Jesse's Ice Cream Stand

Provide young grammarians' additional practice using appositives to combine short sentences with this short worksheet that includes a definition and models.

If you're looking for a fantastic cross-curricular lesson on the Statue of Liberty, then this lesson is for you! Learners watch a Reading Rainbow episode which focuses on the Statue, then gather facts about the creation, construction,...

Clearly written as an assignment for a higher-level education class, this formal lesson plan contains some fun and well-researched strategies for teaching the novel Tuck Everlasting  by Natalie Babbitt. Among the best ideas included in...

Ask your learners to complete activities related to Oklahoma's agriculture, berries in particular. The lesson is cross-curricular and has class members investigate an article about berries, write an acrostic poem, and discuss new...

Students read Holes by Louis Sachar. For this writing lesson, students summarize part of the book by composing a news story for a local paper. They work independently to write about an important part of the story. This lesson includes...

What could be more fun than two birthday parties in one day? Compare and contrast two parties with a short reading passage and a graphic organizer that focuses on character, setting, and events from the story.

In this phonics worksheet, students read the given words and then underline the vowels that stand for the schwa sound. Students then read the sentences and write the word on the blank that has the schwa sound. Students also underline the...

Prepositions can change the meaning of a sentence and children need to know how to use them properly. Here is an app that has been designed with the struggling learner in mind. It uses visual and audio cues to help elementary-aged...

Have fun with shape poems! First and second graders write calligrams that add to the meaning of their poems. Great for your poetry unit or if you want to combine poetry and art lessons. 

Students practice word-form recognition by playing a word snake game. In this word-form recognition lesson plan, students are divided into two teams, they stand in a line at opposite ends of the snake and have 30 seconds to read every...