Run like a cheetah. A performance task challenges pupils to solve several different problems involving the speed of a cheetah. Given information for scenarios where the cheetah chases its prey, they determine if the big cat is fast enough.

Elephants eat and cheetahs chase in this zany zoo! Kids survey a list of ten animals before adding in an adjective and verb for each to form an alliterative phrase or sentence.

The cheetah is faster than Bolt. Class members watch a video of a cheetah and Usain Bolt run at record breaking speeds. The pupils come up with questions about the video. When asked, the teacher provides information relative to the...

Genetic variation shows the health of a population, yet cheetahs show very little variation over that last 10,000 years. Scholars learn the importance of genetic variation in populations after viewing an informative presentation. It...

My mother is a flower. John is a cheetah. Introduce kids to metaphors with a series of sentences that asks them to identify the two things that are being compared.

What do chug and chain have in common? The consonant digraph ch of course. Hold onto your hats – here is a packet of worksheets with enough practice activities to fill a short unit. It contains two lists of ch words, three practice...

Revisit the 2012 Summer Olympics by having seventh graders calculate the unit rate sprinting speed of the 100-meter gold medal winner. 

As part of a study of comparison, kids transform similes into metaphors and metaphors into similes.

Take a trip to Africa with an educational grammar slideshow. Featuring pictures, sentences, and examples with an African safari theme, the presentation guides learners through definite and indefinite articles.

Pupils identify fact and opinion statements with a language arts worksheet. Then, they explain their thinking in a sentence, including the clues or set of words that helped them arrive at their answer.

How hard can it be to measure out two pounds? A short performance task introduces a situation where a balance scale is broken. It gives a method for measuring out two pounds and asks learners to evaluate the procedure. They must prove...

Kenya is a country in East Africa; the capital city, Nairobi, is well-known for its National Park: the world's only game reserve found within a major city. The park's large wildlife population includes baboons, rhinos, gazelles, zebras,...

Read this passage and study the graphics to complete a five-question quiz that will test your knowledge on acceleration.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about jaguars, tigers, and other big cats that have become endangered species. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares extreme animal facts. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...