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Six Billion and Beyond
Students consider the idea of a world with Six Billion people and subsequent results and ramifications. Then students will gather data regarding the state of these diverse nations and then create a presentation as a culminating activity.
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"Once a Jolly Swagman" (Australian vocabulary)
Students listen to the song "Waltzing Matilda" in order to become familiar with some Australian words.
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The Role of Women in the United States and Kenya
Students compare the responsibilities and rights of women in the US and in Kenya. They examine how gender affects societal roles.
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World War II: America on the Home Front
Eleventh graders gain a sense of historical time and historical perspective as they study the massive campaign that the U.S. government launched to convince Americans to conserve, participate, and sacrifice. They study cencorship, and...
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Narrative Prompt
Second graders practice their writing skills on a daily basis. Using a prompt, they write about a time they surprised themselves or someone else. They use a graphic organizer to gather their thoughts before writing the first draft. ...
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Enrichment Activities - "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"
Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...
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Oral History and Multiculturalism
Students observe the human or personal side of history by assessing the background to the people in the community who are basically "living" historians. They compare the histories of different ethnic groups to identify areas of patterns...
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HOLES UNIT
Students participate in the unit based on the Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar and the Walt Disney Movie "Holes". They use the layered curriculum model of assessment and activities.
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Chain Reactions
Students create a picture collage showing the cause and effect of events in the novel Holes. Given a set of pictures from the film adaptation, students place them in sequential order. They write a brief summary of the events and what...
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ABC Brainstorm
Students practice a variety of strategies for mastering ABC brainstorming about a major topic. They take a topic and try to think of a word or phrase associated with that topic that begins with each letter of the alphabet and match them...
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Airborne and Special Operations Museum Scavenger Hunt
In this museum worksheet, students answer 20 questions pertaining to a field trip to this specific museum. This would not be usable unless students were in the museum.
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Museum World War II Crossword Puzzle
In this historical worksheet, students will solve a very difficult crossword puzzle. All information pertains to the Airborne and Special Operations Museum.
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Compound Word Match #3
In this vocabulary worksheet, students generate compound words by matching two word cards. Students complete 12 compound word questions. Word cards are not included here.
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Vacation Data Sheet
In this data learning exercise, students research a place that they would like to go on vacation. They name the country, whether it is sunny and hot, if there is a pool, and if it is a nice place to visit. Then they identify the...
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Preposition Or No Preposition?
In this preposition or no preposition worksheet, young scholars, for each of ten sentences, fill in each blank with the correct preposition that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Fun with -ing Verbs
In this -ing verbs grammar instructional activity, students choose which appropriate word out of two to use to complete each of the fifteen sentences in this instructional activity correctly. Students work on fine tuning their skills at...
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Colons and Semi-Colons
In this punctuation worksheet, students read about the usages of colons and semi-colons. Students rewrite 5 sentences using a colon and 4 sentences using a semi-colon.
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Alphabetical Order
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students place groups of words in alphabetical order. Each group contains three words and there are 18 groups on the page. An answer sheet is included.
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Parallel Series
In this grammar worksheet, students review and discuss what parallel series are and then read through ten parallel series and circle the element in each one that is not parallel.
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Prepositions of Place, Position, or Direction
In this grammar worksheet, learners identify the correct preposition in parentheses in twenty sentences that makes each one grammatically correct.
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Capitalization and Punctuation Worksheet 2
In this grammar worksheet, students correct the punctuation and capitalization errors in fifteen sentences. Students check their answers when their done.
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Correct Prepositions: Place or Position or Direction
In this prepositions activity, students read 20 sentences that have multiple choices of prepositions. Students select the correct preposition for each sentence.
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ESL- Taking a Classroom Survey
In this ESL classroom survey worksheet, students determine which of their classmates do things such as play with yo-yo's, pay attention in class, like camping or go skateboarding. They look at small clip art pictures of the activities to...
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Seasons: Summer
For this summer words worksheet, students analyze 36 words in a word bank and circle the "summer words". Students then read 10 sentences and from 4 choices, circle the correct word to describe summer.