First graders explore rhyming words. They listen to the book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and discuss the rhyming words. After being placed into groups, they play the game, "Go Fish" and find matching rhyming words. They...

Pupils complete online exercises for synonyms. In this synonyms instructional activity, students work in pairs to find pictures around the room and choose one as the music plays. Pupils write a word to describe the picture and discuss...

Students identify and label parts of a plant. They will construct a plant from art material and describe the purpose of each part for the plants survival. Students author a book with pictures and words or a story about a plant.

Segmenting words into different phonemes helps kids on the road to reading and writing. Have some fun with this spinner game which includes all the print-outs you will need. Simply assemble the spinner using a brad and lay out the...

A perfect packet of exercises for your young Spanish learners! They'll practice counting, spelling, and printing numbers! Sweet illustrations make this packet fun!

Pre-algebra protégés critique a graph depicting Tom's trip to the bus stop. They work together to match descriptive cards to distance-time graph cards and data table cards, all of which are provided for you so you can make copies for...

Scholars examine the "They That Wash" poster and listen to the rhymes. They match word cards to the words in the nursery rhyme, practice sounds, and create new words. Afterward, they add copies of the rhyme to their "My Very Own Nursery...

A picture is worth a thousand words, and this activity is worth so much more! Learners closely analyze a series of photographs from World War II, matching them with their appropriate captions and sequencing them into a correct...

Here is a terrific lesson on teaching homophones to your upper graders! In it, homophone word cards and homophone bingo cards, which are embedded in the lesson, are used in a game format which reinforces this important part of speech....

Sail with Christopher Columbus on a biographical reading adventure. Young explorers learn about the life of Sir Columbus as they hone their comprehension skills through guiding questions, shared reading, and fluency practice. Included in...

For this language arts instructional activity, learners complete one page about vowel-controlled /or/ words. Students write words and rhyme words. All examples on these pages are written in DeNelian font.

In this opposites instructional activity, students color and cut apart 24 cards that are opposite pairs. Students then use the cards to match up the antonym pairs. There is a Frankenstein picture on each card.

Here is a great little reading and vocabulary development lesson created just for learners with special needs. The lesson is constructed with both core content and necessary adaptations in mind. The group will use PECS, pointing/gesture,...

In this color recognition worksheet, students draw lines from the 5 color words on the left side of the sheet to the appropriate pictures on the right side of the page.

In this ESL Matching descriptions learning exercise, students read 4 descriptions of different families and match them to the appropriate pictures.

Do you like music? Have your youngsters read We Play Music, practicing select reading strategies, like using picture clues to determine new words. Then, after their first independent read, have them re-read the story to a...

In this letter recognition worksheet, students cut out 6 pictures. They glue the pictures that begin with W onto a large outline version of the letter on the first page.

Students examine primary resources to analyze pictures and documents related to the Pontysyllte Aqueduct (built by Thomas Telford) in Britain. In this critical-thinking lesson, students answer questions based on primary source documents...

Learners gain knowledge about earth and space science by studying the nine planets in the solar system as well as their key characteristics. In this solar system lesson plan, students identify the nine planets. Learners work in groups to...

Practice pronouncing and spelling words with the /e/ sound with spellers. They blend phonemes with spelling maps to master important representation and letter symbol of the short vowel /e/. They also make sock puppets and study the...

Prepare your learners to identify figurative language in poetry. Tips for reading poetry and what to look for are listed on these slides. Rhetorical devices are defined and plenty of examples are given. 

Give the ultimate gift this holiday season: Christmas-themed math skills! Young gift givers calculate the amount of wrapping paper that should be used for a particular wrapping method.

In this antonyms worksheet, students cut out the pictures and match the pictures together by finding their antonyms. Students fold the pictures together to create a flip book.

In this homonyms word search worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle and word search for the given clues and homonyms.