Readers match five literary terms -- personification, narrator, tone, dialogue, foreshadowing -- with their definitions. They also spell, identify the part of speech, define, and write a creative sentence for each of five...

One of two epic poems attributed to Homer, The Odyssey is full of unfamiliar language. With this two-page worksheet, your class will study new words like victuals, forlorn, and pine. Unfortunately, the specific section these words come...

Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this activity allows beginning readers to practice isolating...

Students participate in an introductory lesson plan that focuses on communication. The two types of extrapersonal and interpersonal are covered. The lesson plan uses questions in order to guide the class discussion and writing responses.

Elementary learners explore fiction storytelling through partcipating in a survey. They identify the characters, themes and plot of the Harry Potter series while discussing their opinions in class. Learners conduct a survey about their...

In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students read the definitions of the word "synonym" at the top of the page before looking at a list of 15 words. They choose an adjective from the word bank that is a synonym for each word and write...

Invite learners to determine which affix and base word combinations create new words. This activity allows pupils to play around and create words that match specific meanings.

Providing a wonderful way to explore reading and vocabulary skills, this resource takes your class on a journey to understand the accomplishments of Lewis and Clark through the eyes of their dog Seaman. It focuses on using the book Lewis...

The eighth in a series of 23 life skills exercises focuses on self-awareness and respect. Groups record, on the provided worksheets, words and phrases that signal respect, and generate lists of behaviors that signal respect.

Travel through space as you learn about the galaxy, solar system, planets, and much more. An extensive resource for studying astronomy in upper-elementary and middle school classrooms.

Learners compare and contrast sine and cosine graphs in order to describe their characteristics in a collaborative activity. As they explain their reasoning, learners strengthen their writing and vocabulary skills associated with...

Encourage learners to think deeply about the information they read or hear. Through a series of life skills worksheets, your pupils will consider the need for objectivity, identifying missing information, and problem solving.

Here you'll find an extensive textbook chapter on Australia's indigenous people and the impact of European settlers on aboriginal tribes. The text includes several images, graphs, primary and secondary sources, follow-up...

Fourth graders work in small groups to become experts on different colonial trades in the eighth instructional activity of this unit. Working toward the long-term goal of writing a piece of historical fiction, young scholars read...

Receiving credit can be both a benefit and a curse. Prepare your learners to make wise credit choices by studying how credit influences credit scores, identifying the different components of credit cards, and exploring major consumer...

In this literacy learning exercise, students find the definitions for the words that are related to the concepts of geometry. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

Students participate in Valentine's Day writing and literacy center activities. In this writing and literacy lesson plan, students develop Valentine's Day journals using recycled cards and small blank sheets of paper. They write...

Do you live in Florida? Give your learners this fun word jumble! Different words associated with the state of Florida are included like Disney World, Crist, manatee, and Tampa. This could be used as a time-filler!

Do you live in Idaho? Give your learners this word jumble after learning about Indian reservations or as a time-filler. Words associated with the state are included. Nampa, otter, Boise, and Sacagawea are just a few!

Give your elementary learners an opportunity to practice matching prefixes and suffixes to create words. Word combinations like honor and able are included, but learners should be able to match up the combinations correctly since only...

Saying no to sex means an individual has the power to decide when he/she is ready to engage in the act, on his/her own terms. Pupils discuss waiting until they are married to have sex, what sexual values are, and how to say no to sexual...

It's just a figure of speech, but this app is, in a nutshell, bursting at the seams with idioms. In just two shakes of a lamb's tail, learners can study, search for, and test their knowledge of the included expressions.

As the story unfolds and your class is introduced to George and Lennie, provide them with this short reading guide for chapter one. It addresses challenging vocabulary and any literary terms used in the section before asking learners to...

In this spelling skills worksheet, students examine the words allowance, obtain, judgment, volcano, advertise, compliant, assistance, benefit, southern, and research. Students complete flashcard, alphabetical order, sentence, word...