Second graders create their own science textbooks. They work in small, cooperative science teams to plan and create their textbooks. In addition, they photograph their group work, projects, materials and specimens, and other images.

In this adverbs activity, students review and discuss how to recognize adverbs in sentences and complete a two part test over adverbs.

In this nursery rhyme coloring page, learners see the nursery rhyme, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. They color the cartoon-like black line picture of a woman knitting as she talks to a sheep. There are no directions given with this worksheet.

In this long vowel writing worksheet, students say the name of pictures that have the long a sound, then write about the pictures. Worksheet has links to additional activities.

In this long U worksheet, learners say the name of 12 pictures. Students circle the symbol for long or short U to match the sound that the vowel in the word makes.

In this letter L worksheet, students practice tracing and writing the upper and lower case letter, write the beginning letter l next to a set of pictures that begin with the letter, and draw an "L" picture of their own.

In this long O worksheet, students say the name of 6 pictures. Students write the word on the primary lines and use it in a sentence. All words have long O sound.

In this writing worksheet, students look at a picture, say its name, write the name three times, and use the word in a sentence. They see black line pictures of 7 items which include a king a ring, and a fist.

In this picture/word association worksheet, 2nd graders circle pictures of words that are used in 4 short readings. They find the correct "th," "qu," and "wh" pictures in this digraph activity.

In these prepositional phrases worksheets, students review the definitions and examples for prepositional phrases, prepositions, and object of prepositions. Students then complete three pages of activities for prepositions.

In this grammar instructional activity, 3rd graders read the definition of adverbs at the top of the page. They fill in the blank in each of 5 sentences using one of the adjectives from the list at the end of each sentence.

Students complete graphic organizers. In this graphic organizer lesson plan, students fill out various graphic organizers in order to better understand a comprehension skill. Eighteen graphic organizers are included.

In this adjectives worksheet, students read and analyze 15 sentences and write the adjectives on the lines. Note: There is an error in the directions.

In this attributive and predicative adjective worksheet, students identify adjectives that can be used as an attributive and a predicative adjective. Students also identify the adjectives which have the same meaning when used...

Students view live theatre. In this play productions lesson, students visit selected venues online or in person to see up to 32 plays in the United Kingdom.

Students read and discuss selected and edited excerpts from the essays of Stephen Jay Gould on the subject of contrivances.

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...

Students learn about artist Larry Schulte and view examples of his work. They create addition sentence for the first seven numbers of the fibonacci sequence and use unifix cubes to build that sentences. Students color and create three...

Students, when given the name of a community, identify a food, a craft, a custom, language and music, unique to that community 100% of the time. They find similarities and differences between this community and their own in four...

Students practice the art of being a historian. They compare primary and secondary resources to conduct a critical thinking assignment. Students compare the map of the Baton Rouge area to a modern one in order to make inferences about...

Students examine how the lives of children have been represented in art in the past and the present. Using the internet, they research how schools are different today then they were in the past. In groups, they take photographs to...

Students compare and contrast the monuments erected for George Washington, the first president of the United States, and Qin Shi Huangdi (r. 221- 210 BCE), the first emperor of China. This instructional activity also includes a creative...

Grab your feathers and your hat! And perhaps some macaroni! It's time to investigate the evolution of "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Groups do a close reading of sheet music covers, lyrics, and even YouTube videos to see how this political song...

Young explorers study the scarcity and importance of a continuous supply of fresh water in Cape Verde. They research the five main ways that fresh water is obtained in these countries. Each research group prepares a presentation, and...