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Patricia's Garden
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a three paragraph story and answer three comprehension questions provided at the end of the story. The directions ask for complete sentences.
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Rainbow Science
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read five paragraphs about the science of rainbows. Students then answer several questions about the reading.
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Socketball
Students build dribbling and passing skills. In this passing skills lesson, students use basketballs and soccerballs to participate in a team sport in order to score points. Each team must try to pass the ball correctly into the goal or...
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Gunpowder and the Explosion of World War
Students consider how technology changed the world of war. In this world history instructional activity, students research 20th century world conflicts and then compose essays that feature the how technology changed the way that wars...
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English: Level C Lesson 37
In this English test worksheet, students fill in the blanks in sentences with the correct word. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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ESL: Idioms
For this ESL idioms worksheet, learners complete 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the idiom similar in meaning to a word or phrase given. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Hoop Glider
Fly into an engineering lesson sure to get your scholars' interest off the ground. Young pupils create hoop gliders out of straws and paper hoops. Adjusting the size and number of the hoops lets them investigate the effect on flight...
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What's Going to Happen at Any Given Barometer Reading?
Fourth graders brainstorm a list of words associated with weather. In groups, they sort the words into categories and observe the weather in their area for a month. To end the lesson, they compare the barometer measurements for a...
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Which Letter Comes First?
In this literacy worksheet, learners find the pictures that correlate to the words and they also decide which letter to begin the spelling of each word.
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Miss Cheivous Snakes
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Up, Up, and Away
Second graders observe the changes that water has when there is a change in a state of matter. In this lesson plan they observe the results of applying heat to water with the end result of conversion to a gas.
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Give Us A Clue
Learners practice the vowel phonemes ow/ou, oy/oi, ar/a/al, oo/u, air/are/ear, or/ore/oar/war, aw/au/augh/al, ir/ur/er, ear/eer/ere in a game with two to four players. They extend their practice over and over to identify the phonemes in...
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Here Comes the Rain
Second graders help to prepare a model of the water cycle before the conduction of this experiment. They use the model in order to observe changes that happen to water when it changes states of matter.
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Science: Why Animals Hibernate
Second graders investigate the reasons animals hibernate. They measure their own heart rates and compare them to those of a hibernating bear. In their journals, 2nd graders record facts about and characteristics of hibernation and...
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Simple Simon Saves the Day
Students recognize, identify, and locate the /s/ sound in spoken or written words. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the /s/ sound. They then listen to the story "Simple Simon" and make "finger snakes" whenever they hear...
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Come to Mommy
Fourth graders participate in a simple experiment to illustrate the concept of mother bats identifying their young. They sniff stickers in order to imitate the behavior of mother bats in the wild.
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Hunting For Bats
Fourth graders investigate the adaptations that occur in bats. The benefits of adaptations are discussed with them and the probability of survival is measured. The specific adaptations are written and defined.
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Putt-Putt Old Car
Students study the phoneme /p/ both in written and spoken language while differentiating from the phoneme /b/. They think about the "put, put" sound that an old car makes, and work with at tongue twister. Next, they write the letter p,...
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Breaking News English: Indian Heat Wave Kills 200
In this English worksheet, students read " Indian Heat Wave Kills 200," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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ESOL Transportation and Travel
Students identify safe driving practices and discuss new vocabulary to go along with it. They compare and contrast safe driving practices in the U.S. and the students' native countries.
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Harry the Hungry, Hungry Hippo
Students study the /h/ phoneme by examining their mouth movements while making the sound. Next, they listen to and recite a tongue twister, and write the letter 'h.' They identify words with the /h/ sound both on picture cards and in a...
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Breaking News English: Pentagon Reports on Koran Abuse
In this English activity, learners read "Pentagon Reports on Koran Abuse," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Protecting Agriculture's Tools
Students brainstorm which tools farmers can control and why. They discuss how to conserve water, air and soil. They discuss the role of farmers and how they feed the world.
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Discovering the Oasis
Fourth graders explore the ecosystem of Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex. In groups, classmates take pictures and research the species of birds and plants in the area. Over a period of time, 4th graders collect temperature...