Second graders produce a simple piece of writing given the topic sentence: "I am thankful for..." . Students translate their piece of writing into an electronic format using the software program KidPix. Students present their completed...

Third graders read more trade books. They increase difficulty level of trade books read. Students read chapter books. They read nonfiction selections. Students take a test over each book on Accelerated Reader.

Learners apply word-level skills through shared and guided reading. They use poems of parts of poems as models for own writing. They read texts aloud with pace and expression.

Students use reading searchlights to work out new words and make sense of what they read. They compose own poetic sentences.

Learners listen to a poem and discuss it. They focus on the phoneme a-e.

Students listen to a poem and discuss the rhyming words. They complete worksheets focusing on the long vowel phoneme -igh.

Pupils research the importance of naval development in history. The unit includes hands-on activities such as the creation of timelines, powerpoints, and use webquests. Students examine famous ships and naval leaders.

In this capitalization worksheet, students rewrite sentences correcting the capitalization mistakes. Students rewrite 12 sentences on this worksheet.

Tenth graders study the American Civil War. As part of a service learning project, they volunteer to help preserve or promote a local Civil War site. They conduct research and write letters or lobby legislatures on behalf of historic...

Sixth graders set and are encouraged to meet their reading goals and demonstrate knowledge of literary elements in this lesson.

Students study the Wampanoag tribe to learn about the importance of the herring to their culture. For this Wampanoag lesson, students read information and complete multiple activities to learn about the role of the herring fish in the...

Students identify the problems that marine life is facing today. In this marine science lesson, students explain how Marine Protected Areas can help the ocean and the fish. They brainstorm ways to help in the conservation effort.

Young scholars use the poem Jabberwocky to discover where they are weak in grammar. They rewrite the poem using standard dialect words instead of nonsense words.

Fourth graders create a poster in the shape of a shield, which represents their individual lives by using art, photographs, magazine and newspaper graphics.

Pupils role play bees finding nectar. they put on bee tails and antenna. Then 3 or 4 students at a time performed the dances bees do when one is communicating to the others that he has found nectar and the when they are close the dance...

Students make pottery in the same evolutionary order as archeology indicates. They begin with simple pinch pots and then move to plain coil pots, manipulative decoration, and surface decoration. For each type of pot they discuss the...

Learners get involved in an integrated unit on watermelons. They get knowledgeable about watermelons. This activity involves each student decorating a watermelon and predicting the outcome of it.

Learners define what a community is, identify the different aspects/resources of their community, and research topics using the various resources in their community.

Learners examine and describe the six main simple machines. In groups, they work with an inclined plane to calculate the ideal and actual mechanical advantages of the plane. Using their results, they must determine the efficiency of the...

Students use microscopes to investigate the diversity of life that exists in pond water. They then conduct a controlled investigation to study the effect of a pollutant (rice) on a microcosm ecosystem.

In this language arts worksheet, young scholars study the American holiday of Labor Day. Students read a short factual passage, and answer 3 questions.

Learners participate in a nature walk to learn about their natural environments. In this nature study lesson, students brainstorm a list of things to look for on their nature walk. Learners go on the nature walk and locate objects they...

Learners develop a dramatization of "Odysseus and the Cyclops." In this english lesson, students discuss the importance of a person's identity. They reflect on how ancient Greeks value their identity based on this mythology.

Students examine and reflect on their own unique talents. They discuss their talents and what they do well, write each talent on five strips of paper, and create a class paper chain of talents.