Evaluate non-fiction works with your English class. While practicing a variety of strategies detailed in the plan, readers compare and contrast the information in three non-fiction passages about the same topic. They then discuss the...

Fourth graders explore the concept of echolocation during a unit on whales. They listen to the book and watch the Reading Rainbow video for "Humphrey: The Wayward Whale," explore various websites, and conduct experiments to demonstrate...

Students discover how to play chess. In this how is chess played lesson, students examine the rules, vocabulary, and tactics of the game of chess. 

In this writing process review for grade 2 worksheet, 2nd graders answer 15 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about reference skills.

Students perform for an audience. In this performing arts lesson, students explore the work of actor Bill Irwin in a variety of roles. Students direct and perform a fairy tale in small groups .

Fifth graders participate in a WebQuest that introduces them to a study on clouds and how they relate to weather systems.

Students recall details of nursery rhyme read by teacher, identify main characters, and demonstrate knowledge of poem by creating concept map about story that includes title, clip art, and changes in font and color.

Students study A Raisin in the Sun. Students study new vocabulary through a game of bingo. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream" as a supplementary text. Students create their own bingo cards.

Learners investigate the different aspects of Medieval Times and the connection to chess.  In this world history activity, students complete a chart answering questions about the lifestyles of men and women in the Medieval Times....

Students listen to story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, brainstorm everything they know about Mardi Gras, create pages relating to Mardi Gras for class book, type information on computer, play slide show, and take turns reading their books.

Students research word frequencies in Macbeth and create a frozen picture inspired by a word.  In this Macbeth lesson, students view Blood Will Have Blood and discuss the dual meaning of the word "blood."  Students identify...

Third graders write, type, and print imaginative stories about any phase of winter.

Tenth graders participate in an activity in which they practice paraphrasing sections of primary and secondary documents. They are to share their paraphrasing with the class to help with their confidence speaking in front of a group.

Students research the journey west of 19th century emigrants. In this pioneer lesson plan, students read the letters and diaries of a fictitious family traveling on the Oregon Trail. They mark their route on a US map, create a chart...

Students examine the London assembly election of 2008. In this political parties instructional activity, students research the platform of the British National Party. Students visit suggested websites to determine the party's core beliefs.

Students sing a South African song and fill in blank words. They draw images that the song brings to mind while working in groups. Then, they share their art projects with the class.

Third graders identify words that are related with 80% accuracy. Given a list of four vocabulary words, 3rd graders identify specific relationships between three of the four words. They also identify which of the four words are not...

Fourth graders perform a search on mongooses on Internet Explorer and answer research questions.

Third graders write a petition to a school figure, get signatures from other students, share the petition with the appropriate authority, and then work as leaders to carry out the group's solution.

Fifth graders read the book, "The Talking Earth" and research an animal that is found in the Everglades.

Sixth graders explore ways to analyze the properties of water and examine the chemistry of water.  In this water instructional activity students work in groups and complete several activities. 

Sixth graders explore how water behaves on a penny.  In this states of matter lesson, 6th graders observe water as they add drops to a penny. This lesson helps students apply the adhesive properties of water to the water cycle.

Links to 2 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.4d: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan in which students learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and Bobbie Kalman...