Introduce young learners to the idea of disabilities and making friends with children who are different than they are. Using Don't Call Me Special - A First Look at Disability by Pat Thomas, learners are guided through the new...

So, this is not technically a worksheet, but rather a chapter of reading material, pictures, and diagrams introducing young biologists to the cell. Cell theory, diversity, size, and shape are described. The internal organization and...

Students read novel, Little House in the Big Woods, explore web sites and other resources devoted to author, Laura Ingalls Wilder, complete Venn Diagram showing ways they and author are alike and different, and create diorama, read...

Students draw a picture with only one color crayon. As a class, they discuss how the world would be different if there were only one color crayon to use. After being read a book, they discuss how each person is important even though...

Third graders. in groups, take pictures of plants and turn them into a learning game.

Students discuss differences such as skin color, eye color, hair color, emotions, families, etc., to reinforce that it is okay to be different.

Learners read short stories containing Dolch sight words and describe the scenes and answer comprehension questions. After relating the stories to their own experiences or observations, they draw pictures illustrating a scene from the...

Visual models support young mathematicians with exploring equivalent fractions. Starting with a quick warm-up problem, children go on to work through a series of guiding practice problems before working with a partner identifying and...

Scholars read about each planet then bake a plate of cosmic cookies—no-bake cookies decorated to look like the planets; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

Students compare and contrast various species of birds. After participating in a brief discussion of the characteristics of birds, they view birds in their natural habitat and in pictures with a focus on the similarities and differences...

The student create a drawing of themselves through the use of multicultural people color crayons. They explain to a teacher what makes them special. Students investigate family types, skin color, eye color, hair color, and favorites.

Compare different types of leaves in a science exploration. First, third graders identify common characteristics of various plants, such as daisies, fir needles, and cypress leaves. They then determine if the plants in each group are...

In this similes and metaphors instructional activity, students write a descriptive practice paragraph in which they describe a place, idea, person, event, or concept without telling what the subject of the paragraph is.  Students...

Students review important facts about the famous 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt. They compare two of Rembrandt's self-portraits and discuss the style of each. Students create an exhibit guide describing the overall theme of the...

For this recognizing homographs worksheet, students observe boxes containing picture clues, two incomplete sentences, and two choices of answers. Students fill in the 9 blanks with the correct homograph choices.

Fifth graders are introduced to the figurative language using metaphors and similies. They identify the similarities and differences between the two and practice developing their own to use in their writing. They illustrate their...

Three major types of volcanoes exist: cinder cone, composite/strata, and shield. The 18th lesson in a 20-part series covers the various landforms created from volcanoes. Scholars work in pairs to correctly identify the three...

Young scholars explore the functions of landscape picture maps. In this geography skills lesson, students examine a landscape picture map and identify buildings on the map where people are employed. Young scholars also participate in a...

Students practice tracing and identifying lower-case b and d letters as well as pictures containing examples of those letters. They mimic the sounds that the letters make and offer examples of those sounds rhyming when applicable.

Students explore and notice how foods from different countries of the world are alike and different.  For this food and languages of the world lesson, students examine fruit and bread from a variety of countries around the world....

Third graders compare and contrast the physical features of parents and offspring. In this life science activity, 3rd graders classify a set of animal pictures according to their similarities. They share and explain their work in class.

Students identify and describe major geographical features of the Middle East and explain how these features and other natural resources influence the economy of the area. Then they research one of the middle-eastern countries listed,...

In this two snails learning exercise, students observe and spot the differences between a picture of two families of snails and circle each one they find.

First graders explain that everybody is unique in their own way by participating in this lively, art and language based series of lesson plans. They would greatly benefit from engaging in these plans in the beginning of the year as an...