Ever wonder how the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the ever-changing unemployment rate? Sal begins explaining this by breaking down the US population into subsets, including the labor force and the unemployed. He explains the...

What a unique way of identifying the main idea in a passage. Learners read an article about starting a new business, but they read it in small sections, rephrasing each section independently. Then, below the article, writers summarize...

Dark humor, anyone? Kerry Mitchell’s “Unhappy Hour,” compels readers to laugh at his very chilling tale. Explore with your class how the author combines tone and mood to create a sci-fi story with a very unhappy ending. Pre-reading...

Increase your young learners' phonetic awareness with this plan on the /e/ sound. The class will learn a catchy tongue twister to remember the sound, practice writing the letter e, and identify the /e/ sound in individual words spoken by...

Because of its interesting subject matter, this reading passage about one person's experience during a hurricane is compelling. In the 14 question activity students are exposed to rich vocabulary and thought-provoking material. It could...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this adjectives worksheet, students categorize adjectives given into 3 categories and read passages that include adjectives. Students complete 5 activities.

In this fact and opinion activity, students read the 9 paragraphs about beginning a business and summarize each paragraph with 1 to 2 sentences. Students write a culminating summary paragraph based on the article that includes a topic...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /o/ sound using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "In...

In this future tense worksheet, 3rd graders complete 6 conversations by writing the letter of the correct word or phrase from the word bank in the blank.

In this bad luck and good luck worksheet, students read a story about bad and good luck, choose the correct words to complete the story, and answer multiple choice questions about it. Students complete 2 activities.

Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Pupils, through instruction and modeling, practice making the /sh/ sound. They say tongue twisters with the /sh/ sound and practice writing the 's' and 'h' together. They draw a picture or write a word of their choice that begins or...

Students gain insight into the correspondence ee = /EE/ in both written and spoken words. They recite tongue twisters with the /EE/ sound and use letterboxes to spell 'ee' words. They read a book with a variety of /EE/ words.

In this Mr. Bean activity and progress test activity, students respond to a total of 19 short answer, multiple choice, matching, and fill in the blank questions pertaining to Mr. Bean.

In this idiom worksheet, students read a sentence, then choose the correct meaning of the idiom, or fill in a blank with the correct idiom. Worksheet is divided into a section for elementary, intermediate and advanced.

Middle schoolers investigate the Louisiana Purchase. In this Lewis and Clark Expedition lesson plan, students watch the PBS video about the expedition and then complete worksheets based on details of the expedition and review the...

In this conversation lesson worksheet, 7th graders use context clues to get the meaning of 8 words, then select 6 news stories from a list of 12 and explain why they would choose those for an evening TV news broadcast.

Young scholars explore vowel correspondences. They discuss the vowel correspondence u=/u/. They identify u=/u/ in written words and a meaningful representation and letter symbol for the sound. Students read and write words using u=/u/.

Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words and use letterboxes to spell 'u' words. They identify short /u/ words as...

Students practice transfering weight from one or both feet in different directions and at varying distances. They pretend to be frogs by jumping and making frog noises. As they practice jumping in different directions, they pretend to be...

First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and decoding activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students match the phoneme and letter in words and pseudo...

First graders observe as the letter "e' is shown on the overhead projector and discuss the letter's name and what sound it makes. They compare the letter's sound to a creaky door and practice making the /e/ sound. They try saying the...