Kids age 13 and older are asked to read the provided Times article and background information in order to construct a thoughtful blog response to Obama's first Oval Office speech. They work to address each of the related critical...

Students explore space science by viewing videos on YouTube. For this moon landing lesson, students view clips of Neil Armstrong taking his first step on the moon and discuss the space race between the U.S. and Russia. Students utilize...

As an introduction to Sharon Creexh's Walk Two Moons, a volunteer dons a pair of boots and walks about the classroom.Observers then ponder the axiom, Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his...

Fifth grade reader/writers create an alternate ending to an episode in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach in which our protagonist "loses" the chance to magically solve all his problems. Prompts students not only to write creatively...

Although not a complete lesson plan, this set of emotionally powerful texts could be used in a variety of lessons. From The New York Times' Learning Network site, the resource includes a poem, an excerpt from a New York Times article and...

What's the sound, Mico? Use your class' favorite puppet (in this example, Mico) to teach them about initial sounds in single-syllable words. Using the picture cards provided, choose three and lay them out in front of learners. When Mico...

Here is an excellent reference list of over 60 recommended book titles for early readers, each of which includes the author, title, number of pages, and brief summary.

Mico is back, and he's ready to test your scholars in initial sounds in single-syllable words. Using a puppet and the picture cards provided (these are great and in full-color), play a game with pre-readers. Hold up three picture cards...

The illustrations of Ezra Jack Keats in The Snowy Day inspire young artists to examine shapes in illustrations and to use these shapes to create their own watercolor resist painting.

This cross-curricular reading comprehension worksheet asks kids to read a short passage about gravity and then to answer questions about the article.

Students identify periods of history and read a news article about a librarian who wrote an award winning book. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with a class challenge and a vocabulary...

Help primary students learn the /m/ sound. As they listen as the teacher introduces the "Secret Code" of language they will practice the /m/ sound by rubbing their tummies as if eating something good. They also practice hearing and...

In this math worksheet, student use problem solving skills to plan and design a futuristic theme park on a budget. Students draw the park on graph paper and set prices for admission and budget for all ongoing costs. This page is from the...

Unsuspecting George McFlys are presented into the craft workings of the science fiction genre of literature. Speculations are developed through teacher-led dialogs about how science fiction impacts science, technology, and comments on...

In this Washington instructional activity, students read 14 clues about the state of Washington. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle.

Students explore impact of Ohio's aviation pioneers on life in America, discuss what life today would be like without people like the Wright Brothers, John Glenn, and Neil Armstrong, and brainstorm and research list of items that space...

In this NASA Anniversary 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...

In this grammar worksheet, students read 23 sentences and mark the noun clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause. They read 20 sentences to find a noun phrase, verb phrase, or prepositional phrase. 

In this sentence combining instructional activity, students combine sentences by changing information in a second sentence to an appositive or appositive phrase and adding it to the first sentence. 

For this nouns and adjectives worksheet, students recognize nouns and adjectives. Students look at six sentences and pick out the adjectives, nouns used as adjectives, and nouns for each sentence.

In this writing worksheet, students read a poem that seems absurd because the lines are not written with proper punctuation or verse spacing. Students rewrite the poem so it makes sense, changing only the punctuation and format on the page.

Students explore philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students read Sam and the Lucky Moon, identify the elements of the story, and examine the benefits and costs of giving.

In this apostrophe worksheet, students are given twenty unpunctuated sentences containing apostrophes. Students must punctuate the sentences correctly.

In this identifying types of figurative language instructional activity, students read sentences and phrases, determine if they are similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personifications, or a combination, identify the type/s and write an...