First graders engage in a study of phonics that focuses on the beginning sounds with an emphasis upon varying types of genres that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They recognize the beginning sounds of words and make physical...

Students create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written. 

Learners observe and discuss a picture of Curious George building a bridge and discuss what it means to build, plan and design a project. As a class, they list things they need to do in oder to build something and explore how a compass...

Learners create a newspaper story based on the events that occur in the novel Holes. They recall the basic facts of Stanley's story using the 5 W's plus H. Students write a fact based news story based on the information presented in...

Students use a graphic organizer create a character sketch of Trout Walker from the novel Holes. Using the provided worksheet, students fill in the important character traits of Trout. Worksheet and answer key are provided with the lesson.

Students research a historical legend. They participate in a discussion of the legend of Kissing Kate Barlow in the novel Holes. Students then chose one of three American legends and use internet research to complete a provided graphic...

Learners participate in computer generated warm up activities. Working in small groups, they read the activity on the computer screen located at their station. Each group completes the activity in the allotted amount of time and moves on...

Young scholars 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...

In this math/science worksheet, students find the balance point of a variety of objects, and complete ten problems. Students look at sketches of objects and calculate the balance point, and also use meter sticks and weights. This is an...

In this history of opera learning exercise, learners explore and research what an opera is and then answer four questions regarding the history of opera in complete sentences.

In this scientific observations instructional activity, students study an illustration and then complete 5 short answer questions about what they observe happening in the picture.

In this magnetic Earth learning exercise, students learn how a compass works with the magnetic poles of the Earth. This learning exercise has 4 short answer questions.

In this function worksheet, students compute the derivative of given functions. They find the equation of a tangent line to a curve and compute the implicit differentiation. This two-page worksheet contains six problems.

In this analogies worksheet, students complete each analogy by writing the best word in the blank. They are allowed to use a dictionary and there are 7 questions to answer.

For this adjectives worksheet, students review when to properly use the adjectives fewer or less in sentences and then complete ten sentences by filling in each blank with fewer or less.

In this writing practice worksheet, students read the beginning of a story entitled, "The Zoo." They write an original ending to the story which is about a class field trip.

In this printing numbers worksheet, learners connect the dots to form each number zero through nine. The students print ten numbers.

In this alphabet worksheet, students trace the entire lower case letters of the alphabet. The objective is to enhance students' printing skills and their recognition of the lower case alphabet.

In this English review instructional activity, students consolidate the use of "going to" as they write 18 sentences following the prompts.

Students describe the pioneering work of researcher Edward W. Nelson and identify everyday objects that aid in understanding a culture. In this everyday objects lesson plan, students conduct their own research into everyday objects by...

Young scholars create an imaginary bird. In this anatomy lesson, students analyze how artists represent birds historically, then determine the anatomical aspects that suit a bird to its habitat. Using this information, young scholars...

Students discover how units of measurement help people to categorize objects. In this measurement lesson, students discuss various units of measurement, use creativity to invent new possible units of measure, and learn the history of...

Young scholars investigate measurement. In this library lesson plan, students discuss measurement, read Millions to Measure by David Schwartz, and complete a worksheet. Extra related activities are included in the lesson plan that...

In these sentence correction worksheets, learners read the sentences and determine if they contain comma splices or fused sentences.