Third graders become familiar with the options on the tool and menu bar of an Internet browser and learn to identify the SIRS Discoverer to search for subject categories. They then locate and summarize an article using the SIRS Discoverer.

Students research Canadian population distribution while comparing and contrasting the quality of life in two cities. They discuss issues and problems that cities and rural towns face. Students apply various methods, such as graphs and...

Students discuss the topic of nationalism in the Olympics. After viewing video segments, they discuss how politics and nationalism have influenced the Olympic Games in various ways. They also examine the main reasons why a country...

Young scholars use digital cameras to document school experiences. Afterwards, they use computer software to manipulate their photos and write poetry, essays or biographies to compliment the pictures. Finally, students create an...

Students examine the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. During a visit to the George Bush Presidential Museum, they watch a video about the Texas v. Johnson flag burning case. In groups, they discover the role of the Supreme Court...

Students discover characteristics of Native Americans as depicted in their rock art. By examining the rocks from the Human Figures Photo Gallery, they make inferences about the activities and purposes of the people drawn on them.

Sixth graders are introduced to online research and beginning PowerPoint presentations that are integrated. They pass a plant and photosynthesis. Students locate information on a self selected animal online. They give a PowerPoint...

Students examine motion and how to describe it qualitatively.  In this investigative lesson students see how aboriginal people were environmentally responsible. 

This tutorial focuses on transition words. In text it defines transition words and how they improve writing; in PDF it provides a list of transition words and phrases by category with examples. Using a PowerPoint presentation, it...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to sort items into two and three categories and explain how each group is classified. Finally, students categorize...

An interactive game where students get to help an elephant named Lucy decorate her new home by sorting words into singulars and plurals.

This lesson contains many practice word problems categorized by operations and complexity.

A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to sort words according to category and then label each category. Materials are included.

Vast array of quizzes and self-study exercises based on idioms and idiomatic expressions, categorized in a variety of ways (beginning with A, B, etc., by keyword, or by association with other groupings). Great practice for the ELL/ESL...

Students categorize words into groups and justify the grouping of words.

An interactive game where students can help Lucy the Elephant choose items and decorations for her new home by sorting words into singulars and plurals.

Help an elephant named Lucy decorate her new home by sorting words into plurals and singulars in this fun interactive game.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy in which learners learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Truck Book by Roger Priddy in which young scholars learn to sort items into categories they create for themselves. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are...

The brain teasers at this site test "your ability to recognize groups of common attributes" and "to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are." Sort brain teasers according to title, popularity, and difficulty, and...

This individual or small group activity helps teach the common core standard of sorting common objects into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent. Materials and detailed instructions are included.

When are words just words, and when do words force action? Linguist J.L. Austin divided words into two categories: constatives (words that describe a situation) and performatives (words that incite action). For instance, is a "No...

Provides some help with the difficult job of teaching writing by providing some strategies for students to follow. Easy to navigate from the top of the page, strategies are categorized into grade 3-6 and 6-12, in addition to lesson plan...