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

Hoover flags? Hoover blankets? Hoovervilles? Drawing upon prior knowledge of the Great Depression class members respond to the prompts on an anticipation guide for Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis’s tale of Bud Caldwell’s quest to...

Congruent figures: two figures that want to be just like each other. Individuals learn to distinguish between figures that are congruent and those that are not. Measuring the lengths of line segments and angles helps in this endeavor.

Students explore how to use the dictionary. They practice finding words in the dictionary. Students find the word that is between two listed words and they find the word that does not belong in between the two listed words.

How can one easily classify metals, nonmetals, and metalloids? Pupils answer this question as they experiment with unknown substances and perform tests on conductivity, brittleness, and malleability to determine...

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...

After a review of what suffixes are and how they are used, middle schoolers utilize a worksheet that is embedded in the plan to work in pairs to strengthen their understanding and skills in using these very important parts of our...

In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete multiple choice, fill in the blank, and short answer questions to define vocabulary words. Students complete 20 problems.

Two lessons, "What Does Cyber Bullying Look Like?" and "Factors Influencing My Reporting the Bullying of Others," serve as examples of the 12 included in a Bully Free curriculum. Each plan includes discussion questions, an activity,...

What are healthy friendships? What makes a friendship unhealthy? There are several worksheets for your high schoolers to do to answer some of these questions and more about their friends and ideas about friendship. Inspire some great...

Twenty-five multiple choice addition and subtraction problems fill the six-page worksheet. Many are word problems that include graphics to help learners visualize the situation. A useful tool in meeting Common Core standards!

Students discuss different types of environments and climates on Earth. They choose an environment and draw a picture of it, another student create an animal that he/she believes belongs in that particular environment.

Third graders examine images of other cultures and express what they see that identifies those cultures. They discuss the components of the Jewish culture before listening to Miriam Nerlove Albert's, Shabbat. They write questions about...

Students write the "word for the day" onto a note card. They add a definition, discuss in class and file the card in their own metal box. At the end of the week students play a game with the words from that week.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn 20 words in a list. Students answer 11 varied questions about the meanings of the words. Although it is not labeled with a title, these vocabulary words are related to The Call of the Wild by...

Having a hard time defining bullying with your seventh graders? Discuss the different types of behavior one would see in a bullying situation with a series of lessons, worksheets, and group activities.

Who is Hattie? Youngsters explore animal characteristics by reading poems and stories in class. They read the book Hattie and the Fox about a fictitious fox and his drama with the other farm animals. Then they reread the story over...

Students identify letters and sound that are being alliterated in a text they are given. In this alliteration worksheet, students also create alliteration in words and sentences.

Fifth graders see a video of some of our country's national parks. As each one is introduced they write down its name and location and star* the areas they find unique and interesting. After the video is over they share at least one of...

Third graders examine the role of Ruby Bridges in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. They listen to the teacher read the book "The Story of Ruby Bridges" by Robert Coles, identify what is fact or opinion in the story, and sequence events in...

First graders listen to several poems containing shapes as well as selected concrete poems. They brainstorm a list of their favorite things and then come up with ten words that relate to the top five things chosen by the students. They...

Fifth graders use the computer lab to search for answers to questions on their workshet. They discuss the creation of igneouss rocks and listen as the teacher lectures about lava. Students follow directions to mix a batch of salt dough...

Fifth graders deliver story presentations that establish a setting with descriptive words, contain a plot and show, rather than tell, what happens. In this language arts lesson plan, 5th graders utilize sentences from the book, "Tuck...

Students review and write the vocabulary for basic body parts. They identify parts of the body along with new verbs then complete an activity sheet of labeling body parts and complete sentences using the correct vocabulary word.