Students analyze and evaluate an essay and write a character description.  In this character description lesson, students read and analyze an essay in a teacher-led lecture.  Students  brainstorm then write a...

In this reading for understanding activity, students underline information in a text that is important in identifying the main idea. This activity provides good practice for students who usually have difficulty in finding the main idea...

Students practice reading fluently and expressively through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. They create a deck of expression cards to...

Students decode correspondence in order to become better, fluent readers. When the letters e and a are put together they make the E sound. They become more fluent readers through listening for a correspondence in speech, in text, and...

Young scholars figure out the probability that the penny's sixth toss be heads also. They figure the probability of having six coin tosses in a row all end on the same side.

Students explain how geographic/cultural setting influences identity by comparing/contrasting Esmeralda's Puerto Rican self with her American self. They closely read text to pinpoint when Esmeralda was no longer Puerto Rican. Students...

Seventh graders define vocabulary and discuss the characters in a movie.  In this solar station lesson students explore robots on the Internet. 

Guide kids as they trip trap over their bridge of reading with an activity focused on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. First graders read the classic story before answering a few reading comprehension questions about the events and...

In this Progressive Era worksheet, students review a chapter as they read 10 descriptions identifying who or what is speaking, respond to 4 short answer questions, and explain a historical theme regarding this time period in United...

Students develop an appreciation for modern black music from a historical, political and lyrical perspective. They examine the political and the historical surge of the civil rights movement of the 1960's and how this surge directly or...

Students are introduced to the six question words of who, what, when, where, why and how. After being read a story, they are asked who and what the story was about. To end the lesson plan, they practice identifying questions and...

Students explore the value of truth. They discuss a quotation about truth and its purpose in making decisions in life situations. They consider how truth relates to who they are, their purpose in life and how they can live fully. They...

Students role-play as San Francisco residents in 1908 who support or oppose the building of a dam in Yosemite National Park. They create posters and write letters to representatives defending their positions.

Students recognize that there are many different jobs available in our society. They see that all people can, based upon an individual's natural abilities and interests, select any job regardless of gender.

Fourth graders identify the clues that folklore provides about Utah's past. They create a piece of folklore for a place or event in or near the community. They see that the legends and traditions we pass to one another are also sources...

An extensive collection of lessons and activities includes many writing, grammar, and proofreading exercises. With templates and worksheets that cover several steps in the writing process, from sentence to paragraph to essay, this...

Students consider the question, "How do I want people to see me?" as they examine the self-portrait of Judith Leyster. They develop and refine characterization of a subject through poetry writing

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students explore and analyze test taking techniques, read a short story and then answer eight comprehension questions.

In this reading worksheet, students investigate the fable form of storytelling by reading a 3 page fable about a chick who is being bullied. There are no questions on this worksheet.

In this holiday worksheet, students read a story about sisters who are going to buy their mother a Valentine's gift. Students answer 5 questions about the story.

In this ESL activity, students collaborate with a classmate to read a dialogue between Peter and Susan, who are two actors. There are no questions to answer.

Students read and spell words. They have to recognize that letters stand for phonemes and spellings map out spoken words. Long and short vowels are hard to recognize and this lesson focuses on that. The short i is taught in the...

Students read excerpts from poems from women who lived during the Middle Ages. They match the correct document to statements on a workshee they are to complete.

Students participate in a game called "Rhyme Charades." The teacher thinks of a word to begin the charades game giving the clue "my word rhymes with ...". The students who have a guess stand in the middle of the circle and pantomine...