Students analyze parts of speech, sentence structure, and ver usage in this ten lesson unit on grammar. Through games, activities, assignments, and printed material, the concepts are supported and reinforced in a creative way.

Fifth graders create synonym trees by writing their main word on the tree trunk and gluing synonym words to represent the leaves. In this synonyms lesson plan, 5th graders play a class game where they must find a partner who has a...

Fourth graders explore vocabulary by reading a contemporary story in class. In this English literature lesson, 4th graders read the story A Cricket in Times Square and practice using the vocabulary words from the story. Students...

Is it do'nt or don't? How about doesn't or does'nt? A lesson on contractions helps learners identify, form, and use contractions. Components within the plan include direct instruction on decoding and encoding contractions, as well as...

Individually, letters have their own sounds, but when combined with other letters, those sounds completely change. Introduce letter combinations with a lesson plan that asks learners to search for combinations in familiar words and use...

Third graders explore their addition and subtraction skills. In this number sense lesson plan, 3rd graders analyze different scoring possibilities for a basketball game. This lesson plan incorporates the use a video titled...

Students brainstorm the names of Shakespeare's plays and read an article about a new theatre. They complete worksheets about the plays. In groups, they play a game where they give clues about films or plays and others try to guess the...

Learners use technology to improve their communication skills and have the ability to interact with other speech students attending other elementary schools. Through riddles, games, and other activities, learners attain their speech...

Second graders throw a beach ball to each other to play a game that helps them practice word families. In this word family lesson plan, 2nd graders throw a beach ball to each other and whatever part their thumb lands on, they look at the...

How can you create an "English-free" classroom for your foreign language learners? This year, use some of these strategies to maximize your students' opportunity to communicate in the language.

As the new year approaches, it is time to reflect and set goals. This year, use a set of New Year's worksheets to set individual academic and personal goals, as well as classroom goals. Half of the packet could be completed before class...

You have the answer and a variable, but something is missing! The class fills in the missing addend in 23 practice problems that all add up to 10. This is a great way to build number sense, pattern recognition, and automaticity.

Sometimes you can add two words together to make one longer word! Practice doing just this with your class with the worksheets and activities included here. The main goal here is to look at an image, name it, and figure out the two words...

Start a conversation to convey proper English grammar. In groups pupils voice their opinion, have well supported disagreements, and explain why they feel as they do. This lesson builds academic discussion skills and fosters a command of...

Students participate in activities with Mr. Potato Head and Inspector Gadget. During the activity, they must request the body part they want to add to the body. They must state their request in a complete sentence and point to the body...

Fourth graders tackle stress. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders predict physical and emotional reactions to stressful situations.

Pupils participate in a vocabulary exercise at a website dedicated to Prehistoric Native Americans.

Students answer questions about various professions.  In this professions lesson plan, students answer questions about careers using prepositions to describe where the jobs are in the community. Students look at questions and...

Pupils explore mathematics by participating in a group activity. In this number value activity, students identify the uses for decimals and how to best estimate whole numbers based on decimals and fractions. Pupils collaborate with...

Learners practice taking directions from their peers during group activities. With teachers, they practice the directions and then gradually start practicing with their mainstream friends. They are given marks on a chart noting how they...

Sixth graders investigate the concept of energy using a hypothetical story. The power goes out in their house and they no longer can play your videogames. Students must create your own alternative power source. This story sets the stage...

Second graders further develop simple addition facts and their ability to record the facts.

Middle schoolers work in teams creating and posing math rules and trying to guess them using a formula controlled worksheet they create with Excel. Student pairs take turns to see who can crack the other's code the fastest.

In this math instructional activity, students find the answers to the 30 subtraction problems. The solutions can be checked by using addition.