Get your kids moving on the first day of school! This action verb activity doesn't have to be used as an ice breaker, but it sure will work as one. Simply place pairs of cards face-side down on the carpet, each with an action verb...

Young mathematicians explore two-digit subtraction. They will investigate multiple ways to subtract numbers involving regrouping. Resources are provided.

Read about the tumultuous beginning to the United States with an informational text passage about Colonial America. As young researchers peruse an article about the arrival of the Mayflower, the settlers' relationship to the neighboring...

Who says getting to know your neighbors has to be difficult? The first resource in a three-part series creates an engaging project that teaches your scholars about Canadian culture. A question-and-answer format takes place via e-mail and...

People often set off fireworks to celebrate. What is the cost of the annoyance of their neighbors? Economics help answer that question! Learners consider this problem, along with prompts on price and competition, using College Board...

The legacies of the Mexican Revolution are visible today—even if some history classes don't cover them. Using primary sources from leaders in Mexico at the time of the popular uprising and other evidence, such as railroad maps, young...

First graders accurately name letters with their phonetic sound.  In this letter recognition activity, 1st graders respond to a question about summer when their name letter is called.  Students describe a summer experience.

Learners practice the strategy of visualization to aid in their reading comprehension of text. They paint mental pictures from readings from their history books, "The World and Its People: the US and It's Neighbors," and short stories...

Chicago is one city, four neighborhoods, and countless nationalities. The lesson explores the ethnic division of Chicago in the early twentieth century. Academics read primary sources, analyze maps, and tour an online exhibit to...

Students practice speaking and listening skills by greeting and meeting classmates.

Students practice greetings and dialogues in English. In this ELL lesson, students watch a silent video with people greeting one another and make predictions about what they are saying. They write dialogues and share them with a...

Students discover the ideals of Canada by analyzing its symbols.  In this Canadian culture lesson, students identify the symbols that established the U.S. as its own nation and compare them to important Canadian symbols....

Students explore the connection between doing something positive for people in need. They ask family, friends, and neighbors to be sponsors for a jog/walk-a-thon. Patrons donate a specific number of non-perishable items for each lap the...

Youngsters participate in three activities using the hundreds chart. They will choose numbers to add up to one hundred. Whoever gets the most combinations wins. Two variations of the game are supplied.

This activity combines math, visual arts, and language arts activities that all focus on the making, and baling of hay. The activities can be adjusted to address different age ranges. Most of the activities focus on gaining...

Leaners will recite "Cross Patch" and examine its related emotions and vocabulary. They chant "Cross Patch", participate in listening games and identify rhyming words. Afterward, they place the rhyme in their "My Very Own Nursery Rhyme...

Learners view and analyze three different images related to the Battle of Lexington and Concord. They also answer a variety of questions in a graphic organizer to help keep the information straight.

Are you looking for a good 3-D geometry lesson that includes hands-on activities for your middle schoolers? Look no further than this one! Pupils use centimeter grid paper embedded in the plan, along with detailed construction...

Knowing when and where to insert an apostrophe is important, as well as knowing the meaning of that apostrophe. Class members read sentences and practice putting apostrophes where they are needed.

In this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the planet Pluto. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

Fifth graders read a book.  In this informational text features lesson, 5th graders define captions and their purpose.  Students view an article and discuss the graphic aides that assist comprehending the information...

Identifying the appositives that are found at the beginning or the end of sentences is the focus of this instructional activity. 

What or who can subject pronouns stand for? Ask your learners to determine the correct subject pronoun for 25 sentences. Learners are given the subjects and choose the pronouns from a chart of options.

If you give this worksheet to your class, make sure you know where the indirect object is! Young grammarians work on their grammar skills with a series of ten sentences, each with an indirect object ready for pupils to circle.