You can't read Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory without craving the rich treats described in Dahl's vivid prose. Young writers try their hands at sensory language with a lesson plan that prompts them to write about...

Middle schoolers aren't too young to feel strongly about politics, social issues, consumer rights, or environmental problems. Demonstrate the first steps toward social change with a project about action-oriented writing. Eighth...

This lesson will make an impact, especially on scientist-athletes who may have an interest in waterproof clothing! Acting as materials engineers, they work collaboratively on waterproofing pieces of cotton fabric. This challenge is...

Delve into the hard numbers and fundamental concept of income inequality in the United States, using graphs, detailed reading materials, and an organized learning exercise.

Students read articles related to local, state, national, and world events using word maps.

Looking for ways to implement the words and works of William Shakespeare into your curriculum? This list of activity ideas is a great starting point, as it covers a wide range of grade levels and a wealth of online references to explore.

In this Easter worksheet, students read a passage about Easter, complete sentences about it, answer multiple choice questions, identify symbols, and more. Students complete 5 tasks.

Pupils complete and participate in various guided reading activities about dinosaurs. They read poems, complete a graphic organizer, complete a cloze activity, and develop a list of dinosaur facts.

Students analyze real-time data and predict the level of ground ozone in their home city. They measure the level of ground ozone, submit their data to an online collaborative project, and create a web page presenting the dangers of...

Pupils practice sight-reading skills in order to become more comfortable with them for future purposes. They review and drill on basic procedures for sight-reading for future competitions. Each student also analyzes advanced rhythms,...

Students explore /e/. For this phonics lesson, students decode words with "ea" representing the short e sound. Students read sentences and a short book that includes "ea" word practice.

Fifth graders complete a cloze word story test. In this listening skills lesson plan, 5th graders listen to a story and follow along with their own copy. Students listen to the story a second time and fill in the missing words as they go.

In this language arts worksheet, students fill in the blank with one missing word. Each of the five worksheets in this link have 7 sentences with missing words. The answers to each worksheet immediately follow the student pages.

In this animals worksheet, students read names of animals, look at their pictures, and then answer multiple choice questions about them. Students complete 10 questions total.

Using either online worksheets or print outs, 12th graders practice expository text comprehension skills by answering multiple choice questions, completing a vocabulary matching activity, and completing a crossword puzzle. This is...

Fourth graders define unknown vocabulary words and decode unknown words in their reading using a Quicktionary Reading Pen and Franklin Spell Checker. They create reading comprehension questions that are incorporated into a classroom Web...

In this ELL/ESL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about an ESL student who is afraid to read in front of the class. They answer 5 true or false questions before writing an essay detailing what the student...

How can climate change affect our water supply? Have kids read a passage about the water cycle and water conservation, which includes six questions that challenge them to use context clues.

Students read books about dinosaurs for book club groups and then participate in focused writing. In this reading and writing lesson, students work together over the course of three days to produce a group story about a dinosaur.

Students demonstrate through a choice of assessments, their understanding and enjoyment of materials they select to read.

Students answer questions, then after reading several bat books, students revisit the questions.

Learners put their reading comprehension skills to practice. In this interpreting text lesson, students read "Chief Red Jacket's Reply," and then respond to questions that require them to reason, infer, and analyze the selection.

Create a cross-curricular learning experience based on the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat with this collection of learning activities. Starting with a class reading of the story, children go on to learn about the...