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Winter Holiday Attitude Adjustment
Students create kind sentences or compliments for each classmate in this feel-good instructional activity ideal for a Language Arts classroom just before Winter break. The instructional activity includes examples of positive comments...
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Ramadan - living in a diverse world
Middle schoolers examine Muslim traditional and Ramadan. They explore traditions and history of Ramadan. Students discuss positive and negative habits. They create a Ramadan 'advent calendar.
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"Working in a Hat Factory"
Students analyze the understanding of what a producer is. Students distinguish between producers and consumers. Students produce a hat of his/her own. Students will share creations with each other.
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Contemporary Figure Heads
Young scholars will compare historical figureheads to determine their purpose and meaning for the sailing vessels. They will use plaster to carve and create figureheads that are contemporary representations of themselves and their culture.
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Ballroom Dance
Students are introduced to ballroom dancing and are encouraged to continue with ballroom dancing as a lifetime activity. They are introduced to ballroom dancing to heighten their locomotor and motor skills, etiquette and social...
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Writing a Plan
Third graders pick something interesting to do, and write a plan to do it. They are guided inwardly to understand how long a short period of time is. Do this with a countdown of 5 minutes, in 1-minute intervals. This is the 5 minutes...
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Natural Enemies
Fourth graders engage in the reading of an ancient Chinese fairy tale. The goal of the lesson is for them to become creative in the use of writing. The story creates a context for student's writing and ideas for future drafts.
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Zoom! Speed Reading
Students practice repeated readings to improve their fluency. They review the cover-up strategy for decoding unknown words and practice reading sentences and short text. They work in pairs and complete the Speed Reading sheet for their...
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Teamwork Hill
Learners receive a class score of 1-5 for appropriate behavior and participation during P.E. class. When class exits P.E., they move the class ant to a different fruit or vegetable. Each piece of food is worth 5 points, so some may be in...
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Homophones
In this homophones worksheet, students read each sentence and determine which homophone correctly completes each sentence. Students choose from our/are and there/their/they're. Students also write a paragraph using the homophones.
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Cinco De Mayo Crossout Worksheet
In this Cinco De Mayo "crossout" worksheet, learners cross out letters that don't belong in words that are described by clues. All words are related to Cinco De Mayo.
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Ellis Island: The "Golden Door" to America
High schoolers write a narrative from the perspective of an immigration inspector or European immigrant. In this Immigration lesson, students read an online history of Ellis Island and evaluate its significance by writing answers to...
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ESL: Do or Make?
For this ESL grammar worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, completing them correctly using either "do" or "make." Students also sort and translate given words and write sentences of their own.
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Presenting Information
Students develop a business card to market them. In this developing a business card to market them lesson, students design a business card to represent them. Students create a logo or graphic design that is professional and catchy. ...
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Breaking News English: World's Tallest Man Marries
For this English worksheet, students read "World's Tallest Man Marries," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Daddy's Big Shoes
Students create something for their fathers. In this daddy's big shoes lesson, students trace their dad's shoe to create a template. Students fill the shoe with reasons why they think dad is special.
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Introduction to Scientific Illustration
Seventh graders draw scientific illustrations in the lab. In this life science lesson, 7th graders discuss the importance of drawing in science experiments. They differentiate scientific drawing from basic art.