Have your young readers engage in activities to stimulate group discussions. They question one another using jigsaw puzzle pieces and interview each other to find five things they have in common. They create a biography of a famous...

Students explore different types of trees with their senses. In this nature instructional activity, students play a game in which pairs use their senses to explore trees, blindfolded. Students then must find the tree they found when...

In this language arts worksheet, students practice answering a question with a logical clear response. Students read 10 questions and choose the most appropriate answer.

For this math and language arts worksheet, students solve 5 -part math problems which are written in word form. These simple math problems need to have their answers expressed in word form as well. Example: Ten plus two, add fifteen, add...

Students play The Dictionary Game--also called Balderdash as a way to learn new vocabulary words.

For this Meishi game worksheet, students create six small identity cards, exchange them as self-introduction cards with other students and try to collect as many cards as they can to win the game.

In these Olympic history worksheets, students read about the ancient Olympic games and the modern games. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the past and present Olympic games.

For this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues about the Super Bowl games during the 1990's and complete the crossword puzzle.

In this spelling worksheet, students play a game in which they identify the silent "k" words as the teacher reads them off to a pair of students. They tell whether the given word begins with n, k, or either one.

Students work on their sign language skills using yarn balls to tag with and cones for boundaries.

In this icebreaker game worksheet, learners ask their classmates questions about themselves and fill in the blanks with classmates' names that match what they are asking. Students fill in 30 answers.

Students explore cartoons and comic strips to practice a variety of language and discussion activities. They explore the themes of humor, culture, and issues in cartoons and comic strips. They draw pictures to represent the last frame...

Students create artistic renditions of two random adjectives and one noun in this game-like Art lesson for the elementary and middle school classroom. The cross-curricular lesson includes a vocabulary list and a short resource list.

In this abbreviations worksheet, students play a game in which they practice writing abbreviations correctly. Players write abbreviations as words are read from index cards.

Use this worksheet to help your class identify proper nouns. They circle the proper nouns in 16 sentences. Answer key is provided. 

Students explore an assigned state. In this United States geography lesson, students identify facts and figures related to a particular state. Students use the Internet for research and create a PowerPoint presentation displaying these...

Pupils learn about honing their writing through editing. They write the beginning of a story, paying attention to vocabulary and detail. Then they split into groups of two to peer edit. After discussing ways they can improve their...

Advertisers are out to get your pupils' business, and as consumers, they need to be aware of how advertisements are crafted. After delineating the four parts of an ad, this worksheet presents a sample and readers are asked to identify...

Focus on prepositions and prepositional phrases, is the goal of this game of charades. The clues are based on maps that they have drawn out of a hat, and describe how to get to a certain location in a town using prepositions. Note:...

In this clever research lesson, student groups research certain cultural aspects of a foreign country, and fill out a worksheet with notes. In this note taking lesson, 5th graders write about the environment, entertainment, art, and...

Fifth graders work in a group to identify and reference the index, front page, metro page, state and local pages, as well as the sports, comics and classifieds in the newspaper 90% of the time during the game of "Identifying and...

Students relate their own Thanksgiving experiences to those of the past through colonial games, Thanksgiving story books, and personal interviews. They develop a concept of how to celebrate Thanksgiving and plan a class time celebration,...

Students use technology to improve their communication skills and have the ability to interact with other speech students attending other elementary schools. Through riddles, games, and other activities, students attain their speech...

Fifth graders investigate the origins of foods they eat while they consider social justice issues. In this food sources lesson, 5th graders play a game and then research food distribution, food security, and hunger in the world today....