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they use this, that, these, and those to fill in the blanks in 13 sentences.

In this find the differences worksheet, 3rd graders analyze the details in 2 pictures, circle 10 things that are different, then write a list of the different things.

In this weather vocabulary worksheet, learners locate 17 terms in the word search. Students use the terms and a chart provided to categorize the terms as weather, clothing, or things we do.

For this counting objects worksheet, students count the number of pencils, books, fire crackers and umbrellas they see on the worksheet. Students write the total for each one in the box provided.

In this shapes worksheet based on The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, by Dr. Seuss, students write names of shapes of pictures shown. A website reference is given for additional resources.

In this language arts worksheet, learners learn when to use each article "a" or "an" by first reading the rules, then cutting out small boxes with the articles. Students paste the correct article in front of 12 words, then write 12 of...

In this missing words worksheet, students use a word from the word bank at the bottom of the page to complete each of 6 sentences. They draw a picture of a character from an online story that is accessed at www.roythezebra.com.

Learners explore their feelings about rain through art, music, and poetry. They listen to music as they think about rain and determine how they feel about rain. Students create either poetry or artwork about as they listen to music...

Students identify the characteristics of deserts. In this geography lesson plan, students discuss the characteristics of a desert and label a map with the names of deserts.

In this apostrophe activity, students complete a chart containing the singular possessive, plural noun, and plural possessive.  Students then rewrite 6 phrases using the possessive form.

Students receive instruction on verbs and their function by using the examples provided. They then complete the worksheet included, writing the verb in the blanks independently.

In this language arts activity, students read information about the correct use of the articles a/an and some/no. Students read 12 sentences and change each sentence to a question and add punctuation. Students then read 12 more sentences...

In this writing worksheet, students use the umbrella shape with 2 blank primary writing lines for any creative writing purpose. This matches the blank umbrella on another page and could be used together as a book.

Students recognize the short vowel U in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Students recognize /u/ in spoken words by observing a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. They then practice finding /u/ in words. They listen to the story "Fuzz and the Buzz" and identify the words they hear with the /u/.