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School Manners and Student Behavior
Students write rules for good manners. In this character building lesson, students discuss and record showing respect in the classroom, playground, and cafeteria. They role play these behaviors in front of the class.
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Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 3rd graders answer multiple choice questions about 2 passages that they read. Students complete 11 questions.
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Remember
In this phrases representing remembering worksheet, learners complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences with phrases representing remembering. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Journal Writing Ideas
Students choose a topic from a list to write a journal entry about. In this journal writing lesson, students use one of the ideas included in the comprehensive list of ideas when they cannot think of a topic to write about. They write...
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The History of Rice
Fourth graders investigate the history of rice by drawing a timeline of important dates. In this food history lesson plan, 4th graders research the history of rice, where it came from, and who first used it for food. Students...
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Heart Writing Challenge
In this heart idioms learning exercise, students fill in the blanks with idioms about the heart. Students complete 28 idioms with a word bank at the bottom.
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Obesity in Our World Today
Seventh graders investigate overeating and personal health by researching obesity facts. In this healthy eating lesson, 7th graders research the Internet for facts about youth obesity and the causes of ailments such as diabetes. Students...
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Plot Summaries
In this plot summaries learning exercise, students read the plot summaries and write what the expositions, inciting moments, rising actions, climaxes, falling actions, and denouements are in them. Students do this for 2 plot summaries.
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Language Tutorial
Fourth graders practice using vowel teams and pronunciations. In this language instructional activity, 4th graders complete visual, auditory, and phonemic drills, review spellings of words, and echo dictated words. Students also read...
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Passive Voice
In this passive voice instructional activity, students choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentences. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Fire Safety Spelling / Vocabulary Worksheet
For this fire safety worksheet, students read paragraphs about fire safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Reading-Grade 3 Advanced 1
In this grade 3 reading worksheet, 3rd graders answer a set of 20 multiple choice "advanced" questions covering a variety of grade 3 concepts. Answers may be submitted online.
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Angela Merkel
In this Angela Merkel worksheet, students read about the life of the Chancellor, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Royal Wedding Likely to Hurt UK Economy
Fifth graders discuss the royal wedding. In this economy lesson, 5th graders take opposite sides of who should pay for the royal wedding, and hold a debate. Students discuss the meaning of debt and do a synonym match.
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Looking Through Lenses
Learners explore the various societal and cultural "lenses" which color their perspectives and life experiences by reading the short story "What Means Switch" by Gish Jen. They discuss how the cultural ideas and beliefs affect the...
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What Will I Be When I Get Big
Students research a famous person, consider what character values make this person a good role model and write a personal vision statement that maps out how to build similar character traits in their own lives.
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Record Memories of Earlier Times
High schoolers identify ways in which the women's rights movement influenced a woman they know, and then document the important events in her life. Each student interviews an oldere woman. They compile their interviews into a class book.
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Making Paper
Students make paper from recycled paper. The student estimates, counts, and measures he amount of paper consumed in a classroom daily. They discover that if we use too much paper, it fills up landfills. Some activities they are doing...
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A Day Full of Popcorn
Students use the "tool" popcorn with activities in Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, P.E., Music, Art, Science and EATING.
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E-Mail to Learning
Third graders investigate how to use e-mail for communication and the Internet for a source of information. They establish e-pals and conduct an author's study using the Internet.
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Double Consciousness
Students explain the concept of double consciousness and evaluate how the concept of double consciousness is reflected in ethnic literature. They read "The Invisible Man" a poem by Langston Hughes and discuss expectations. They analyze...
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Scrapbook
Students, using photos as their inspiration, develop six personal narratives, then edit and revise them.
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The Role of the Teacher
Students study the role of the teacher in various cultures and societies through in-class discussions, literature investigations, and personal reflection. Lesson extensions include a "Living Portraits" activity and a "Student becomes the...
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Woman Walks into a Bar
Students create an imaginative response to a book title as a way to anticipate what the book is going to be about. They explore the use of humour to make a serious point. Students are asked what they think that statement 'Woman walks...