Party planners need algebra too! Here, pupils decide the perfect size of a cake based on available ingredients. They use the concepts of area and perimeter to make their conclusions.

Learners engage in a variety of book making activities to foster creativity, literacy, and fine-motor skills. In this book-making instructional activity, students author a book about the days of the week, illustrating the activities...

After reading a short story, students answer 4 questions about a birthday party. This activity could be used for younger students, or with older students as part of an ESL lesson.

Second graders explore the geography of Washington D.C. and President Bush's hometown of Crawford, Texas. They read the book, Diary of a Worm, determine the best route to go to Texas from Washington D.C., and throw a birthday party for...

Have you ever thrown a surprise party? Use this question to engage your intermediate English language learners. After a brief discussion, read the passage "Guermo's Surprise," and have learners answer the 10 multiple-choice questions...

Scholars participate in a gallery walk to examine photographs related to WWII and record thoughts about the pictures in note catchers. At the end of the gallery walk, pupils share their observations before participating in a discussion...

Caption this. Scholars look at pages 50-57 of Promises to Keep and discuss the photographs on the pages. They analyze the captions with the pictures and then discuss vocabulary such as human rights and civil rights. 

In this story activity, students fill in the blanks to a story about a sister's birthday with words from a word bank. Students fill in 12 blanks total.

Students honor African Americans in history. In this celebrating achievements lesson, students plan, design, and implement ways to honor persons in African American history during Black History Month.

In this world history activity, students examine the lives of rich and poor families. They research information about Queen Victoria's children, imagine they are a child in a Victorian nursery, and compare a Victorian birthday party with...

First graders identify similarities/differences of celebrations and list ways to celebrate. They investigate celebrations from around the world.

For this invitation worksheet, students look at the five components of what to include when writing an invitation. After reading these directions, students write and design an invitation in the space provided.

In this literature and comprehension question worksheet, student answer 5 short answer questions about chapter 14 of the story, Surprise Island. They have a sentence starter for each answer.

Young scholars create an invitation to the Chinese Emperor Qianlong's birthday party using historical knowledge of the Emperor and customary practices of the time. This instructional activity suggests using Microsoft Publisher for...

Bring history to life for your young scholars with a Fourth of July lesson series. After a class reading of the Declaration of Independence, students translate this pivotal document into layman's terms before working in small...

In this story telling worksheet, student retell a story about the worst birthday party ever in their own words. Students include who was there and what happened on the lines provided.

For this language arts worksheet, learners investigate words that end with "--tch." Students read a 2 page story about an angry wife who ends up at her own surprise birthday party. Learners mark the "--tch" words. Then students complete...

In this story writing worksheet, students write a story about a birthday party they went to and incorporate a clear beginning, middle, and end. Students must read the story aloud to family. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.

Learners identify political parties, then read a news article about the 2008 election. In this current events instructional activity (written prior to the 2008 election), the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...

Students examine plants found in the rainforest, and discuss products that come from rainforest plants. They examine books about rainforest plants, list foods they have eaten that come from the rainforest, and have a rainforest party.

Honor Abe Lincoln with a set of activity-based worksheets that can be used independently and in collaborative groups. Young historians participate in a listening activity where they fill in the missing blanks in a passage while being...

Students complete Perseverance, Courage, and Caring lessons from Get into the Game: Beyond Winning to properly prepare students for cooperative group learning and create a class climate conducive for a successful unit. They create a...

In this ESL worksheet on time, learners will read two party invitations and then write five complete sentences using time related words.