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Animals in Japan
Students compare and contrast common animals children love and have as pets in Japan and America in this early elementary lesson. The culminating project is an original work of art by each student depicting an animal of their choice.
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Banners with a Message II
Students study the work of Keith Haring to explore how art can make social statements. They use a phrase with a positive theme and create an image that depicts the theme, in the Keith Haring style. They work collaboratively to create the...
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Horses
Students discuss the importance of the horse as a "beast of burden" animal in Japanese culture and create a legend, myth or tall tale set in Japan with a horse as the central character.
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Mixed Media Messages: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Students examine the process of recycling by creating a mock television commercial about recycling. In this recycling lesson, students watch an animated demonstration about recycling and answer content questions. Students play an online...
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Paper Sculpture Headdress
Students examine African masks and headdresses, and create their own.
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Nutrition
Students create a video incorporating clay animation and skits. Using their video creation, students explain and explore the five basic food groups, nutrition news, nutrients, benefits and food examples. They maintain a food journal,...
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Stained Glass Designs
Learners, using white glue for lead and chalk pastel for glass, create stained glass designs.
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Animals in Ancient Rome (Grades 7-8)
Students explore the role of animals in ancient Rome through the interpretation of a fictional account.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Fourth graders participate in a play to work on seeing events from a different perspective. Some of them are reporters, some cameramen and women, and others are interviewed. They put themselves in the shoes of the people in the book...
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Coil-Built Pueblo Bowls
Use Native American tradition to create the context for making different cultural representations of pottery. Practice using geometrical shapes painted on the pottery, research different patterns found on Native American pottery, and...
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck
In this literature instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about The Pearl. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Rain Forest Stencils
Fourth graders explore animals of the rain forest. They create a drawing of an animal in the rain forest. Students research the animal and write a paragraph about the animal. They use a stencil to create a picture of a rain forest animal.
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Stimulus Response
Students explore the five steps in the stimulus-response pathway. They analyze the senses and the difference between animals' primary and secondary senses. Students collect information about animal behavior to debate the ethics of...
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Social Studies: African Power Objects
Young scholars carve small clay animal tokens as personal talismans. They discuss why people might carry such objects and what they might personally represent to them. Students discuss which animals in Africa could be used as power symbols.
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Mythology Mystery
In this literature instructional activity, students read 6 clues. Each clue is a description of a hero, god or goddess from Greek mythology. Students write the name of the character, then self-check by circling every 3rd letter in a...
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Homophones
In this homonyms activity, students read 5 sentences and choose the correct homonym to complete the sentence. Students then use the word they did not choose in a sentence.
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Vocabulary Worksheet
For this vocabulary worksheet, 3rd graders will match 15 words to the correct definition. The words cover a variety of subjects and include huge and caduceus.
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Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test- Grade 4 Reading Sample Test: Florida Panther
In this test preparation worksheet set based on the Florida
Comprehensive Assessment Tool, grade four students practice taking a
sample test entitled "Florida Panther." They a practice reading a non-fiction selection, before answering 4...
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Halloween
In this Halloween worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with words matching Halloween pictures and then label the pictures with the number of sentence it goes with. Students complete 2 activities.
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Put Me in My Place: Using Alphanumeric Grids to Locate Places
Students practice locating points on a large wall grid and create and label a neighborhood map. In this geography lesson, students spell and discuss places as the teacher places them on the map. They discuss the concept of an...
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Ch,Ch,Ch,Ch, Choooo, Choooo!!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letters /ch/. Students then sing a song, listen to the book "Choo Choo, the Story of a Little Engine...
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Chinese Folktales
High schoolers examine Chinese folktales. In this literature and philanthropy instructional activity, students read Chinese folktales and analyze their literary elements. High schoolers consider the effects of generosity in the tales and...
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Inferencing II: Post Test
In this inferences worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about inferences after they read a passage. Students read 4 passages and answer 10 questions total.