Mammals can be carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores, but what about locavores? A set of free-response questions from the 2011 AP® English Language and Composition exam introduces test-takers to the term, which describes people who try...

In this problem solving worksheet, 3rd graders will listen to and solve 6 story problems about numbers of objects, order of objects, and money. Teacher is instructed to read problems aloud and answer clarifying questions.

Students work together to develop a festival for book lovers. High schoolers work with young children and practice their reading. Traveling between reading stations, they focus on different reading standards. They act as role-models...

In this anniversary dinner worksheet, students listen as the teacher reads out a description of a couple celebrating their anniversary over dinner.

Students are read the book "Me & Mr. Mah". They discuss what the memory boxes in the story looked like and what was in each one. They create their own memory box out of a shoebox and items they brought from home.

Fifth graders discuss reasons for going to the doctor. In this doctor's visit instructional activity, 5th graders read a chapter from the text and complete a checkup word search to match definitions and terms. Students answer questions...

In this poetry lesson plan, students listen to stories that contain alliteration. While listening to stories, student pairs make a list of words that they then use to construct "silly sentences" that contain alliteration. Each student...

Seventh graders read Mania Magee as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan presents some ideas to use after certain chapters in the book as a way of supplementing student learning and involvement in the story.

Students participate in a statewide Battle of the Books competition. They read books and answer questions about them to earn points for their school.

Students read a story called Carts Give Mobility to Disabled Dogs and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, recalling details,...

Eighth graders explore the life of Jackie Robinson.  In this American History activity, students examine different examples of courage.  Students read an article about Jackie Robinson.

Fourth graders are read the book "Kissing Coyotes". During the story, they make predictions about what they believe might happen next. After the story, they create their own story using their imagination and draw illustrations.

Students investigate various forms of literature using drawings, sentences, and class discussion. They pick the text to look at to keep student interest. The teacher helps the students use appropriate reading level books. They complete a...

Students are introduced to new vocabulary words associated with tribes and relocation. As a class, they listen to their teacher read an excerpt on tribal termination and urbanization. To end the lesson plan, they identify how this act...

Students investigate dinosaurs through books. In this lesson about dinosaurs, students read a variety of books about dinosaurs. Students become familiar with dinosaurs through reading about them. Students learn that reading is...

First graders create a poster about health after filling out a survey on a health topic. In this health lesson plan, 1st graders read the Staying Clean and Fit section of their health book.

Learners read and analyze the story Away on the Bay as a springboard to discuss water pollution. They may look into ways in which water can be cleaned and a watershed restored.

High schoolers read about how scientists are arriving at current theories of human origin and migration through mitochondrial DNA analysis. They then piece together a map showing the data from mitochondrial DNA analysis to plot the...

Students read President Kennedy's speech to the nation on October 22, 1962. Using the text, they identify the deception by the Soviets. In groups, they create a comip strip showing what they believe might have happened had there been no...

Students examine the difficulties of exploration and some of the motivations for exploration. They investigate various types of explorers and identify the difficulties faced by the New World explorers. Students create a journal of...

Students explore quilting. They read and discuss the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. They research African American quilting traditions on the Internet and name three common qualities in quilts. They create a quilt block...

Students analyze the cause and effects of fading traditions and explore the parent teen relationships through poetry. In this past analysis lesson, students complete a cause and effect worksheet about a related movie. Students free write...

Students write a creative writing piece by personifying apples. In this creative writing activity, students view a PowerPoint about the writing process and brainstorm about apples. Students write a rough draft about their apple and peer...

Fourth graders identify and practice a variety of prereading strategies to assess how to ask questions that a new reader might ask about the book, "One Day in the Woods." They skim the book, brainstorm the topic of the book and preview...