The lesson starts out with a brain drain, which is a great way to get students to activate prior knowledge and build lasting connections. They tell everything they know about prime factorization, use their knowledge to...

Challenge your middle schoolers' critical thinking and spelling skills with this fun activity. Each question prompts students to find a word that begins or ends with a certain letter and has a certain number of letters. You could use...

Consider this online matching activity to assist your class with vocabulary and word roots. Class members select a definition for each listed vocabulary word using a drop-down menu for each response. Learners receive immediate feedback,...

Square away any doubts about using a new resource. Pupils learn about squares and square roots in the mini-activity. They complete a worksheet identifying roots of perfect squares up to 400.

Powerful verbs. Significant nouns. Great adjectives. Readers of The Last Lecture conduct a power vocabulary search and create a list of words drawn from the text that will be used to craft a found poem.

Kick-start children's education with this pre-school math unit. Offering 31 different hands-on learning activities that develop young mathematicians' pattern and shape recognition, basic number sense, and much more, this is a...

In this vocabulary activities worksheet, students after reading a story complete a variety of assignments including word completions, a vocabulary word search, take a quiz as well as the drawing of a picture of Biscuit and Puddles.

Polish knowledge of the listed word roots and vocabulary words with this word search. Learners find twelve words. Answers are provided as are printouts of the directions, clues, word search, and word search answers.

Young learners must find 12 vocabulary words containing the roots FIN, SED, and FER from a provided list in a 15-by-15 grid to complete this word search activity. Directions, clues, word search grid, and answer key are ready to print and...

In this 4-H line and design worksheet, students will complete a variety of design related activities. Students will use colored pencils to draw in the missing pieces of artistic photographs. Next, they will find and circle 6 art words in...

Prior to reading chapter 17 of Dandelion Wine, partners look up and illustrate level three words found in Colonel Freeleigh’s many allusions. Pairs then share with the whole class. Detailed instructions for the activity are included. 

Second graders work with multiple meaning words. They participate in a teacher led lesson about words with have more than one meaning. Everyone completes a skill building worksheet in which sentences using words with more than one...

Individuals match vocabulary words within a magic square, a concept that ties in nicely with math class. The words are all located in Zach's Lie and were specifically selected to increase comprehension of the text. Fifth in a series...

Let's go an an archaeological dig! Prepare your kids with a list of vocabulary terms relating to archaeology, including different types of items that one might find. They study pictures of each item and play a memory game based on the...

Augment your eighth grade language arts curriculum with a thorough set of reading comprehension activities and assessments. Focusing on a variety of skills, including vocabulary in context, text structure, main idea, and author's style,...

Practice vocabulary and grammar with a series of activities from Jack London's White Fang. Middle schoolers fill in missing phrases, choose which story events are true or false, and practice key vocabulary words in a packet of...

Eighth grades can master the ELA Common Core standards! Show your learners the connection between classroom activities and assignments and the standards with this set of "I Can" statement posters. Each standard has been rewritten as an...

To generate interest in reading Neal Shusterman's young adult science fiction novel Unwind, class members engage in a Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DRTA) that asks them to examine the front and back covers, the blurbs, and "The...

Here is an instructional activity that asks pupils to analyze poetry and sparks discussion about two different types of texts: asking how is the poem, If by Rudyard Kipling alike and different from the story, Bud, Not Buddy by...

Reinforce mastery of the given vocabulary words and word roots with this word search. Pupils find twelve words in the puzzle. Although this activity is online, you will need to print out a copy for your class to complete the word search....

Encourage your class to master vocabulary and spelling. Using clues and a word list, learners find twelve words in this word search. If you are interested, there are printouts of the directions, clues, word search, and word search answer...

Learners are given a list of 12 vocabulary words containing the roots NAT, TRACT and SEQU which they must find in a 15-by-15 word search in order to complete this activity. Directions, clues, word search, and answer key are all available...

Consider this word search to engage your class with the provided list of vocabulary words. Learners spot twelve words within the puzzle. After the word search, you will find links to printouts of the directions, clues, word search, and...

In this language lesson plan, scholars use Greek root meanings to determine the meaning of words. After being shown how Greek roots are used in many words, such as, photosynthesis, pairs are given two excellent black line masters...