Students read a series of sentences and decide what literary term is being shown. They also discuss a novel about prejudice.

Students practice repeating rhythmic patterns in unison. Next, students work in groups to practice an alternate rhythmic pattern to Row, Row, Row Your Boat. They create their own rhythmic patterns for the song.

Students listen to music by Ludwig Van Beethoven and figure out the form of the piece. They create binary forms for additional songs, and then practice the rhythms with eurythmic movement.

Students engage in a lesson that focuses on the character trait of being grateful. Its connections to becoming a peaceful person are emphasized by reading a story that helps students to make cognitive connections to the subject.

Seventh graders study Aztec dance to learn about their culture and civilization. In this Aztec study activity, 7th graders watch a video of Aztec dancers and describe the dance on an index card. Students visit a website to learn the...

Students interpret a proverb and read examples of oral histories.  In this The Witch of Goingsnake instructional activity, students read two samples of oral history and discuss quotations from each.  Students read "Calf Roper's...

Young scholars explore the views of Catholics, Lutherans and the Reformed Church.  In this reformation instructional activity, students participate in a class discussion of the three religions, then complete an activity.

Students, after the traditional read and discussion of BEOWULF, put one of the the main characters on trial.

Young scholars explore Geometry with Twizzlers Candy, pipe cleaners, paper, pencils, and protractors. They manipulate these items to create different angles introduced by the teacher.

Students explore plate tectonics, earthquake faults, and the types of volcanoes.

Students write an Indian tale explaining a natural event, an animal characteristic,

Students play dominoes with regular dominoes rules with some modification. Every student keep score. Every count be used--not just the 5's as in dominoes. They count outside points using white dots as positive and red dots as negatives.

Students copy their poem in their own handwriting to be included with the worry stone.

Students define a set of common homonyms, such as mail and male. They use these definitions to write sentences with each word.

Third graders practice multiplication using a fun game called "Multo." They write numbers in boxes using a grid similar to one found on a Bingo card. They score when their numbers are called. The smallest number possible is zero and the...

This is probably my students' favorite writing assignment. They obviously tell their friends about it, because every year my ne

Students come to the conclusion, from various clues given, that the mysterious creature is a spider, and discover spiders come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes.

Students explore their role as food preparation specialists in the prevention of foodborne illness.

Students use multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction to solve problems; Estudiantes utiliza la multiplicaci??n, la divisi??n, la suma, y la resta para hacer los siguientes

Young scholars, after listening to The Cloud Book, by Tomie dePaola, explore cumulus, stratus, and cirrus clouds. They identify and draw an example of each type of cloud.

Third graders read words by playing musical chairs.

Students demonstrate their knowledge of Spanish prepositional phrases by reciting a poem and using hand motions.

Learners count, record, and calculate money. They save, as well as to explain the value of jobs and working hard.

Pupils conduct an experiment called "What's the Solution? Acid, Base or Neutral." to determine the differences between these types of substance.