Students engage in study of plot and setting with the reading of many familiar texts. They identify the plot and setting with the help of a worksheet. The teacher works with the class for scaffolding and helps them to recognize the...

Young scholars explore, research and develop new methods for evaluating information received from an original piece of text. They distinguish between easy and difficult forms of text and each group presents their findings and new methods...

Pupils participate in a tag game involving aspects of the Hanukkah holiday. They discuss the basic tenets of Hanukkah, then play the tag game, with the Candle Makers as taggers and the students tagged freezing into position as candles.

Students view the "Smoking Gun" video as an illustration of someone claiming to be an expert who really is not one. They discuss the fact that some experts also come with biases and personal agendas. Students research experts from...

Eighth graders study the effects of the water cycle. They create a graph of the air temperature versus solar radiation on a rainy and clear 24 hour period using data from a provided link. Afterward, they answer questions to determine the...

Students view animations of several atmospheric variables (e.g., temperature, rainfall) during a cold front passage and locate the dryline, determine its direction of movement, and list at least two weather conditions associated with the...

In this chemistry instructional activity, students use their imagination and the elements in the Periodic Table to solve each pun listed on the sheet. There are 24 to complete.

In this grammar worksheet, learners correct 5 run-on sentences. For example, "The most important part of college is being well-prepared for tests because if you don't do well on tests then won't get a good mark..."

In this Native Son worksheet, students read a one page passage from the book and then explain how the extract related to To Kill a Mockingbird. Students answer in essay form.

In this animal worksheet, students become familiar with 8 different species of wild cats by reading an informative paragraph and examining a picture for each. Students complete a crossword puzzle about wild cats.

In this learned behavior worksheet, students review different types of learned behavior including habituation and trial-and-error learning. This worksheet has 7 short answer, 8 matching, and 10 fill in the blank questions.

In this present simple worksheet, students fill in the blanks in twenty sentences with the correct form of the verb requested in parenthesis.

In this Language Arts instructional activity, learners answer three questions from Number the Stars, Chapter 2. The questions include 3 literal, 2 inferential, and 2 opinion questions.

In this math worksheet, students practice using the appropriate formula developed to solve the word problems. They find the correct operation to find the answer to each.

In this language arts instructional activity, students read a classic Mother Goose rhyme called Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Students color the picture, which goes with the poem.

In this grammar activity, students identify twenty sentences as correct as is, fragments, contains a comma splice or is a fused sentence.

In this ESL reflexive pronouns activity, students read 10 sentences that have a pronoun missing. Using the choices from a word bank, students fill in each blank with a reflexive pronoun.

In this ESL punctuation instructional activity, students read an article about a legal case involving student truancy. Students correct all the punctuation errors.

In this weather vocabulary learning exercise, 2nd graders, working with a partner, read and discuss what the weather is like in six specific foreign cities. Students carry on a conversation with each other concerning the weather in six...

In this ESL phrasal verbs instructional activity, learners read 10 sentences that have missing verbs. Students use the verb "look" with one of the prepositions from the word bank.

In this ESL phrasal verb activity, students read 10 sentences that have missing verbs. Students fill in each space with the verb "make" with one of the prepositions from the box.

For this Christmas crossword puzzle worksheet, students complete the 14 word crossword puzzle. All of the clues are names of Christmas songs.

In this New Year's Day worksheet, learners read 16 clues pertaining to the celebration of a new year. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle.

In this problem solving worksheet, students solve two word problems that require them to work backward to find the original number. There is an example provided.