First graders identify different types of transportation, and explain why each is important. They pretend they are going on a trip. They choose their mode of transportation, and use play money to buy their tickets.

Learners locate and name different types of transportation. They categorize types of transportation by where you find them: land, air, or water. Students graph the information collected. Additional ideas are listed for cross curriculum.

Students conduct a census at school. They collect data, tally it, and create a frequency table. Students display their data in three different types of graphs. They write complete sentences describing the graph.

In this modal verbs of obligation worksheet, students choose the correct form of the modal verbs in both the positive or negative form, then write their own sentences.

In this herb acrostic worksheet, students complete an acrostic activity where they make a sentence out of the first letter of names of different herbs. Students complete 4 acrostic sentences.

Pupils identify different types of animals and their habitats. They compare natural habitats to habitats. They use Internet resources to gather information on animals.

Students build their own neighborhood. In this lesson on community, students are introduced to books about families and neighborhoods. As a class, the students create their own neighborhood, elect a leader for their neighborhood and...

Students explore the mathematical concepts used to compare different types of vehicles. They create a print advertisement in which they persuade an audience to purchase a specific vehicle.

Students write a class letter to a local policeman asking him to come and talk to the class and create a list of safety tips as a class. Students research information on police dogs: type of dogs used, where they come form, how they are...

First graders create number sentences.  In this math lesson, 1st graders use M&M's to make number sentences.  Students create charts using the color of the M&M's as data.

In this classification of matter instructional activity, students answer 5 questions about the composition of matter, solutions, colloids and suspensions, and the properties and changes of matter.

Students identify rhyme scheme and meter in a poem and respond to the message of the poem.  In this sonnet rhythm and meter instructional activity, students take notes on a lecture about rhythm and meter in sonnets and work in small...

Students create chart using Microsoft Word depicting how trade led to the exploration of different regions of the world.

In this moving continents worksheet, students review the different types of plate boundaries, what causes earthquakes, and where volcanoes are formed. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank and 9 short answer questions.

In this cells worksheet, students will review cell characteristics and structure and different types of cells and what role they play in the body. Students will investigate experimental results of the influence of sucrose on the...

Young scholars examine the structure of the newspaper. In this newspaper activity, students look at the different types of articles about giving, sharing, and acts for the common good. They realize the types of voice that are used in the...

In this mammal characteristics, students study diagrams to compare the different types of teeth found in herbivores and carnivores. This worksheet has 1 short answer and 2 multiple choice questions.

In this online grammar worksheet, students read the sentences and use one of the modal verbs in brackets to complete the 15 online exercises.

For this behavior worksheet, students review different types of behavioral adaptations including migration, hibernation, and communication. This worksheet has 10 matching and 10 true or false questions.

Have your class members consider how their lifestyle choices may differ from those of their grandparents when they were younger. After brainstorming and discussing differences in lifestyle, pupils watch a Coca-Cola advertisement that...

What's the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing? Show class members how to find the main ideas from informational text and condense it, restate it, or quote it directly with a series of educational activities based...

Mobile phones have become an integral part of many people's lives. Examine the role and impact of technology through a short video and related activities. Pupils share what they use their phones for before viewing the film. Class...

Examine the life of steamboat inventor, Robert Fulton, through reading comprehension worksheet that includes both multiple choice and short answer questions. Then, take part in a word search and write definitions, words, and...

Readers of The Wednesday Wars respond to model "Right There," "Think and Search," "On My Own," and "Author and You" (QAR) questions before crafting their own for class discussion.