Students participate in a card game to read words with a particular sound correctly.  In this sound card game lesson, students students keep a word card if they correctly pronounce the word on it. Additional cards let you pick...

Students explore the concept of big, bigger, and biggest. They examine and classify items by size, listen to and discuss the book "A Pig is Big," complete a fill in the blank activity, and create a tri-fold that illustrates two items...

First graders listen to the book "Mr. Betts and Mr. Potts" and examine the career of being a veterinarian. They categorize animals based on whether they could be house pets or not, develop a class pet graph, and list the various...

Pupils study the classification system used in a library. In this sorting and classification lesson, students visit their library and define the classification system in place. Pupils discuss the sorting method and then come up with a...

Superstitions are always interesting. Use this instructional activity as a pre-quiz before studying superstitions or use it as a time-filler when you have a few extra minutes.

In this "Hey Diddle Diddle" worksheet, students practice reading expressively as they take parts in this play and practice the script.

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the game of freeze tag that is adapted using the movie characters from "Shrek". Each one takes on the role of one of the characters with a role to play when tagged by the taggers.

In this math word problems worksheet, students complete addition, subtraction, and money word problems. Students complete 6 problems total.

Students make something that will last forever. In this art lesson, students make a handprint out of clay.

Students put coconut trees in order from numbers 1 through 10 that appear on each tree. In this ordering numbers lesson plan, students complete this activity after reading the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Sixth graders use small electronic devices known as thermistors to measure the temperature beneath an object such as a coffee cup as it slides across a surface. By choosing different surfaces, 6th graders can compare in a quantitative...

In this problem solving activity, 3rd graders use logic to come to a solution. Students read a short scenario and respond to 1 short answer question writing a logical solution to the given situation.

In this possessives activity, learners rewrite the phrase and put the apostrophe in the correct place to show a possessive. Students complete 31 problems.

Students write descriptive words about colorful pictures and then write about a character. In this writing lesson plan, students have a character worksheet to fill out.

Students examine how some animal young are similar to the adult. They look at pictures of various animals and their young and identify if they look similar or not similar to the adult animal, and draw a picture of a baby and parent...

In this guess and check worksheet, students record guesses to a word problem by recording them in a table. Next, students use guess and check to solve 3 additional problems. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.

For this comma slice and fused sentences review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they respond to 20 multiple choice questions.

For this Halloween manuscript handwriting practice worksheet, students trace the holiday-related words on the sheet. They also write the words independently on the provided lines.

In this Halloween writing activity, 3rd graders follow the arrows and trace the dotted lines to practice writing 5 Halloween words. They write examples of each word independently after the initial practice.

In this idiom worksheet, students read explanation of 8 common idioms, then complete a fill-in-the-blank activity using those same idioms. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Students explore word structures by participating in a group activity. In this word segment lesson, students collaborate in small groups and pass out cards with certain letters that can form words when put together. Students win the game...

Students compare/contrast rural and urban communities, and view and discuss the images on the Illinois quarter. They discuss Abraham Lincoln's life, complete a chart and a Venn diagram comparing urban and rural settings, and create a...

Students discuss what human traits might help a person be more successful. They discuss how all birds are of the same species but have different beak traits. Students comprehend that the birds that eat the most food will have a baby with...

In this math worksheet, students make estimates to consider the possibility of each event taking place from impossible to likely.