Seventh graders listen to a variety of folktales sharing experiences of slavery. As a class, they compare and contrast reading a story and telling a story. They participate in a role play activity to discover the journey of a slave and...

Students practice reading more fluently by giving them experience reading various character parts in a story and expressing the attitude of their character. They interact with the book, "A Fine, Fine School," by Sharon Creech as well as...

Students explore the importance of maintaining a democracy through philanthropic actions. For this character education lesson, students discover what the Japanese internment camps were, and why they were an infringement on personal...

Young scholars make papier-mache people.  In this relationship building lesson, students develop a relationship with a local retirement center or nursing home and get to know at least one of the residents.  Young scholars make...

Students use the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to examine Folk music.

Fourth graders use problem solving, decision making and basic math skills to calculate calories used during different activities. They determine the relation between food intake and activity. Students also figure out the activity,...

Young scholars create a podcast. In this environment lesson, students learn what a podcast is and why it is used. Young scholars make a podcast about making the world a greener place.

Model  for your class how to make text-to-text connections by following the script presented by this resource. No specific texts are offered as examples.

Sight words are listed in alphabetical order for preschool through third grades on this language arts workshet. There are at least 50 words for each of the grade levels, and some have more than that. This would be a good, general...

Students investigate what sort of person the author is. They listen as the teacher use her notes to introduce Tom Holt briefly. Students are asked if anyone has read any of his books. They work in pairs to find more about Tom Holt as a...

Students develop a business plan to serve as a road map that ultimately help them achieve business goals. They create a description of the business and their work.

Learners listen to story read by teacher, recall facts from the story, and discuss Abraham Lincoln and his birthday.

In this book parts worksheet, learners match a set of definitions with their correct terms, list ways to care for books and use a word box to match statements to terms.

Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...

In this spelling instructional activity, students read ten sentences and fill in the blanks with words with the "er" and "est" suffixes. Students than answer each riddle.

Learners observe and demonstrate the strategy of summarizing the main idea. They discuss six rules of summarizing, and observe the teacher summarizing the first chapter of the novel "The Incredible Journey." Students then read chapter...

In this letter from a folklorist activity, students read a letter from a folklorist to discover more about this career. The letter describes the importance of this field and aspects of the job.

Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 

Students get involved in a Project-Based Learning instructional design model as they enter a problem-solving learning journey. They get to personalize their learning experience from the beginning by making choices. Students set up and...

Students explore the basis of Iago's persuasive power by analyzing Shakespeare's use of rhetoric and figurative language. In this Othello instructional activity, students analyze Iago's rhetoric in monologues and dialogues with other...

Students identify important aspects of their identities and consider associated stereotyping. They examine some stereotype cliches and explore their origins. They address the importance of individuals self-defining their identities and...

Students practice their decoding skills to increase reading fluency. They use timed reading to observe the rate at which they read. They work in small groups to read a book in a time situation.

Students participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.

In this subject and predicate worksheet, students draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate in 14 sentences.