Fourth graders investigate some of the basic functions of using Microsoft Word. The teacher uses a LCD projector to give instruction and guide the lesson plan. They practice finding the menu screens to perform basic editing and command...

Fourth graders complete an attached simile worksheet. The teacher models the instructional activity on a LCD screen. They then open a simile template in the correct folder on Microsoft word. They insert similes, spell check their...

Students explore how a circuit works and create a circuit to use energy from a battery to light a bulb. In this introduction to circuits instructional activity, the students study the parts of a circuit and have a class discussion of...

Pupils read excerpts from an explorer's journal and then become investigators and navigators themselves. Students answer questions about the difficulties and time it took for the explorers to travel from Washington to New Orleans and...

Fourth graders identify major components of a "Cinderella" story in order to create a database.

Fourth graders explore the influence of Abraham Lincoln on events of the 1800's and crate a group life-size poster.

Pupils create an Intergalactic Bill of Rights and apply the United States Bill of Rights to a hypothetical situation.

Fourth graders engage in a instructional activity that continues the creation of a specialized Microsoft Word document. They practice creating art using Wordart and inserting images into the document with a paragraph attached. One of the...

The Mississippi Department of Education offers a sample of informative writing prompts. Great ideas for teachers and students.

After giving learners the writing topic "A Special Day that I Remember, give students ten to fifteen minutes to write on the topic. Then tell them they will be revising their "Special Day" prompt writing, but first they will listen to...

This lesson and prompt encourages students to show information about themselves as they set the things that they love to the music of Tom T. Hall's, "I Love." Students will be further inspired after hearing Brigitte Minne's book, I Love,...

Find out more about the book Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell through this informative site. This resource provides a description of the book, a writing prompt for the book, an extension activity and more.