Substance Use and Its Effect on Behavior

Explore grammar rules by completing a worksheet. In this sentence structure lesson plan, kids define run-on sentences and read sample sentences to determine whether they are complete or incomplete. There is also a space for the writer to...

Part of being an effective writer is having the ability to stop yourself and revisit what you've written. Prompt a discussion about writing by providing the following quotation: "You've got to know when to turn around." Then, use their...

Examine the events of Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary with a straightforward learning exercise. The page focuses on the events of the story, and in particular on cause and effect. For ten events in the story, either the cause or...

Use a resource that highlights Roald Dahl's seven tips for imaginative writing while reading The BFG. The activities encourage learners to become creative writers through finding harmony, establishing stamina, engaging in imaginative...

Challenge scholars to show what they know about the reading comprehension skill, cause and effect. Readers examine situations—focusing on signal words—to write cause and effect sentences. 

Before writing a narrative paragraph, map it out! Provide writers with a graphic organizer to help plan a descriptive paragraph. The prompt looks closely at the beginning, middle, and end, specifically the topic sentence, details, and a...

After reading Elvira Woodruff's George Washington's Socks, young readers and writers embark upon writing their own historically based story, with a focus on developing ideas and details throughout the piece. In small groups, class...

After completing a writing assignment of sorts (you decide the assignment's topic and focus), bring your learners together to discuss run-on sentences. After looking at five examples as a whole group, writers return to their desks to...

What's the point in saving water? Surprisingly water isn't a forever resource because it is a natural resource. Here, young water conservationists hunt for 23 wise water users and water wasters by clicking on the people in the...

It all begins with the book On the Mayflower, by Kate Walsh. Third graders will review vocabulary from the book then get into groups to participate in four different learning centers focused on the idea that things, people, and ideas...