Students are introduced to the concept of Japanese internment and Relocation during World War II. Through class discussion and case study, students trace the internment of Japanese Americans from the beginning of World Ward II to the...

Students discuss and learn synonyms. In this synonyms instructional activity, students use a thesaurus to look up synonyms for the given list of words.

For this environment worksheet, students read about how plants were removed from a hillside to allow for dirt bike use, and how they can help plants grow in the area again.

In this prefix "re" instructional activity, students add the prefix "re" to make a new word that means "again" in 6 questions. Example: write again (rewrite).

Students improve their throwing and catching skills with a variety of balls. They throw and catch while music plays, as soon as the music stops they play a game of chase until the music begins again.

Students evaluate their school's theater space. They study about the renovations to the University of Michigan's Hill Auditorium by reading and discussing the article "Michigan's Gem of an Auditorium Glitters Again." They then determine...

Second graders examine the cover of the book, CHICKEN LICKEN and make predictions about what will happen in the story. They read the book understanding that is a cautionary tale. They read the story again focusing on the repeated refrains.

Students illustrate the paper recycling process. They collect and weigh all the newspapers that come to their house in a week's time. Pupils multiply this number by all the weeks in a yeat and again by an estimate of the number of...

Students check their comprehension skills and apply what they've learned to their own writing. They write two or three sentences that tell what happened to make the Learning Tower of Pisa dangerous and describe what was done to make...

In this storytelling activity, 4th graders fill in 17 missing words without looking at the story. After the students read the story again aloud in pairs, the students complete a matrix on how well each student reads the story aloud.

First graders read Yo! Yes?  with the teacher, and and discuss the period, questions mark and exclamation point. In this languge arts instructional activity, 1st graders practice motions to go with each mark, listen to the story...

Students examine the outcome of adding one to a group of items. In this number sense lesson, students create stacks of chips and count them. Then, students add one more chip to the stack and count the chips again. Students discuss their...

Young writers develop their fine motor skills one stroke at a time with this simple tracing worksheet. Looking at pictures of eight basic figures ranging from horizontal and vertical lines to circles and triangles, children practice...

Set up your own word and vocabulary games with a set of Scrabble tiles. Included are all the letters of the alphabet (plus extra vowels) as well as pieces for triple and double word score and triple and double letter score. Learners can...

Take the first steps to reading fluency with a set of language arts activities. Kids work on the sight words pretty, ran, so, and out with tracing worksheets and matching games.

In this lesson students learn how to identify modes of transportation and communication for moving people, products, and ideas from place to place. Students also study the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of...

In this vocabulary worksheet, students click on a set of multiple choice "button" to find the correct word that completes a sentence. Page contains links to additional activities.

Use this instructional activity to gather insight into the types of activities assignments that each of your students prefers, and create an effective, student-centered learning environment.

To prepare readers for the major concepts in Victor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, an account of his life in Auschwitz, class members respond to a series of statements on an anticipation guide.

Get to know your scholars with this in-depth survey that asks learners to rate, answer true or false, write short answers, and draw abstract visuals about their academic and personal preferences.

Don't melt away! Pairs investigate different insulation materials to determine which one is better than the others. Using a low-temp heat plate, the teams insulate an ice cube from the heat source with a variety of substances. They...

Have you seen a large number of grammatically incorrect sentences in class writing lately? Help alleviate that issue with this app, which is targeted toward teenagers. Class members look at age-appropriate images and choose the correct...

A ten-question, multiple-choice quiz assesses what your elementary earth scientists know about the atmosphere both before and after a unique unit on global atmospheric change. Make sure to check out the activities and lesson plans...

Start with the basics of the Japanese language. The app, which is organized into chapters similar to a textbook, is made up of approachable text, which reads like someone calmly talking you through the aspects of the Japanese language,...