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Folklife Around the Year and Around the State
Research how seasonal changes in Louisiana affect learners' lives and the folklife of their communities and the state. They investigate differences in the seasonal round in the regions of Louisiana, including celebrations, festivals,...
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Text Elements of Fiction and Nonfiction
Second graders examine the text elements associated with fiction and nonfiction texts. In this text elements instructional activity, 2nd graders listen to Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock by Eric A. Kimmel. They take formative...
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Election Lesson Plans
Election lessons inspire and engage students in democratic dialogue.
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Colorado Animals Newsletter and Directed Web Page
Students select a Colorado animal, develop a Directed Web page, and research their animal. Each member of the group combine their research and develop a Newsletter.
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Celebrating Earth Day With Students
Student's attention is focused on the environment during Earth Day. This helps to stimulate their creativity and imagination, so that they can act persuasively to help solve environmental problems.
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Future Tense: Going To
For this future tense worksheet, students will practice using the phrase, "Going to." Students will write 8 sentences with the time frame in the future that is provided for each question.
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Eating Out
In this eating out worksheet, students practice matching ten food items on the right to their appropriate pictures on the left.
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Who Are the People in Your Family?
In this family members worksheet, learners view and study eight pictures in order to choose the appropriate answer to eight multiple choice questions involving naming specific family members.
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My Feelings!
In this feelings worksheet, students view ten pictures of people showing different types of feelings the left of the worksheet and match the pictures with the actual words on the right.
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Latin Match Up Chapter 1
In this Latin vocabulary worksheet, students match ten pictures to their Latin names. This is a worksheet generator, and teachers may add words and pictures to the list.
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Jobs
In this occupations worksheet, students match up ten pictures of people doing various jobs to their actual professions in writing.
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Comprehension-Characters/characterization
Fifth graders discuss characterization as well as to define antagonist and protagonist. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders write questions for an interview of a character in the book "The Three Little Pigs" and then answer them....
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Reviewing the Election Process by NOW Classroom for PBS
Students take a closer look at presidential elections. In this election process activity, students discuss the roles of the primary, caucus, polls, Electoral College, delegates, and lobbyists in the process. Students then access the...
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Postcards to the Troops
Students write postcards to the troops in Iraq. After listening to letters written by troops in Iraq, students discuss ways the troops are helping America and how they should show their support. Students use a postcard template and...
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Painless Poetry
Students choose two poems they like and share them with the class. Then they write their own poems using various forms.
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Publishing: A Persuasive Essay
Third graders are given an opportunity to create a visual to accompany their presentations of their persuasive essays. They may use the computer or other media as resources.
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My Name is.....
Students utilize available technology to create, produce, and publish an alphabet pattern book. Students use publishing, multimedia and word processing for their writing. They create their own A My Name is Alice Class book based off the...
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Brainstorming Solutions
High schoolers discuss common problems and interests with their classmates as a vehicle for problem solving. After sharing their problems, students work in groups to brainstorm possible solutions to their problems. This lesson is...
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I Must/ I Must Not
In this ESL word and picture comprehension instructional activity, learners examine seven pictures and complete a multiple choice question for each. They answer the question that contains the words "must not" or "must."
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ESL: Basic Vocabulary Matching
Newcomers to English can practice vocabulary about food, daily actions, and school supplies with this 10-question matching exercise. Simple line drawings represent basic terms for beginners.
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ESL: Classmates Survey
Get your beginning English Learners moving with this class survey. They ask each other the 8 questions provided to find out "How many of your classmates..." Good practice for asking questions that start with"Do you..." including "make...
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ESL: Practice Using Present Progressive Tense
Small, cartoonish pictures of people expressing emotions and actions (blowing his nose, holding her head and frowning, dancing, smiling) provide the basis for writers to describe the feelings and experiences taking place. Help your ESL...
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Leadership
Students discuss the dynamic of working in a group and how good leadership skills can aid in the group process. Students discuss the similarities and differences of their group members and brainstorm ways in which these qualities can...
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A QUESTION
Students engage in scientifically oriented questions. They give priority to evidence, draw conclusions/formulate explanations and connect/evaluate explanations with scientific knowledge. Students communicate and justify proposed...