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Desert Views - First Impressions: Travelers on the Gila Trail
Students draw animals and plants that are described to them as they read passages of people who traveled across the Gila Trail in the Southwest. In this Gila Trail lesson plan, students also write a letter describing a plant or animal in...
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THE POLITICAL DR. SEUSS
Students identify literature that conveys themes and lessons as they apply to various life situations and experiences. They discover some of the themes of Dr. Seuss's major books by viewing excerpts from and examining a selected film's...
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Present Participles
In this present participles instructional activity, students review and discuss what present participles of verbs are and fill in three blanks with the appropriate present participle answer.
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Nutrition Dictionary
Learners look up nutrition vocabulary words in the dictionary and write a nutritious fact they learned about each of the words. In this nutrition lesson plan, students also play pictionary with the words.
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Using Adjectives
In this adjectives review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they identify the adjectives in 12 sentences and use the adjectives in the word bank to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences.
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Temperature
Students explore the concept of temperature. In this temperature instructional activity, students read thermometers in degrees Celsius. Students discuss the temperature of the seasons and what clothing they might wear given a certain...
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Writing Similes
Fifth graders identify and write similes. They define simile and discuss different examples, and with the help of a thesaurus, write original similes that compare the colors of crayons to objects or feelings. Students copy their rough...
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Worksheet 5 Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary worksheet, students use the words in a word box to fill in the blanks in ten sentences. The words are not related and there is not a theme.
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Shapes Around Us
Students create posters about geometric shapes in order to demonstrate their understanding of the different shapes. Students look for pictures in magazines to represent two-dimensional shapes, paste them on a poster, label the shape,...
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Does Conflict Shape Nations? The Middle East
Students locate settlements and observe patterns in the size and distribution of cities using maps, graphics, and other information. They explain the processes that have caused cities to grow.
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Totem Transformations
Students are introduced in the Humanities class, as they explore the origins of Totems in Native American folklore. In the computer lab, students read Totem stories and explore the meaning and symbolism behind the myths using various Web...
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My Community
Students identify how their school has changed. In this local community lesson, students listen to a brief history of their town and school and interview someone that graduated from their school. Students then create a map of their...
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A Thanksgiving Language Lesson!
Sixth graders, in groups, create restaurants, menus, and advertisements to attract Thanksgiving Day customers.
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Hazardous Waste Hot Potato
Students investigate hazardous substances. They work in groups to decide how to properly dispose of such materials..
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Ready, Set, Go for Good Health: My Future
Students recall events from their fast and identify their goals for the future. They brainstorm traits needed to set and reach personal goals. They write a paragraph about what they need to complete their goal.
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Air Quality
Students investigate what is known as the Greenhouse Effect. They begin to explore what some scientist think is the nature and fundamental causes of this problem. Students are able to give suggestions for alternative causes of global...
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Father Knows Best
Students recognize that history describes events and people of other times and places identifying George Washington by historical account. They describe everyday life in the present and in the past and begin to recognize that things...
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Worksheet: Azar: Understanding and Using English Grammar, Chart 11-8
In this past or present participial worksheet, students use the present or past participial form of the word given in parentheses depending on the meaning of the ten sentence.
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Participial Adjectives
For this participial adjectives worksheet, students respond to 10 questions that require them to fill in the blanks in the sentences with present of past participial forms of the verbs in parentheses.
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My Promise
Students define their own civic responsibility and create a PowerPoint presentation about their volunteer efforts. In this civic responsibility instructional activity, students define the word volunteer and read an article about a...
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Total English Intermediate: Those Teachers...!
In this proofreading and writing worksheet, students read a passage about a teacher and underline and correct the mistakes. Students also work with a partner to write a short story describing an imaginary teacher from their past.
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Living Together as One
Learners identify examples of discrimination in our country's past and present. They examine how bias is harmful to the community as a whole. They also describe what changes have been made to protect different groups.
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Native American Legends
Second graders will engage in an in-depth study of Michigan Native American culture comparing and contrasting the culture of today with that of the past. They will also read a variety of Native American literature focusing on the story...
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ESOL Obtaining Employment
Students discuss what experience is needed for each job on a list of careers. They discuss skills needed for each job on the same list. They identify verbs in both the past and present tense associated with each skill. They work in...