Students, after listening to a selection of Gulliver's Travels, complete a worksheet about basic terms associated with boats, ships, and sailing. They create flag after researching semaphore flagging systems.

Introduce learners to the magical Japanese hermit named Sennin with a reading response activity. As fifth graders finish the story of Sennin and his mystical powers, they answer four short-answer questions.

In this Axis successes and failures worksheet, students read about the Axis Powers and Allied Powers. Students read the dates of Axis successes, and about the Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Midway, and El Alamein....

Young scholars examine uses for water. For this water lesson, students discuss how they use water. As a class young scholars make a PowerPoint by naming one swimming safety rule. Students compare and contrast fishing for fun and fishing...

Learners discover the property of density while participating in a lab exercise. In this scientific measuring lesson, pupils utilize a scale to measure the density of different metal materials. They document their work and present their...

What stories can a desk paperweight and picture frame possibly tell us about the president of the United States? Pupils are transported to the desk of President John F. Kennedy through an engaging interactive site. The guide offers...

Examine the life of steamboat inventor, Robert Fulton, through reading comprehension worksheet that includes both multiple choice and short answer questions. Then, take part in a word search and write definitions, words, and...

Here's an awesome unit that uses The Cay as the anchor text. The 16-page packet is loaded with teaching ideas, activities, and suggested adjustments.

In this holiday worksheet, students discuss different aspects of holidays and accommodations in their county.

In this travel dialogue worksheet, students read aloud in pairs a dialogue about travel.

In this travel discussion worksheet, students answer questions about travel and their opinions of different places.

Do your young readers have a hard time with using the correct pronouns? Use this resource to help them practice identifying and fixing incorrect pronouns. The worksheet includes twenty sentences, some of which need to be fixed, and some...

“America herself is an improbable journey.” So is Deval Patrick’s journey from the South Side of Chicago to the governorship of Massachusetts. The complete text of Patrick’s inaugural speech, delivered outdoors facing Boston Common,...

Get your middle schoolers up to scratch with analogies using this worksheet. Pupils complete 10 analogies by determining the associations between the words and using the provided bridge sentences.

What do a girl in foster care and a 91-year-old widow have in common? A crossword puzzle related to Orphan Train highlights some of the similarities the two characters share in the book. The puzzle pulls out key details from the novel to...

In this literature based multiple choice quiz worksheet, pupils answer questions based on the book The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards.

For this zebra mussels worksheet, 7th graders read an article about zebra mussel populations in United States' lakes and rivers. Students read about the negative effects and some positive results and then answer several questions about...

Students discover enunciation and alliteration by reading tongue twisters in class.  In this language arts lesson, students listen and repeat some of the classic childhood tongue twisters along with their teacher.  Students...

Students read the story of the Eagle Boy. In this Native American Tale instructional activity, students discover the respect a boy has for wildlife. Students discuss eagles and what they symbolize. Students create  song lyrics for...

In this apostrophe worksheet, students complete a chart containing the singular possessive, plural noun, and plural possessive.  Students then rewrite 6 phrases using the possessive form.

In this commas activity, learners correctly insert commas into paragraphs into the appropriate spots and answer short answer questions about the sentences they corrected. Students complete 7 activities.

In this language arts worksheet, students read 14 clues that pertain to sailing. Students figure out the answers to the clues and put them in a crossword puzzle.

In this comprehension worksheet, students read The City of Ember chapters 16 and 17 and answer multiple choice questions about it. Students complete 14 questions.

In this transportation worksheet, students study the different modes of transportation. Students match 11 terms to the correct definition that is provided.