Have your middle schoolers read through this outline about the Special Olympics program and then write a paragraph. This single-page assignment provides lines on which to write the expository paragraph. It makes good practice in writing...

In this making comparisons activity, learners expand 8 prompts as they write complete sentences that make comparisons. Students also use comparative and superlative adjectives to compare the places the describe.

Young scholars engage in snow-related activities during the first winter snowfall. After explaining the elements needed for it to snow, they preserve snowflakes on frozen slides and observe them under a microscope. Then, they write...

Students watch a whale video clip for information. Students brainstorm on the facts that they learned about whales. Students use the Internet to find information and images about whales. Students write and publish a whale poem.

Students examine an author's philosophical look at life through anecdotes he describes as a teacher in Uzbekistan. In this Uzbekistan instructional activity, students analyze a literary passage in order to identify, then practice using,...

First graders sort, classify and write about how they sorted their mittens.

Students design their own logo or picture and use a handheld GPS receiver to map it out. They write out a word or graphic on a field or playground, walk the path, and log GPS data. The results display their "art" on their GPS receiver...

Students examine the weather in Nebraska. Using this information, they describe the cause and effect relationships in the environment based on these changes in weather. They write various types of poems with weather themes and share them...

Students recognize the importance of summarizing in this lesson. They "sum up" an article about monarch butterflies. Students practice writing summaries of the article charging themselves 10 cents/word. They try to write the least...

Students develop both writing and artistic skills as they document changes in their school environment. They observe how the environment of their school playground changes throughout the year by drawing and describing plants, animals,...

For this reading comprehension worksheet, students look at a photograph of 2 warning signs posted in Derbyshire, UK. Students read 10 questions about the information given in the signs and write "true," "false" or "we don't know" next to...

In this printing learning exercise, students form 11 upper and lowercase letter W's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write two row of W's on their own.

In this daylight hours worksheet, students use pictures given to write a number sentence and calculate the answers. This worksheet has 3 word problems.

In this language arts worksheet, students use the letters in the word SNOWMAN to write an acrostic poem about the winter season.

For this Thanksgiving analogies worksheet, students read 7 sentences and complete each analogy by writing the best word in the blank. There are 4 choices for each sentence.

In this analogy worksheet, students respond to 7 questions by writing the most appropriate word correctly associating the analogy.

In this time words worksheet, students correct the mistakes in the sentences and write the corrected sentence on this page. The mistakes all have to do with time words and verb tenses. There are 42 sentences to correct.

In this proofreading worksheet, learners correct the errors in each of 42 sentences. Students write their corrections in verb tenses or time words above the errors.

In this grammar worksheet, learners read the definition of an adverb and how they tell when, where or how. They identify the adverb in each of 12 sentences, and write it on the blank line.

In this noun usage worksheet, students review the definition of a noun, find the proper noun that names a place in each sentence, and then write that word on the line.

In this number uses worksheet, students tell how each number is being used. Students write position, count, measure, or label for each given problem. students then complete a problem solving word problem where they must identify the...

In this key vocabulary crossword puzzle learning exercise, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 11 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle. Students also unscramble 6 anagrams and write 6 sentences using the unscrambled...

In this adjective worksheet, 3rd graders identify adjectives and the words that they describe. Students respond to 6 fill in the blank questions writing the words on the lines provided below each sentence.

In this past tense worksheet, students write the correct form of verbs in parenthesis to correctly complete a total of 7 sentences.