Diversify your young readers' at-home reading habits with this activity. This handout consists of a list of 24 different types of reading materials from newspapers and how-to books to science fiction and poetry. The goal is for students...

What do your fifth graders know about types of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry? Find out as they fill out this questionnaire that requires them to list authors and texts that exemplify each genre. Not only will you be able to assess what...

For this biology activity, students identify and describe a number of easily observable genetic traits and compare the traits they have with other students. Then they identify and describe that some traits are common while others are not...

Simple, practical, achievable. That's the advice found on a New Year's resolution worksheet that suggests goal-setters first take inventory of the goals they want to achieve, as well as the behaviors and attitudes that may cause...

A key challenge in teaching kids how to read informational text, particularly primary source documents, is finding suitable resources and then developing questions that guide readers. Never fear, help is here in the form of a series...

In this money management worksheet, students read a paragraph regarding credit and then respond to 6 short answer questions regarding credit.

In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read 10 sentences that have a missing word or phrase. From 4 choices of similar words, students select the best answer to make the sentence correct. This is intended for ESL students but is...

The propellant needed for space explorations runs in the thousands, while paying to get the craft into orbit costs millions! In the second installment of three, two activities explore laws of conservation of energy and momentum. Using...

In this estimation story problem worksheet, students read a rhyme about Pop's candy store inventory and solve and explain word problems answers. Students solve five problems.

In this significance of science in society worksheet, 8th graders read 3 paragraphs, then interactively answer 9 comprehension and grammar questions, with immediate online feedback; video at the beginning is not longer available, but the...

Whether your seventh graders are preparing for the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) or any other standardized test, this practice instructional activity takes them through a variety of language arts skills....

After researching the presidential election process, class members develop questions and interview voters about their choice of candidate and the issues that concern them.

In this study skills worksheet, students rate their study skills by filling out a questionnaire. Students rate 30 different study skills and then total up their score. An excellent resource!

If you are staging an archaeology or paleontology simulation, here is a checklist that you can post for your diggers. It lists reminders for how to prepare for the dig, as well as reminders for wrapping up. 

In this trees worksheet, learners put different kinds of trees into a chart and compare and contrast them. Students then answer percentage problems about the trees and short answer questions. Learners complete 7 questions in all.