Listening to poems about feeling lonely and feeling like an outsider set the stage for a group activity that focuses on Stevie Smith's "Not Waving But Drowning." Groups examine the three stanzas of Smith's poem separately and identify in...

Students inspect human health by participating in a class game. In this nutrition lesson, students examine an interactive food pyramid and discuss the healthy alternatives to their typical diets. Students complete a flash card activity...

Students examine the Reconstruction Era. In this American history lesson, students explore the condition of the United States following the Civil War as they read statistical data. Students analyze the Reconstruction policies to...

Count the frogs! This template is all you need to help your counters create adorable number books. Each of the six pages features 1-5 frogs with the number written out. Learners must not only write the number in numerical form, but also...

How many items can your learners find that are approximately one inch in length or width? Using this graphic organizer, they find nine, labeling and drawing each. A line that is 1-inch is provided at the bottom of the page, or you could...

Send your scholars on a measuring scavenger hunt with this interactive instructional activity! They use a graphic organizer to record their findings as they search for items which are less than, more than, or just about one inch long....

Students examine transportation systems and explore problems created by modern transportation. In this transportation systems lesson, students discuss various forms of transportation as it relates to depletion of our natural oil...

Oh no! These watermelons have no seeds! Beginning counters use fun templates as they roll dice and draw the resulting number of seeds onto the watermelon image. They also write the number in the space beside the watermelon. Consider...

Use these festive watermelon number cards as a math manipulative in with your youngsters. Laminate and cut out a set for each student to use throughout the year, or just use one classroom set for math stations. Although there isn't a...

Your class will be able to read and understand information from a Venn Diagram with this fun activity. Different kinds of deserts are laid out in the graphic organizer and your class will be able to answer the following questions about...

Students research nutrition by examining the food pyramid. For this culinary lesson, students identify the concept of a balanced meal by researching the different groups on a food pyramid. Students utilize the web to play a game titled...

For this daily math problem worksheet, students complete two activities that help them with even and odd numbers. Students draw pictures and write an explanation for the even and odd number examples.

A writing prompt about a surprise on Christmas morning provides students with the beginning of the story, and invites them to finish the middle and ending. This prompt could be a good addition to a Christmas-themed unit, or as a lesson...

Students learn about making choices when dealing with bullies, peer pressure, and conflict, then create their own comics, using speech bubbles to write dialogue, in response to what they have learned. Requires Adobe Flash.

This broad site includes several activities and links for young students to better learn their alphabet and improve their reading skills. Also provides at the bottom of the page at least one activity for each letter of the alphabet....

See the land where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote many of her Little House stories. Learn about the history of the land, plan a visit, take a virtual tour and read further about the homestead of this famous author. Requires Adobe Flash.

Help Marcelino refill his honey pot by putting the pictures in the right order. Requires Adobe Flash Player.

Here are folktales, fairy tales, tall tales, myths, legends, magical tales, and sacred stories, plus original fables, humor, fantasy, and historical fiction from award-winning author Aaron Shepard. Most of the stories have been published...