Does learning to write leave your kindergartners in tears? Use these easy and memorable strategies to guide their pencils in the right direction. With cute illustrations and simple instructions, your learners will be writing paragraphs...

Find the pattern is the name of the game! Learners examine different patterns represented by numbers, shapes, and words. They must describe the pattern, predict the result in a given position, and find an equation that...

Here are some cross-curricular activities whil should help your kids understnad weight measurements and grammar. In this grammar and math lesson, students read the book Skittles Riddles and practice counting and balancing skittles. They...

Do your second graders like riddles? Give them a giggle and a lesson about proofreading at the same time. After reading two riddles, young writers fix punctuation and capitalization errors. They write the answer to each riddle at the...

Amazing efforts of African American leaders are celebrated in a lesson plan on civil participation. The engaging resource focuses on primary and secondary sources to analyze the impact of African American leaders such as Ella Fitzgerald....

How can you tell if a number of items is reasonable? Combine math and language arts with a fun lesson based on Jeff Shepard's The Right Number of Elephants. After reading the book, kids discuss amounts of other items and create...

Wrap up your course by asking students to reflect and consider some of the most meaningful and important moments from the year. This document includes 15 different reflection questions, from identifying a best piece of writing or an...

Can your scholars crack the code of this metric worksheet? To start, mathematicians must convert different units of measurement to the standard metric system form. Then, pupils plug in the corresponding letter to the correct answer to...

Students make the different e sounds and practice a chant about the e sounds. They use a letterbox to write different words utilizing the e sounds. They listen to a story about a dog named Red that emphasizes the e sound. They write a...

First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher for...

Students work in pairs to play an air writing game. In this air writing lesson plan, students are given a written letter to practice. Students use their finger to write a letter in the air and their partner must try to guess what letter...

In this initial consonant instructional activity, students complete 9 pages with 9 questions on each page pertaining to initial consonant sounds. Students say the name of the picture and write the letter that starts each word.

In this handwriting sheet, letters are traced, written in boxes, and independently at the bottom without prompting. The boxes include points where the students should start writing the letter 

Students examine the use of persuasive arguments to varying audiences. They define persuasion, read and discuss an article on whether P.E. should be optional, summarize the pros and cons of P.E., and write a letter or a speech.

In this missing vowels instructional activity, 2nd graders fill in the missing vowels to the words and then write the words on the lines. Students do this for 5 words and fill in the blanks to 2 sentences.

In this music activity, students write the letter name of the musical notes (treble clef) in 6 staffs of music. There are examples to help students name the notes on the lines and spaces.

Third graders write a thank-you note and a formal letter of request that included relevant information, such as a return address, date, inside address, proper salutation, body, closing, and signature. They write an imaginary letter to...

Sixth graders create elves in order to respond to Santa letters from first graders.

Young scholars complete a unit on the three branches of government. They compare/contrast the three branches of government, write a letter or e-mail to an executive in the Federal Government, and develop outlines for historical documents.

Students read letters written by Evans and Gunton regarding race relations. In this Progressive Movement instructional activity, students interpret the intentions and tone of the letters to understand contemporary racial beliefs....

First graders recognize words associated with recycling. In this environmental lesson, 1st graders go through the alphabet and think of words associated with recycling that start with a letter. Students create a recycling ABC book.

Kids practice saying and identifying words that have irregular spellings. They consider the words said, come, and does by breaking them down into how they are commonly pronounced versus how they "should" be pronounced given their spelling.

Learners brainstorm a list of items citizens can do to influence or change their government. In groups, they identify the reasons why it is important to vote and why they have a right to protest. They also write a letter to their...

Sounding out individual phonemes and blending them to make a word is usually one of the first tasks mastered when learning to read. Make master decoders out of your learners, they sound out a series of simple two and three-letter cvc...