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Project H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment)
Young scholars explore career paths by creating a job scrapbook. In this employment lesson, students discuss what types of skills employers look for in the job market. Young scholars decide on a career they would like to...
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No Need To Be Puzzled About Me
Fourth graders investigate acrostic poetry by researching the Internet. In this poetry writing lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet detailing their personal activities and interests. Students view the form of an acrostic...
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Tracking the Olympics
Learners conduct interviews. In this Olympic lesson, students play the parts of Olympic athletes and sports announcers. Learners take part in interviews practicing both parts and create podcasts of the interviews.
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The Differences Among Us
Students compare cultures. In this writing skills lesson, students collaborate to chart the tradition and cultural beliefs of their classmates. Students use their finding to write comparative essays regarding the similarities and...
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Student Published Books
Fifth graders create a graphic organizer after it is modeled by the teacher. In this graphic organizer lesson plan, 5th graders complete a graphic organizer describing chapter 1 of a book. Graphic organizers will be revised...
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Weekly Current Events Podcasts
Students create a weekly current event podcast. In this podcast instructional activity, students find current events for the week and write out a script to explain this event. They add in music and sound effects and record their final...
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Reading Vocabulary Definition Test
In this vocabulary worksheet, students write the words that are defined by their teacher and write sentences with words. Students identify 28 words and write 4 sentences.
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Fighting Disease
Seventh graders explore the concept of medical intervention in African nations. For this geography lesson, 7th graders research primary and secondary sources in search of information regarding Guinea worm disease. Students use their...
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Author Study - Mo Willems
Young scholars listen to books written by Mo Willems each day and discuss the story elements of each. In this reading strategies lesson, students decide after reading through the whole series of books, what their favorite...
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Key to Good Health: Sleep and Mental Relaxation
Students investigate the effect good sleep and rest has on the human body. For this health lesson, students discover the different stages of sleep and discuss ways they can ease their own tension through exercise or meditation....
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Author's Purpose and Point of View Post Test
In this author's purpose and point of view worksheet, students determine the definition of the terms and identify the author's purpose and point of view in given passages.
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The Future Continuous
In this verb tenses worksheet, learners read the statements and fill in the missing words with a verb in future continuous tense. Students complete 15 exercises.
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The Environment
In this reading fluency practice worksheet, learners pair with partners to read the 2 sets of dialogue related to the environment.
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January Internet Facts Hunt
In this January worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about January facts to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 14 questions total.
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Arrange the Words
In this adjectives worksheet, students categorize adjectives given into 3 categories and read passages that include adjectives. Students complete 5 activities.
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Borrowed Poem Performance: Practice for Slam
Students practice for a poetry slam. In this poetry lesson, students select borrowed poems to perform in a poetry slam in order to participate in their own poetry slam competition.
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Script Reading
Students investigate propaganda techniques. In this media awareness lesson, students watch drug commercial clips and identify the purpose of pacing in advertising.
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Pre Reading Strategies
Students use their journals in order to predict what will happen in a text for a prereading strategy. In this prereading lesson plan, students list the 5 strategies they learn and use them before they read.
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You Be the Judge
Young scholars explore nonfiction writing by completing a worksheet in class. In this research questions lesson, students read several stories about the Wild West icons Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok. Young scholars answer study...
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Re-Enact "The Mitten"
Learners re-enact The Mitten by Jan Brett. In this acting lesson, students select a part and perform the story as it is being read.
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Decision-Making Model
In this decision making worksheet, students fill out the choices, skills, cost, and more when making decisions. Students fill out 25 boxes total.
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A Different View
Readers need to understand how their personal view point may differ or change how they see the view point found in a written text. Third graders read two informational pieces and fill out a graphic organizer to help them differentiate...
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Luisa Diogo
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Luisa Diogo and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game
Students say and spell vowel digraphs by playing a board game. In this vowel digraphs lesson plan, students make a single sound with 2 vowels.