High schoolers explore the characteristics of a persuasive letter. They label each characteristic and they create a persuasive letter using the correct business letter format. Students recommend a school rule or change of a rule and...

A thought-provoking lesson which will provide your 5th graders with a world view. Pupils discuss children's rights here in the US and around the world, and do some comparisons. They watch a video, embedded in the plan, that shows a young...

Brian Jacques’ novel Redwall provides the focus for a series of lessons involving the analysis of folklore. Adopting the persona of a character, groups write letters in the voice of their character, assemble a collage using Microsoft...

Seventh graders read, "Where the Red Fern Grows" and write a RAFT letter from the point of view of the character Billy to his grandpa reflecting on the death of his dog and his adjustment to life in town.

In this landforms instructional activity, students match the landforms to their definitions. Students complete 10 matches on this instructional activity and answer true and false and multiple choice questions about landforms in the...

Students develop an advocacy plan to address a health-related need for a local, national or global health problem. Students write a detailed letter as part of their advocacy plan.

In this cursive practice worksheet, 4th graders copy a letter about handwriting, in their best cursive writing. The letter begins, "This is a sample of my best handwriting...."

Students put themselves in the shoes of American Civil War soldiers. In this Civil War lesson, students compose letters to their families from the the perspective of soldiers in the war. 

In this double consonants worksheet, students fill in the missing letter to correctly spell 35 words. All words have double consonants and end with the "le" pattern.

In this letter s printing learning exercise, learners use a computer mouse to follow arrows guiding the formation of the letter, then practice printing the upper and lower case S.

In this letter r printing worksheet, students use a computer mouse to follow arrows guiding the formation of the letter, then practice printing the upper and lower case R.

In this writing prompt learning exercise, students examine a picture of things that begin with the letter g and then use the space provided to write a story regarding the picture. Teachers may add details the word list box before they...

In this writing prompt worksheet, students examine a picture of objects and items that begin with the letter s and then use the space provided to write a story regarding the picture. Teachers may add details the word list box before they...

In this writing prompt learning exercise, students examine a picture of objects and items that begin with the letter q and then use the space provided to write a story regarding the picture. Teachers may add details the word list box...

In this writing prompt worksheet, students examine a picture of things that begin with the letter p and then use the space provided to write a story regarding the picture. Teachers may add details the word list box before they provide...

In this writing prompt worksheet, students examine a picture of things that begin with the letter y and then use the space provided to write a story regarding the picture. Teachers may add details the word list box before they provide...

In this soil formation worksheet, students will review examples of chemical weathering and biological weathering. Students will also review the different soil layers and how they are created. This worksheet has 6 matching, 5 multiple...

In this reading worksheet, students discover the short O sound and learn high frequency words "you" and "are" by making a book. Students assemble the 6 pages, then read the story which contains letter O words in the format "You are...

First graders physically form the letters of the alphabet in small groups. They move around demonstrating various locomotive skills, and form the letter that the teacher calls out.

Students examine teacher written name cards to name the first letter of their own names and those of their classmates. They do this daily with variations as they are able to identify the letters on a consistent basis.

In this handwriting worksheet, students learn the upper case cursive DeNelian style A. Students first trace, then practice their own letters.

In this missing letter worksheet, students fill in the missing letters in a set of "et" words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

What can this rock be? Pupils pretend to be paleontologists by sketching fossils and making predictions about their types. To determine whether they can identify the type of dinosaur, class members compare their observations and...

Knowing as much information as possible about your new class members will always serve to better your instruction and their learning experience. Check out this form that you can have parents fill in regarding important information about...