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The Journey to Civil Rights
Students explore Civil Rights. In this Civil Rights lesson plan, students read about Ruby Bridges and define the words segregation and supremacy. Students make a timeline of important events in Civil Rights and write a paragraph about...
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Introducing the Narrative Account Web Page
Students complete a narrative writing assignment by critiquing a sample webpage. For this narrative writing lesson, students view the sample webpage and take notes. Students create a similar webpage that contains a narrative account...
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Word Search
Students explore the alphabet by participating in a word activity. In this vocabulary review lesson plan, students practice manipulating letters in the alphabet to create five words and write them in their vocab journal. Students...
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My Winter Acrostic
Students create an acrostic poem about winter. In this lesson about acrostic poems, students explore acrostic poetry. Students read an acrostic poem as an example. As a class, students come up with an acrostic poem for the word "CLASS"....
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Constructing and Using Different Types of Sentences with Support from The Shurley Grammar Method
Students analyze parts of speech, sentence structure, and ver usage in this ten lesson unit on grammar. Through games, activities, assignments, and printed material, the concepts are supported and reinforced in a creative way.
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The Story of Art
Students canvass the important elements of art in the seven lessons of this unit. Story structure and in particular, color is perceived as essential to the development of the idea of a picture.
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Fourth Grade Word Scramble 1
In this recognizing vocabulary words worksheet, 4th graders read the scrambled word list and write each word using correct spelling. Students write 15 word answers.
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Word Chop: Grade Five Vocabulary 1
In this recognizing vocabulary words worksheet, 5th graders read a table of words divided in half and match pairs to spell their vocabulary words. Students write 15 words.
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Sixth Grade Word Scramble 1
In this recognizing vocabulary words in isolation worksheet, 6th graders unscramble a list of words. Students write 15 words spelled correctly.
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Prefixes In-, Pre-, and Re-
In this recognizing the meanings of prefixes instructional activity, students read the meanings of in-, pre-, and re- and write the meanings of words spelled with those prefixes. Students write 13 answers.
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Review of -OO-
In this recognizing words spelled with double o's worksheet, students create sentences using the words wood, book hood, hook, and tool. Students write 5 sentences.
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African Country Study and PowerPoint Presentation
Students investigate the geography of Africa. In this African culture lesson, students research the lifestyles of African residents and create a PowerPoint presentation based on a single African country. Students share their...
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Follow the Directions
Students listen to a confusing poem about baseball. In this clear writing lesson, students write a set of directions for a game. Students rewrite their directions until they are clearly understood. Students make a game and...
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Lewis and Clarke Composition
Students write a narrative story about the Lewis and Clarke Expedition. In this narrative writing lesson, students write a narrative story including themselves in the expedition. Students include aspects of narrative story writing,...
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Quilting Canada
Students explain the symbols of Canada and their relevance. In this Canada lesson, students read Oh Canada and exchange pen-pal letters with students in Canada. Students create a class quilt with Canadian symbols.
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Friendly Letter to a Leprechaun
Students write friendly letters. In this friendly letter writing lesson, students write a friendly letter to a leprechaun. Students review the parts of a friendly letter then watch the teacher model how to write a friendly letter,...
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Barney Bear Gets Dressed
Students identify colors and use descriptive words to create a book about a bear. For this lesson on using descriptive language, students listen to a story and help the teacher explain what happened. Students then participate...
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Language Arts: Writing Skills Development
Young scholars improve writing skills by expanding their self-perceptions. Next, they develop idea lists for writing topics. Their ideas become the basis for a class newspaper. following the creation of a group composition, students...
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Word Scramble: Flag Day
In this unscrambling the words about Flag Day worksheet, students write the words spelled correctly. Students write 15 words.
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Picture the Process
Young scholars read Chasing Vermeer and relate the book to the author . In this writing process lesson, students view Blue's Photo Album and see how the author writes and revises her work. Young scholars discuss the process that...
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World Music Day
In this World Music Day activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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A Visit From The Jolly Postman
Students learn about the postal system and how mail is delivered. In this mail delivery lesson plan, students read The Jolly Postman: Or Other People's Letters and discuss the people and places the jolly postman would visit in...
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Medieval Newspaper Continued
Students write an article in a newspaper. For this writing and editing lesson, students review how to write for a newspaper, type their articles, and engage in peer editing.