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Australian Crawl
During a unit on Australia's pop culture, don't forget to include a lesson about Australian Crawl, a famous band from the 70s and 80s. This worksheet includes 10 multiple-choice questions.
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Everyone Has Rules
Pupils develop awareness of the necessity for rules and use logic to decide what rules make the classroom have a learning and caring atmosphere. They examine the choices they make have consequences.
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Federal Holidays
Third graders complete various activities pertaining to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, and Veteran's Day. They conduct research and complete writing and art activities on the...
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Homeschooling Chronicles - How to Start Homeschooling
It can be overwhelming when you start homeschooling. These are just a few ideas to get a person started on that journey.
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THE LITTLE RED HEN - A TALE OF COOPERATION
Students explore how much pleasure reading can bring, explain the concept of "story sequence", "re-tell" a story through art, and read other folktales.
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Human Body Simon Says
Learners display their new knowledge of human body parts' names and locations, by playing an adaptation of the game Simon Says. A more sophisticated version of the game can be played with older students as they learn more specific names...
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Diversity: a World of Difference
First graders each add a different item to a classroom salad while discussing the connection to a multicultural society. They also create a friendship web with yarn by each of them contributing some unique quality about themselves. ...
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Internet and Mobile Safety
Students watch a video and ask questions about internet usage and mobile safety. Students chart out scales on why young people chat to others on the internet and on mobiles. Students determine the main difficulties that young people...
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Making the Supreme Court Matter to Teens
Here are lessons and ideas to help social studies teachers enlighten students about the importance of the Supreme Court.
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Teaching Polygons using Technology
Third graders utilize different types of computer programs, such as Microsoft paint and Microsoft Word to study and create different types of polygons. They use PowerPoint to create a story about a shape and others that it meets during a...
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Making Metric And Customary Rulers
Students create a ruler for the purpose of measurement using the standard and metric systems. The rulers are of different lengths and are compared to one another. Then students make conversions of different lengths using both systems of...
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Irregular Singular Verbs Review
Use this worksheet if you want to give ESL learners a review activity working with irregular singular verbs. Students identify the correct verb to logically combine two parts of a sentence.
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Mr. Lincoln's Hat
Bring out the inner artist with this Abraham Lincoln lesson. Elementary young scholars work on a home project creating a hat similar to Abraham Lincoln's hat. They will use geometry and measurement to create the scale of the hat, then...
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The Crusades
Lesson plans about the Crusades can provide a variety of suggestions for motivating and educational activities.
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Extend the Earth Day Learning With "The Wump World"
By using the book "The Wump World," students can discuss environmental issues and extend the Earth Day experience.
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Full Dolch Word List
Sight words are listed based on how frequently they are used. There are 250 words on the list. This would be a good, general resource for a teachers of grades 1 - 3. It is useful to know what words your class should know, and how well...
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April and the Dragon Lady by Lensey Namioka
Students read, analyze and discuss the book, "April and the Dragon Lady," by Lensey Namioka and then take an online quiz over it. They are then instructed to complete a worksheet over the book and are also graded on how well they worked...
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Utilizing Art, Literature and Film to Teach Black History
Fifth graders are introduced to different aspects of African-American history through literature, art, and films. As a class, they are read a story about the Underground Railroad, identify the main characters and put the events into...
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Homeschooling Chronicles - Snow Days
A homeschooling family can take advantage of snow days for both fun and educational opportunities.
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Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Students read the novel Falling Leaves. They evaluate the repeated story lines which compose the history of narration. They analyze and defend reasons why self-esteem affects the success or failure of characters.
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Listening/Reading Transfer - Guided Reading
Students are read "Danny the Dinosaur" and explore alternate endings. They answer questions about the story to answer as they go.