Fourth graders examine the history of the tortilla and extend the study across the curriculum. In this history of the tortilla instructional activity, 4th graders research the background of the tortilla, determine the ingredients, and...

A thorough set of activities, articles, and reference material can enlighten your class about the history of whaling in New England. Kids travel back to a time when whale products were valuable and hunting whales was a way to help the...

In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book Tikki Tikki Tembo, by Arlene Mosel, by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students think of names of friends, family members, and classmates. Students write their names...

Third graders research elves and create their own elf description which they use to write back to the first graders Santa letters.

Sixth graders convert English to Metric units.  In this converting English to Metric units lesson, 6th graders convert a cookie recipe in English units to Metric units.  Students write a letter to a pen pal in England where...

For this language arts worksheet, students read that the word I is always written as a capital letter. They read 9 sentences and write each one using the capital I when necessary.

In this present continuous worksheet, students change the sentences to be in the present continuous tense. Students complete 12 sentences and write 4 on their own.

Middle schoolers examine Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits and letters. They consider how first-person art forms aid the process of self-discovery. They produce a Van Gogh-style self-portrait and write a letter describing it

Students identify the principal physical features the Pilgrims considered when choosing the location of Plymouth. They create a postcard to send to a friend in Europe as if they were a Pilgrim; illustrating one aspect of the settling in...

Pupils participate in an emerging literacy instructional activity in order to focus on the skill of phonemic awareness. The letter "a" is the phoneme that is chosen for letter and sound recognition in the instructional activity.

Students observe the PBS film, "New Orleans," to explore such topics as race relations, cultural history, and urbanization. After examining n interactive map displaying the city at various dates in its history, students role-play as...

In this drawing pictures worksheet, students solve the math word problems by writing a number sentence and drawing pictures to help them solve the four problems.

Students are read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and develop their own story. They use a literature wheel to determine what the mouse will want next. They share their wheels with a friend.

Students practice writing and decoding secret messages before discussing DNA and its role as a code for making proteins. They translate DNA into RNA and identify the sequence of amino acids to find a secret message. An interactive...

In this lab report worksheet, learners answer ten questions by filling in a blank with the appropriate letter that corresponds to the part of the lab. Students determine where data goes, where observations go, where answers to discussion...

Students continue to examine the importance of wearing a seat belt. After identifying new vocabulary, they discuss the ways in which wearing a seat belt can better people's lives. They write a letter to the newspaper to state why the...

In this beginning and ending sounds for grade 2 worksheet, 2nd graders look at the picture and fill in the beginning and ending letters, not interactively, for 6 pictures;  pictures can be changed and answers are available online.

Students are introduced to the 'Elmer' stories. They take Elmer to different places through their story writing and painting. Students are shown how to use some painting tools. They experience a 'virtual' visit from Elmer the Elephant....

Students research the role of women in the Civil War. In this Civil War unit, students research the role women played during the war. This unit includes eight different activities including vocabulary, writing prompts and a literature...

Eighth graders examine the American immigration experience. In this immigration lesson, 8th graders watch a video about Ellis Island and discuss the processing that took place there. Students write letters in the voice of American...

Students write poems of respect. In this character education lesson plan, students use the words "please," "thank you," "excuse me," and "I'm sorry" in acrostic poems that define the polite words and phrases.

Students create poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. They write an original poem detailing how a person can spread joy during the holiday season. The poem is formatted in the shape of a Christmas tree.

In this language arts worksheet, students write the correct word with adding the suffixes to the root word in the three columns. Special attention is paid to the "ed" ending.

Young scholars complete a unit that focuses on their school's waste production. They conduct a litter survey, collect the waste produced in their classroom for a week and generate a waste-audit, and identify how their school can...