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Reader's Theater
Students study sequencing while reading an Australian folk tale. In this sequencing lesson plan students read a folk tale using Reader's Theater and discuss what happened first, second and last. Students also create animal ears and...
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Shadows
First graders measure how a shadow changes over the course of a day. They write about what they would do if they lost their shadow, and make silhouettes of themselves. Students make up a shadow dance and read stories about shadows.
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Patterns
In this patterns learning exercise, learners look at 4 patterns and choose the 2 that are incorrect and complete 4 number and letter patterns.
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Where the Wild Things Are
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions regarding Where the Wild Things Are.
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Tracking Physical Fitness
Students record their daily physical activity in a chart. For this physical fitness lesson plan, students and adults exercise and see how many repetitions they can do in a given amount of time. They record this in a chart over a period...
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The Gifts of Trees
Students examine the various things trees give us. They read the book, "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein, cook a food using a tree fruit, create notepads using unused paper, construct a picture frame with twigs, and write a poem.
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Life Is a Cycle
Students investigate about cycles through games, shared readings and a shared writing activity. They play a game of Ring Around the Rosie to be introduced to the concept of "cycle."
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop
In this Uncle Jed's Barbershop learning exercise, students read the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop and complete short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Sky 2: Shadows
Students explore space science by participating in a shadow experiment. For this sky observation lesson, students identify how the sun creates different sized shadows by moving across the horizon. Students utilize yard sticks, markers,...
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Our Solar System
In this solar system worksheet, students read about the planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and the moon. Then students complete 25 multiple choice, 4 true or false, and 3 short answer questions.
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Introduction to Time
Students explore the concept of time. Through discussion and artistic projects, they define time in their own words and tell how it is used to represent the seasons. Students draw a picture to portray time as it elapses during the...
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Applying Estimation in real Life Situations
Fifth graders explore number sense by participating in role-playing activities. For this estimation lesson, 5th graders discuss reasons for estimating amounts in life and read the book Betcha. Students complete a real life estimation...
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ESL Verb Tense Exercises
In this ESL verb tense worksheet, students fill in blanks using there+be, fill in correct verb conjugations for sentences and write past tense of given verbs.
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Harriet Tubman
Pupils identify famous people and events of the Civil War era, identify hardships Tubman encountered by giving an explanation of what they would do in a similar situation, and explain in writing, 3 historical facts about Harriet Tubman.
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Gel-O-Colors!!
What distinguishes the differences between refraction and reflection? Learners identify the properties of light as they mix colored light to create new color variations. As they work they gather data about the properties of light and...
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Life of a Logger
Students are introduced to the work and lives of 19th century lumberjacks through a living history slide show presentation. They compare and contrast life 150 years ago with the present. Students describe the history of logging in...
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The Importance of Sleep
Students role-play a sleep counseling session with a class partner. They read several articles about the importance of sleep and form advice for someone who is having sleepless nights.
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Let the North Star Tell You Where You Are
Students create an astrolabe and locate the North Star in the night sky. They determine the latitude of the North Star, and calculate an average latitude based on class results.
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Christmas Crossword
In this crossword worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by solving clues about Christmas. For example, "In what month is Christmas?"
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Do Caterpillars Eat More As They Get Bigger?
Learners observe caterpillar behavior and the amount of milkweed leaves the caterpillars eat each day. They collect data regarding the caterpillar's size and anything else they see. They look for patterns in caterpillar eating habits and...
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Mixed Verb Tenses (Part 5)
For this mixed verb tenses worksheet, students, for each sentence, choose the correct form of the verb to make each sentence grammatically correct.
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Irregular Verbs 4
In this grammar instructional activity, students supply the correct verb form from the verb in parentheses that makes twenty sentences grammatically correct.
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Correlate This!
Learners investigate different correlations. In this algebra instructional activity, students analyze graphs and identify the lines as having positive, negative or no correlation. They calculate the line of best fit using a scatter plot.
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The Moon
In this space science worksheet, students complete each of the statements with the correct word or phrase about the moon. Then they identify four ways that scientists believe the moon was formed, selecting one and writing a paragraph...