Students discuss communities and why rules are important. In this community lesson plan, students compare and contrast communities with and without rules and play with parachutes and balls.

In this language arts worksheet, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions about parts of speech, subjects in sentences, compound sentences, and more. Students complete 25 questions.

Students examine plants and pollinators. In this plant biology lesson, students read The Power of Pollinators and identify the parts of the plant and the pollinators. Students design their own imaginary plants.

In this fraction instructional activity, students read through an explanation of improper fractions and mixed numbers, and they complete 2 example questions. Then they solve 30 fraction questions on the instructional activity. Students...

Students explore language arts by reading a classic story. In this oral storytelling instructional activity, students read the book The Three Bears and identify the characters and discuss how their voices would sound. Students practice...

In this Language Arts worksheet, students participate in a variety of grammar activities. For example, students write the plural form of six words and find the prefixes and suffixes of six words.

In this set of fraction worksheets, students cut out 6 pages of circles that show fractions with stars covering different sections of circles. They show one section of the circle in order to estimate the whole number of stars by looking...

An extensive lesson explores equivalent fractions and is intended for three 60-minute periods. Young mathematicians compare and order fractions with like and unlike denominators. Included are worksheets, assessments, and answer sheets;...

What better way to explore working with fractions then by using them when cooking? In this instructional activity, students use video, the Internet, and real world, hands-on learning activities to enhance their understanding of...

Students use the scientific method to test an idea regarding the structures of a plant as it supports the biological evidence for life. In this growing roots lesson, students use organizing sheets to record their findings. Students...

Ask your class to lend their ears, and eyes, to a short video that defines and offers examples of synecdoche and metonymy. Whether it be brand names like Kleenex® and Band-aids® that have come to stand for all the products in a category,...

As part of a final discussion of The House on Mango Street, groups examine a concept question about the text, record arguments for and opposed to the question, and then a draw their own conclusions.

Review the use of conditional sentences and modal verbs. This presentation lists examples of each of these types of words and sentences. This would be a great way to practice this concept either in a whole group lesson or as an...

As part of a study of narrative writing, young story tellers are asked to revise 20 telling sentences and create showing ones.

If you’re going to get a tattoo, make sure your artist writes it right because it’s hard to correct their inkings. That’s the big idea in this short lesson on commonly misspelled words like their/there/they’re and it’s/its.  Images...

If you're looking for a description of the major happenings of the presidencies of both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, then this is the resource for you. Similar to a textbook reading, this activity offers a great deal of...

Words carry baggage. Class members are asked to consider the weight of words in an exercise that contrasts the word choices in two versions of the same event. Consider following the exercise with an activity in which pairs craft positive...

As part of a study of media literacy, groups examine advertisements from Money, Fortune, The New Yorker, or Good Housekeeping and identify the types of rhetorical appeals used in the ads. After groups present their findings, the whole...

Young climatologists explore the factors that contribute to a region's climate in this two-part earth science activity. To begin, learners are provided with a map of an imaginary planet and are asked to label global wind and...

Students conduct an experiment. In this forms of water lesson, students observe ice to see what changes take place and then write in their journal about what they observed.

Students gain an better understanding of how to figure out parts of a whole.

Learners explore math functions by completing a problem solving worksheet in class. In this division lesson, students utilize visual aides such as marshmallows and candy to visualize the act of division. Learners complete a division...

Students engage in hands-on activities and observe videos to develop fraction skills. In one activity, they create "paper pizzas" complete with original toppings. By swapping pieces, students display whole and unique-looking pizzas.

Given a budget, a list of items to put in a treat bag, and how much each item costs might be a little difficult for your students at first. However, these are all going into a treat bag for Madeline's friends. What would your learners...