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Shakespeare Shows
Students study, interpret, perform, and present various Shakespearean works adapted for middle school Students. They choose a scene from one of the plays covered in this teaching unit to reenact with a group.
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Caterpillars To Butterflies
Students observe the life cycle of a butterfly. They read butterfly/caterpillar themed books. They sequence the lifecycle from eggs on a leaf to an adult butterfly. They release their butterflies into a natural habitat after singing and...
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"HOW I USE PLANTS" COLLAGE
Young scholars create a collage that depicts the different ways they, as individuals, use plants. They describe ways in which humans use plants for food, shelter, and clothing and ways in which humans can protect natural areas to...
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Delicious Diagrams
In this math learning exercise, students cut out pictures of twelve different cakes. Students use the pictures to complete four venn diagrams- half of them that compare two characteristics and the other that compare three.
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Rewriting Sentences
In this grammar activity, students rewrite twenty sentences by changing the subject from plural to singular or singular to plural. Students keep all the verbs in the present tense.
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Beautiful River
For this set of comprehension worksheets on the story, Beautiful River, students first read the story, then complete a variety of activities: 12 multiple choice questions, 1 "open response" question, and completion of their own scoring...
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The Samovar
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, learners read a short passage about using a samovar and write a diary entry about a samovar based upon the reading. Students include how to use a samovar and what it is used for.
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The Amazing Maud Lewis
Students investigate cultural art from Canada by reading about Maud Lewis. In this Canadian history instructional activity, students identify the work of Lewis by visiting her magazine website. Students identify other heroes...
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Nouns
In this nouns worksheet, students read 45 sentences and determine which nouns name a person, place and/or thing, Students read an additional 15 sentences, underline each noun in each one and then decide whether each one is a person,...
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Celebrate Sunflowers
Students skip count with sunflower seeds. For this interdisciplinary lesson, students discuss the history of sunflowers. Students count by 1's, 2's, and 10's with bags full of sunflower seeds.
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Autumn Bulb Planting Outside - Making a Daffodil Spiral
Young scholars plant daffodil bulbs. In this gardening activity, students work outside to plant daffodil bulbs in the autumn so that they can grow roots and emerge by spring.
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Caterpillars To Butterflies
Students gain an appreciation of nature by teaching them about the life cycle of the butterfly. They set up a terrarium so they can observe the changes a caterpillar goes through.
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Where Do You Live?
Students discuss the community in which they live. They take an observation field trip and then use paper and boxes to design and construct a model of their community.
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Use Expanded Notation
In this expanded notation worksheet, students solve two digit number word problems by using expanded notation. Students complete 5 problems.
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Christianity--Easter
For this Easter bonnet worksheet, students participate in collecting a variety of items to create an Easter bonnet to wear. Students follow four directives and then decorate their bonnets.
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One Moment in Time
Students discuss the Mimetic theory and design a still life design in linoleum block. In this Mimetic theory instructional activity, students discuss the importance of realism in art and research Greek and Roman art forms from...
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Multiply by 10
In this multiply by 10 activity, students use the illustrations in the first two problems to help them multiply by 10. Students solve six word problems that multiply by 10.
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Fall vs. Spring
Students learn about fall and spring by engaging in hands-on activities in order to fulfill science and language arts standards. In this instructional activity on seasons, students first listen to a story about fall, discuss the...
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Fall vs. Spring
Students compare and contrast the seasons of fall and spring. In this fall and spring lesson plan, students learn the differences between fall and spring through books and pictures, identify the differences, draw their own pictures, and...
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Making a Valentine Box
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a factual story about how to make a decorated Valentine box. Students answer 7 questions.
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Lilly's Big Day
Students read the story Lilly's Big Day and do language arts and math activities based on the book. For this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include matching activities, number...
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Picture Word Book
Students create a book. In this vocabulary and word identification lesson plan, students make a book by gluing pictures on construction paper, then the teacher writes words in the book to label each picture.
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Passive Form
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students read the 15 sentences and revise them by typing in the passive form of the verb.
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"All About Me Book" Lesson Plan
First graders study their teacher. In this first day of school activity, 1st graders listen to a book created by the teacher that details the characteristics of the teacher (likes, dislikes, who he/she is, where he/she lives, etc). They...