What is a Leap Year and why do we have it? Find out with this Leap Day/Leap Year response to reading learning exercise in which scholars read a short passage and use their new-found knowledge to answer five questions with short...

Young authors share all about themselves with this printable autobiography resource. Including 26 different sentence frames, one focusing on each letter of the alphabet, students write about everything from an adventure they...

Who can get to 100 first?! It may be in the hands of chance, but either way kids will have to practice counting and adding along the way. Partners take turns rolling two dice and moving their game pieces that many spaces until one pupils...

Students explore the history of space exploration. In this history of space exploration lesson, students create a timeline of space exploration. Students watch a space video and discuss important events. Students research space...

Review the vocabulary from Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea with a magic squares activity. To find the magic number, readers match the numbers on a grid with the words and definitions from the novel.

In this making predictions worksheet, young scholars write nine sentences about various areas making predictions about their lives. Students read a text about recent changes in Ireland and Dublin and decide what type of word might fit...

Individuals match vocabulary words within a magic square, a concept that ties in nicely with math class. The words are all located in Zach's Lie and were specifically selected to increase comprehension of the text. Fifth in a series...

In this writing numbers worksheet, students write the word form of a correct sum to a problem written in words, then use a word bank to complete sentences with a number in word form.

Simple yet convenient: this resource is a real treasure! Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel, Treasure Island, engages readers of all ages with its tales of treasure maps, buried gold, and pirates. With a sleek eBook, learners can...

In this ESL cloze worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. Students choose one word that best completes the sentence. There is no word bank.

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a play about star-crossed lovers, resonates deeply with teenagers. The study packet contains study questions for each act of the play. Learners use a graphic organizer to analyze whether characters...

Second graders design/format and create a specific calendar month (maybe the present one?) choosing and using one of the formats in the Scholastic Super Print program.

For this geography worksheet, students complete 7 sentences with descriptive words from the word bank. All sentences compare two geographical features.

In this sentence fragment exercise, learners are given paragraphs to proofread for sentence fragments. Students are given space to make revisions.

In this games worksheet, students read the names of 5 common games. Students then read 5 paragraphs that describe the origin of a game. Students guess the name of each game and write it in the blank space.

In this games worksheet, students read four descriptions of different indoor games of the world. Students guess the name of each game and write it in the space after the description. There is a word bank.

In this geography comparisons worksheet, students read seven short descriptions of interesting places in the world. Using the ten words in the word bank, students fill in the blanks in the sentences.

Students identify the importance of photography as an entry into the news, good photo taking skills, and the appreciation of photo aesthetics. In this photography instructional activity, students identify the 'Rosetta Stone' of...

Students practice lining up for class with the help of cards that are coded. The lesson is meant to be an organizational tool to help the teacher organize a class before entering the school building. The teacher could use numbers and...

After matching words drawn from Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, with their definitions, readers complete a magic square game. Included are instructions for how to develop magic squares.

Ask your learners this question as a quickwrite: why do you write? This prompt can begin a unit on writing and open up a dialogue about the motivations writers have. Tap into your scholars' reasons for writing and make the activity more...

Students write about goals, responsibility, and persistence, and listen to President Obama's speech. In this President Obama instructional activity students create concept webs, listen with a purpose, and list the challenges of our...

In this reading instructional activity, students read a selection titled, "How Children See the Future," then answer 10 multiple choice questions.