Third graders listen to the non-fiction book: COMING HOME: FROM THE LIFE OF LANGSTON HUGHES. They identify examples of metaphors and similies within the book and understand how this figure of speech is used in writing. They then create...

Provide a mystery hair and a set of reference hair samples for middle school investigators to place on a slide and examine under a microscope. Materials and procedures are detailed on the first page, while a data table for drawing what...

Students complete activities using a frequency table and construct a pie graph for the data. In this frequency table activity, students complete a survey to find data for a frequency table. Students use the given link to make a pie graph...

Sure to activate young minds, this resource asks learners to consider how media influences their personal points of view. Pupils examine how animals are portrayed in the media to understand why they feel the way they do about those...

Students research the background of websites, MySpace and FaceBook. In groups, they interview local experts about Internet crimes. They investigate what their school's policy is and write a news feature how local schools are disciplining...

Students use the internet to research pet food safety laws. In groups, they examine what happened during the pet food recall earlier this year and what is being done to improve the situation. They write a news feature story including...

In this crossword worksheet, students use their knowledge of Dr. Seuss' books to fill in the blanks. Page three of the worksheet is an ad.

In this ratios worksheet, students write the ratios for 3 number sentences, solve 2 word problems and change 5 ratios to fractional notations.

In this algebra worksheet, students are given a 100 dollars and are asked to buy 100 animals at the pet store. They have to purchase atleast one of every kind of animals available in the store and spend exactly 100 dollars. They have to...

In this animal science interactive instructional activity, learners read a paragraph about farm animals and select the correct name of the animal from the drop-down menu to match the illustration. There are 15 matching questions and a...

In this letter recognition instructional activity, students name various letters and say the sounds. There are six sight words to memorize and seven short sentences to read.

Students research the different animals of Mexico. They read an informational handout, discuss the various animals and habitats, and match animals with their habitats on a worksheet.

Students complete a variety of activities related to the Jan Brett version of the book "The Gingerbread Man." They compare and contrast two versions of the story, prepare and eat gingerbread cookies, describe their gingerbread man...

In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students read a short story about Thanksgiving, answer multiple choice questions, answer true or false questions, and more. Students complete 10 activities.

Student practice giving directions. In this giving oral directions lesson plan, 2nd graders play Simon Says, identify differences between clear and unclear directions, and practice giving someone else directions in the room. Students use...

Students study animals. In this machines and tools lesson, students study animals to figure out how various tools were created for humans to use. They are read the story An Elephant Never Forgets its Snorkel to help spark ideas. They...

Students conduct hands-on experiments. In this life cycle instructional activity, students are able to observe a variety of animals as they travel through their life cycle (brine shrimp, mealworms, frog eggs and chicken eggs). Students...

Students explore wild and domestic animals. In this animal lesson, students define wild and domestic. Students are shown pictures of animals and choose if they are wild or domestic. Students name pets and name their wild counterpart....

Fourth graders conduct a class survey on the number of pets that the 4th grade owns and they record that data in their math notebooks. They make a bar graph displaying the results using a spreadsheet through Microsoft Excel.

In this ESL word and picture matching learning exercise, students analyze 7 pictures that depict common animals. Students match these with the words that describe them.

Students explore the concept of classification. In this classification instructional activity, students collaborate in order to classify animals as pets or farm animals.

In this nouns activity, students rewrite 5 sentences to change underlined singular nouns into plural nouns. Definitions are provided but answers are not.

In this ESL tense activity, students write the past tense of a set of present tense phrases, then do the same for a set of positive to negative phrases.