MAP Test Tips

In this geography worksheet, students complete a creative map work project in which they create a continent and draw a map of that continent containing landforms, water bodies, and landmarks. They write an essay, using the voice of an...

Designed for third graders but appropriate for older learners as well, this packet of materials underscores the necessity of teaching kids how to summarize, how to identify main ideas and supporting details, and how to ask questions...

Develop reading comprehension! With this resource, your kids will read a passage and focus on reading comprehension. There are a list of seven questions to answer after reading, but consider offering your class a specific strategy to...

Get your junior high writers stimulated with the strategies and ideas available in this activity. Learners discuss and debate controversial subjects, and outline their reasons with an online graphic organizer (link included) that creates...

Students read selections about friendships and discover ways to work with other learners. In this building friendships activity, students identify main ideas and details in reading selections about friendship and how to make friends....

How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...

Get to know your class by asking them what they would rather do. There are 10 different sets of "would you rather" questions sure to encourage giggles and classroom camaraderie. Tip: Have peers build memory skills by attempting to...

Pupils examine the use of pie charts and budgeting gas prices for a trip. They complete worksheets as they answer questions about a pie chart, outline their project, and calculate the cost of their trip. In the third lesson of this unit,...