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ESL Use of Prepositions- Where is the Ball? Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL preposition learning exercise, students examine 4 pictures of a ball as is position in relation to a box. They choose the best answer, out of four choices, to the question, "Where is the ball?"
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Prepositions of Place
In this ESL prepositions of place worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict the location of a ball in relation to a cardboard box. Students match the pictures with the prepositions that describe them
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Pendemonium: The Italian Job
Students identify prefixes, roots, and suffixes. In this grammar rules instructional activity, students analyze word parts to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
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Great Mail Race Survey
Students participate in The Great Mail Race by choosing a state, and then choosing a town in that state. They use the Internet to find the state's postal code and the zip code for the town they chose. They design a class survey that will...
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Fire Safety Research
Students brainstorm what they have previously discovered about fire safety and think about what they can do to protect themselves from fire dangers. They discuss key questions and write their thoughts on a board using...
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Creating Summaries
Fourth graders generate written summaries from non-fiction articles. In this writing lesson, 4th graders determine what must be included in writing a good summary and then work in small groups to construct summaries after reading...
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Geography and Culture in South Carolina
Students explore South Carolina. In this cultural heritage lesson, students investigate the topography of South Carolina using maps. Students are engaged in identifying the different regions of the state and examine the cultural heritage...
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5 Mother's Day Lessons and Activities
Students complete a craft project. In this Mother's Day lesson, students learn about Mother's Day around the world, write an essay about their mother, create a Mother's Day card, create coupons for meaningful time with their mothers and...
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Colonial Writing Project
Fourth graders write from the perspective of a child in the colonial period. In this writing lesson, 4th graders create a fictional character living in the colonial period and write about daily life from their perspective.
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Combining Clouds and Art in the Classroom
Students observe landscape paintings consisting of cloud formations. In this identifying cloud types lesson, students discover different cloud types and characteristics by looking at paintings. Students paint their own pictures at the...
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Read, Write and Talk
Fourth graders explore electricity by reading a story in their class. In this research technique lesson, 4th graders read a Magic School Bus book together and decide which elements of the story are the most important when asked about...
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A Fish Research Report
Young scholars select a species of fish and research facts about this species. They illustrate the written report with a picture of their chosen fish. The illustration may be labeled with body parts and background typical of the fish...
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California Crops
Students explore agriculture by researching the native food crops of California. Students define a list of agriculture vocabulary terms and analyze maps of California which explain which foods come from which area. Students write a...
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My Winter Acrostic
Learners create an acrostic poem about winter. In this lesson plan about acrostic poems, students explore acrostic poetry. Learners read an acrostic poem as an example. As a class, students come up with an acrostic poem for the word...
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Thankful List
Young scholars practice using free association as a pre-writing technique as they list things that they are thankful for. They share the lists of words and apply them when they write a descriptive essay or poem after identifying...
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ESL: Beginning Vocabulary Matching
Beginning English Learners match 10 line-drawn pictures of basic nouns with their names, such as kite, airplane, goat, and igloo. Indefinite articles are included, so this exercise also provides reinforcement for the a/an rule.
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ESL Animal Word Matching
In this ESL animal word matching worksheet, students look 10 blackline pictures of animals. They match the picture with the word that names the animal such as a rabbit, a snake, a dog, or a lion.
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ESL Jobs Picture- Word Matching Worksheet
In this ESL jobs picture-word matching instructional activity, students match small, black and white pictures of jobs with the words that name them. They complete 10 matching examples.
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ESL House Words- Matching Worksheet
In this ESL house picture/word matching worksheet, students match small, black and white pictures of rooms in a house with the word that names them. They complete 7 examples with words such as kitchen, garage, living room, and bathroom.
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ESL Will You Help Me Please? Fill In the Blank Worksheet
In this ESL will you help me, please worksheet, students look at 8 small clip art picture of a people doing an activity. They complete the sentence, "Will you help me..." by filling in a description of what the person in the picture is...
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ESL In the Classroom-Directions Matching Worksheet
In this ESL classroom directions worksheet, students examine 10 pictures that depict classroom instructions or commands. They match the pictures with the phrases that describe them, such as write your name, sit down, raise your hand, and...
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Past Simple
In this picture/word association worksheet, students view and discuss eight pictures and write a question on the line provided for each answer already stated for each picture.
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Spirituals
Fourth graders realize the significance in the Negro spirituals concerning the Underground Railroad. They choose a position, either for helping slaves or ignoring the slaves. They describe, in a paragraph, their position.