National Humanities Center
Teaching Emily Dickinson: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
Three of Emily Dickinson's poems, "I like to see it," "Because I could not stop for Death," and "We grow accustomed to the Dark," provide instructors with an opportunity to model for class members how to use close reading strategies to...
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Vocabulary Review: Government Terms
As your English language pupils learn about the government and vocabulary words commonly used when talking about the government, present them with this worksheet. There are eight multiple choice questions, and each vocabulary word is...
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"Old 300"
Fourth graders combine art and history to assess the importance of the "Old 300." They explore a group of colonists that Stephen F. Austin brought to Texas as the first settlers and then create a time line of major events leading to the...
Virginia Department of Education
A Designed Organism
How can you encourage pupils to demonstrate creativity while still meeting the objective of applying technical knowledge? This activity is your answer! Scientists will create an imaginary creature and prepare a graphic organizer with...
Poetry Society
A Conceit Poem
Young writers needn't be self-involved to craft a conceit. Directions for how to craft this form of extended metaphor, models, and a worksheet are all included in the packet.
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Photosynthesis
We all know photosynthesis happens, but why should we care? Here is a unit that covers everything young scholars need to know about photosynthesis. Hands-on activities, assessments, and lectures guide pupils though the physiology of...
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Lesson 56
Sixth graders practice Least Common Multiple in fractions. In this fraction lesson, 6th graders look at two different fractions and find a common denominator. They sing a song to memorize mean, median, and mode.
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Math Vocabulary Multiple Choice Words Worksheet
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students complete multiple choice problems where they match the correct math vocabulary word to its definition. Students complete 15 questions.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Julius, the Baby of the World
Learners are read Julius, the Baby of the World, by Kevin Henkes. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of seven new words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, before and after the story is...
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Using a Dictionary--Meanings
In this dictionary worksheet, students look up four words to find the definition of each one. Students then choose which multiple choice definition best defines each word and place their choices on the lines provided.
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Basics of Estimation
In this estimation worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions about rounding and the proper sequence of estimation. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Are You a Super Sign Speler or Speller?
Why is spelling important? Develop your class' spelling skills. They examine examples of homonyms, heteronyms, and creative spelling. They also photograph misspellings in the real world in order to discover the importance of spelling...
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45 Vocabulary Words
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions on what the vocabulary words mean. Students complete 45 questions total.
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Symbols Communicate Without Words
Students write different symbols we use in writing out in their word form. In this word symbols lesson plan, students practice writing out what the symbols represent. For example the symbol % stands for 'percent'.
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Edible Roots
In this edible roots worksheet, students read a passage, then complete a set of 4 comprehension questions, 1 multiple choice and 3 short answer.
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Mr. Payne Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts instructional activity, students study 10 words in a word bank, then locate them in a word search puzzle. The words appear to be related to algebra; the meaning of the title is not known. There is one misspelled...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: International Day of Non-Violence
In this language skills instructional activity, students read an article regarding International Day of Non-Violence. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions,...
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Vocabulary Practice With Past Time
In this word meanings worksheet, students practice their vocabulary skills while using the past tense. Students complete twelve multiple choice questions where they choose the correct meaning of the bold word in each sentence.
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Sixth Grade Reading Quiz
In this reading instructional activity, 6th graders answer multiple choice questions about passages they read, word parts, and more. Students complete 9 problems.
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Grammar and Phonics
In this grammar and phonics learning exercise, 1st graders complete multiple choice questions about parts of speech, fill in the blanks to sentences, spelling, punctuation, and more. Students complete 15 questions.
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Prediction Idioms Exercise
In this grammar learning exercise, students explore idiomatic expressions. Students determine meanings of idioms through four matching and eight multiple choice questions.
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World Vegetarian Day
In this World Vegetarian Day worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order,...
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Expressions
In this expressions activity, learners solve and complete 16 different problems related to various expressions. First, they define each of the listed terms and know each given property. Then, students state the order of operations and...
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Intervals
In this intervals activity, students determine the coordinates at a point of inflection. They compute the deritative of a function and sketch curves that satisfy given conditions. Students solve equations using the Mean Value...