Young readers can review chapter one of  C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with a simple vocabulary and reading comprehension activity. Included here is a list of 17 idioms and vocabulary words and six...

The Magic Pot by Patricia Coombs is the theme of this multidisciplinary lesson plan. Early readers first take part in a read aloud and grand conversation about the story's details. Then, they get to work practicing their skills in...

Halloween is a great time to review some dark, spooky, and fun describing words! A holiday scene containing a black cat, grinning jack-o-lantern, and foggy sky comes forth when class members color the sections with adjectives yellow.

What is the mystery picture? After plotting points on the first quadrant of a Cartesian coordinate system, young mathematicians connect the points to create a Halloween-themed picture.

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

Students complete literary analysis and writing activities using The Witch of Goingsnake. In this literary analysis instructional activity, students interpret a proverb, read poems, complete a quaker reading, and complete research for...

Double the enjoyment of the Scottish play with a crossword puzzle based on Shakespeare's Macbeth. The activity tasks readers to identify characters and events and to fill in the missing words from Shakespeare's tragedy about the...

Students complete literary analysis activities using proverbs. In this proverbs lesson, students interpret a proverb and discuss the structure of poems. Students write essays explaining the summary statement and complete a Venn diagram...

Does your class or do individual learners need more practice determining the main idea of a passage of informational text? Here is a worksheet containing seven exercises that asks kids to read short paragraphs, summarize the passage in...

Students listen to The Ballad of Ira Hayes and write paragraphs about his character. In this The Witch of Goingsnake lesson, students read the verses and chorus of the ballad aloud and make notes about Ira Hayes. Students write a...

Young learners explore the antagonist. They retell Hansel and Gretel and identify the witch and the stepmother as antagonists. They then brainstorm common character traits of an antagonist, and then write a paragraph describing...

Students read the story of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Based upon the story, students perform reinforcement and discovery activities, according to their ability level. Pupils may write an essay, perform computer research,...

In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.

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

Who gave you grammar homework? Or is it whom? Clarify the meanings of several commonly confused words, including affect and effect, among and between, and then and than with a handout and grammar practice worksheet.

A lesson begins with a description of a diamante poem and the rules to follow while writing one. Scholars examine the ins and outs of synonym and antonym diamantes, then compose an original poem using their newfound knowledge. 

The class reads the book Heckedy Peg. Stopping to point out the prepositional phrases, the teacher models and guides the young scholars to deeper comprehension. Small groups collaborate to read A Sweet Smell of Roses. They thenfind the...

Students utilize their reading comprehension abilities by discussing a story in class.  In this story analysis lesson plan, students read the story Witch of Blackbird Pond and answer questions in their reading journal....

Students read the story The Magic Pot and complete language arts based activities based on the story. In this language arts lesson plan, students discuss, listen, observe, and complete language worksheets.

Students practice blending sounds into words. After the instructor demonstrates blending phonemes to make words that can be read, students are divided into two teams for a word blending game. Given the initial and final sounds,...

Students listen to a passage out of the book, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and close their eyes to try to make a picture of what was being read; describing it in their mind. They then read a passage out of the book that is very...

Learners practice the skill of visualization to process the benefits of reading text without pictures. They must master visualizing in their minds what the words are stating on the pages of a text. Each student receives a copy of "The...

Students explore the /ch/ phoneme and how it just a combination of the /c/ and /h/ sounds. They recite /ch/ tongue twisters and write 'ch' words using letterboxes. They identify /ch/ words while reading the story, 'Chica Chica Boom Boom.'

  Young scholars study the elements of fantasy in fiction as a whole group by dissecting fiction stories.  In this story elements instructional activity, students work through a handout about fantasy to point out the elements...