English Club
Verbs Associated with Housework
A two-page instructional activity focuses on verbs associated with household chores. Intermediate language learners match phrasal verbs with their definitions and complete sentences and answer a series of "would you rather" questions....
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Family Time: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)
Support English language development with a family-themed unit consisting of a series of lessons designed to get your scholars moving, looking, speaking, writing, and listening. Conversation topics include birthdays, family...
Critical Thinking Cooperative
Doing Our Share
Whether at home or in the classroom, each member of a community has certain responsibilities they must tend to. With the help of the children's story Piggybook by Anthony Browne, kids learn how to assign jobs in a fair and safe manner...
Read4Health
Piggybook: A Read4Health Lesson Plan
"You are pigs." With those three simple words, the lives of the Piggott family were changed forever. Read aloud the children's story Piggybook by Anthony Browne and teach your class the importance of personal responsibility, learning...
Curated OER
Completing a Chore List
Children with autism can benefit from a regular schedule; Why not have them complete a chore as part of their daily routine? Provided here are the necessary steps to assisting autistic learners complete one, two, and then three daily...
Curated OER
Washing Clothes: Beginning ESL Lesson
Your English learners will be the champions of the laundry room with this presentation about washing clothes. Phrases such as "fold the laundry" and "hang up the clothes," as well as vocabulary like laundromat and washing machine will...
Curated OER
Clean Your Room!
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise. Students read a story about a girl who has to clean her room. Students answer the comprehension questions about the...
Curated OER
Who Cooks Dinner?
In this ESL worksheet, read 12 questions about doing chores around the house. Students complete 12 responses to the questions by filling in the correct words.
Curated OER
Routines and Chores
In this ESL routines and chores worksheet, students respond to the question "What is he or she doing?" using the 6 picture clues and answer bank to assist them. Students answer using complete sentences.
Curated OER
Worksheet 7: Housekeeping Activities
While only having a few questions, this activity could be a good review of vocabulary in the lower grades. Learners fill in 6 fill-in-the-blank spaces with the correct vocabulary word. There are pictures to aid in understanding.
Curated OER
Division of Labor Worksheet
In this worlds of work and play worksheet, students think about the division of labor in their own household and consider how responsibilities break down along gender and age line as they complete the provided graphic organizer.
Curated OER
Robot Mothers: ESL Reading Comprehension
In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage about the possibility of a "robot mother" to do necessary household and child care tasks. There are 5 questions and a short essay response.
Curated OER
Getting Paid For Chores
Students engage with an early money worksheet for learning about making money. They see how earning money can be related to doing chores. They utilizie an interactive worksheet imbedded in this plan.
Curated OER
Family Responsibilities
First graders brainstorm household chores and which member of their family would best perform each job. They sing a task song and create a job chart for their households.
Curated OER
My Health Plan
Second graders discuss various ways they can help out at home. After exploring the various members of their families and how they are comprised, 2nd graders identify ways they can get along with their family members. They create an...
Curated OER
Making Butter
Third graders listen as the teacher reads "Where Food Comes From." They discuss the steps of making butter. Students work in groups to make butter by shaking a jar filled with whipping cream. As they shake, 3rd graders watch for the...
Curated OER
Comparing Chores - Past and Present
Students read "Sarah Norton's Day" and explore the responsibilities of colonial day children. As a group, students list the responsibilities they have at home. Using a Venn Diagram, they compare and contrast their chores and...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Living With a Single Parent
Can you describe the "typical American family?" What would that family look like to you? Would it resemble your family? Today, there are so many different kinds of families that it is difficult to describe a "typical" family. Families...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: I Can Help!
See how young children help out at home. Includes audio narration in 15 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: Make Your Bed!
In this story, a boy uses his imagination to make his bed into different things before actually tidying up as his mother asked him to. Includes audio narration in 13 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: Helping My Mom
In this story, a young girl helps out with chores at home. Includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 6: La Casa
In this sixth unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about Hispanic homes and architecture. As they listen, speak, and write about houses, they will use related vocabulary, e.g., furniture, floors, and housekeeping...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities! Creating Routines Packet: Pre K and K
Use these routines-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
Curated OER
Kids Health: I Don't Like Sports, So How Can I Stay Fit?
This online resource is for kids who aren't inclined to playing sports but who want to stay in good physical shape. Here, read about various fun activities, chores, and games that will help keep your muscles strong and your heart and...