Students understand the writing style in a newspaper. In this journalism lesson plan, students recognize that a newspaper has a catchy headline and objective writing. Students interview someone in an area of interest and write a news...

Students perform acts of kindness.  In this character lesson, students cut out seed shapes and write down their acts of kindness on them.  Students place the seeds on a bulletin board where they "plant" them below the grass line.

Students understand the movement of tectonic plates. In this tectonic plates lesson, students access prior knowledge of convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.  Students discuss energy transfer involved in plate...

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Fishing Fun. For this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have...

What is the difference between a ranch and a farm? After reading and discussing the provided background information, young agriculturalists will color, cut, and create neat little booklets that show the differences between ranches and...

In this Grandparents Day activity worksheet, students learn how to write a cinquain poem and then write a poem pertaining to Grandparents Day.

Fifth graders participate in activities to promote understanding of investing and saving. For this saving and investing lesson, 5th graders design a portfolio, play a card game and write a skit about the importance of investing.

High schoolers work with NASS data by converting it into prose. In this historical agriculture information lesson, students read about how George Washington communicated information about crop yields, livestock, and land values. They...

In this present perfect continuous verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 20 sentences with 1 of the verbs ending in -ing listed in the word bank. Students also write their own sentences using have or has and present continuous...

Marine biology masters will meet the horseshoe crab and red knot shore birds that feast upon the crab eggs. Begin with a discussion and then have learners write postcards from each animal detailing their migration trips. A few math...

Can utopia be achieved? Included here are three literature worksheets to pair with Lois Lowry's The Giver. Pupils work in groups to come up with solutions to society's issues, individuals back up a statement related to a topic in the...

The arctic seas contain currents that are both warm (with high salinity) and cold (relatively fresh water) that circulate throughout the year. Through discussion, a lab, and a web quest, participants explore the impacts of melting and...

After screening an episode by BizKids, scholars show what they know about business vocabulary, then take part in grand conversations about role models and ethical dilemmas.

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have captured the heart of readers since Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813. An eBook version of Jane Austen's novel gives learners a chance to read about the classic characters. 

In this poem-writing worksheet, 5th graders read the format for a cinquain poem and answer 5 questions about an animal of their choice. The questions guide students to write their own cinquain poem.

First graders gain knowledge about the first Thanksgiving, how the pilgrims lived and the differences between our Thanksgiving today and the Thanksgivings of the past. They recognize different parts of the word Thanksgiving.

In this short vowels with the same ending phonics worksheet, students and their caregivers read 8 words and then write the 8 words in 1 of 2 columns based on the end sound of each word.

In this present tense verbs worksheet, student observe pictures and sentence beginnings in order to add the correct verbs in the blank spaces. Students add verbs to six sentences.

In this English skills worksheet, students complete 12 English skill activities of various topics. These topics include onomatopoeia, word endings, root words, vowels, consonants, parts of speech, anagrams, spelling, and proof-reading....

In this grammar instructional activity, students learn about using the present progressive tense in sentence writing. They then answer 14 questions using what they just learned.

In this language arts instructional activity, students write the correct word with adding the suffixes to the root word in the three columns. Special attention is paid to the "ed" ending.

In this gerunds worksheet, learners fill in 5 blanks in 4 sentences with correct answers dealing with facts about gerunds. Students find the gerunds and underline each one in 6 sentences and then write an original sentence using the...

Students review parts of speech by using Inspiration. They brainstorm vocabulary that fit a Valentines theme. Students watch as the teacher demonstrates the parts of a cinquain poem. Students write their own poem and create a KidPix...

In this future progressive tense instructional activity, students read the guidelines for the use of this tense. They complete 7 sentences using the correct form of the future progressive tense with "will." They do the same in the next 7...