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Boombox Classroom: Music and Language
In this music and speech worksheet, learners find similarities between language and music. Students also tell about their own language. Learners also may write the 7 music letters.
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Topic Language- "what Do I Do?" -exploring Verbs
In this verb worksheet, 3rd graders read a selection on verbs and a short story. Students circle all of the verbs in the short story and sort them into a graphic organizer using present, past and future tense.
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Dear President Obama
Students write letters to the president as he begins his term. In this letter writing lesson, students discuss goals they hope the president will consider, and send good wishes to the president and his family. After the letters are...
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Sustainable Living
Students act out various types of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students practice speaking using the transportation phrases. Students ask each other question about the transportation. Students discuss the effects of...
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I See and I Think (It's A Wonderful World)
Students analyze song lyrics (by listening to the song) to pick-out descriptive vocabulary. They use this descriptive vocabulary to create a drawing of the images they "see" in the song. They compare their drawings to find similarities...
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Reviewing Main Events in Fiction
Students analyze elements of fiction while reading. In this reading analysis lesson, students read specific texts and retell the information they remember. Students discover how sequential storytelling works.
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The Whale Poem
Students watch a whale video clip for information. Students brainstorm on the facts that they learned about whales. Students use the Internet to find information and images about whales. Students write and publish a whale poem.
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Properties of Matter
Third graders explore forms of matter through reading, hands-on science activities, and research using the Internet. Students create a booklet, directions given, that they title and decorate, to later serve as a review visualization...
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Revolutions in the Solar System
Third graders conduct research on the solar system. In this solar system lesson, 3rd graders will work in groups of four to create a power point presentation from their findings. They divide the research amongst the members in their...
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Building Blocks
Students navigate to various websites and play educational games to reinforce learning. In this game lesson, students catalog games to play in various areas of the curriculum;. Students play online and board games.
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Homonym Search
In this homonym activity, students learn what homonyms are and underline the two homonyms in each sentence on this activity. There are 10 sentences on the page, but the first one is completed as an example for the students.
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Flags
Pupils study the flag they describe in their writing. This is done by either having the entire class view the one flag they are describing, or by handing out pictures of various flags to each individual student.
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Exploring the Personal Narrative
Students define the characteristics of a personal narrative, explain the difference between a 'memoir' and an 'autobiography', and create a reading journal in which they will log their reading activities. For this personal narrative...