Hyperbole

Use short stories to teach English? Yes! Designed as a professional development opportunity for English language teachers, the ideas in this booklet can easily be adapted to advanced ESL/ELL classes.

Fifth graders discover how saving money can apply to their lives. In this personal finance lesson plan, 5th graders use the book The Leaves in October, as a conversation starter on income, savings and setting goals. Students explore the...

Show your class one way in which art and math are related by teaching them about M.C. Escher. Class members read a brief passage and then respond to five related questions.

Designed to be used with an independent reading book, this activity provides practice with identifying and explaining literary terms. While they read, individuals find instances of literary devices and elements in use in their books....

English language learners get extra help understanding the language and concepts in a thematic unit on fantasy and realism from a 40-page packet filled with activities, exercises, and tips.

What do all those chairs and pencils do in the classroom once everyone leaves? Allow imaginations to run wild with frighteningly short poems!

Ambition is the keyword of a lesson that focuses on the contributions made by famous female artists. Specifically looking at European artists, Luisa Roldan and Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, scholars examine a piece of their work then...

From bats and hats to pigs and fish, your youngsters will fill a truck with items that contain all the short vowel sounds using this great printable mini-booklet.

Vowel letters of the alphabet and the sounds associated with the vowel are the focus of this lesson. Young scholars distinguish between both long and short vowel sounds by reading, writing, speaking, and listening to the words and...

Have you just visited an art museum? Or can you create a gallery in your classroom to visit? Pupils create an original drawing that reinforces what was learned in a visit to the art museum. They will view original art work and verbally...