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Super Hero High
Students define the characteristics of a hero by creating their own fictional superhero. In this film making activity, students write the background of a superhero character and storyboard scenes from a movie they would like to make....
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A PowerPoint Slideshow for Third Graders
Students create a multimedia presentation about their favorite things. In this multimedia lesson, students create a multimedia presentation and add transitions, a table of contents with bullets, slides with pictures and animations and...
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Molly's Pilgrim
Third graders explore the multi-ethnic nature of America's citizens and examine the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty. In this Molly's Pilgrim lesson, 3rd graders discuss the poem "The New Colossus," examine vocabulary words in the...
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Getting Ready for Success
Third graders review the poem and activity from the previous session and then work in groups of four to tape skill strips in the appropriate category on a Venn Diagram. Next, a spokesperson from each group gives a report summarizing...
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What Color Is Your Apple?
Third graders spend time identifying the characteristics they have and ones they would like to develop for their own personal growth. As a class, they brainstorm ways they can tell they are growing up or being mature. Individually, they...
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Think It, Write It, Create It
Help your scholars create a class story. They will write a page of the story and illustrate that page. Then they use a variety of digital technologies to make the story come alive. A variety of digital resources are recommended for the...
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Survival of Native American Culture
Students research the five tribes of the Iroquois Nation focusing on housing, food, clothing, transportation, religion, and language. They research using Internet sources and book mark sites for reuse.
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People at Work
Students create a work of art and write a story about "Man with a Hoe Five Years Later." students also photograph their hands with a tool and write about what wonderful tools hands are.
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Papunya Dot Paintings
Students create examples of Papunya Dot Paintings using brushes, tempera or acrylic paints, dowel rods, and paper in this Art instructional activity for any grade or ability level. Examples of Papunya Dot Paintings are included as...
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P & P "Portraits and Perspective" Digital Photography for Kids
Students use digital photography as a lesson on portraits and perspective. For this photography lesson, students explore their school grounds and take pictures using their cameras. Students' goal is to create architectural and...
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Coming Home from the life of Langston Hughes
In this Coming Home from the life of Langston Hughes worksheet, students read the book Coming Home from the life of Langston Hughes and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
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What Mary Jo Shared
In this What Mary Jo Shared worksheet, students read the book What Mary Jo Shared and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 8 questions total.
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Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)
In this Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) activity, students read the book and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 13 questions total.
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Proportion of the Human Form
Students discover proportions of the Human Body. In this anatomy instructional activity, students create replicas of the Human body using nothing but paper and glue. Students share their creations with the entire class.
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Grandpa's Face
In this Grandpa's Face worksheet, students read the book Grandpa's Face and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 9 questions total.
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Letter Writing
Students investigate different types of animals in a unique way. They use a variety of resources to find information. Students read a story about an iguana and then write their own letters using a character of an animal found in the...
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Writers Workshop
Students work together to brainstorm using a software program. Individually, they decide on a topic to write about and begin their pre-writing activities. They write about their topic using the pictures they previously drew and...
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Cherries and Cherry Pits
In this Cherries and Cherry Pits worksheet, students answer short answer questions about the book. Students complete 7 questions total.
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Horrible Harry in Room2B
In this literature worksheet, 3rd graders refer to the book entitled Horrible Harry in Room2B. Students respond to 9 short answer reading comprehension questions.
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The Bracelet
In this The Bracelet instructional activity, students read the book The Bracelet and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 10 questions total.
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The Gold Cadillac
In this The Gold Cadillac worksheet, learners read the book The Gold Cadillac and complete short answer questions about it. Students complete 9 questions total.
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BigMama
In this BigMama learning exercise, students read the book BigMama and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 10 questions total.
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Comprehension Questions for Black Like Kyra White Like Me
In this comprehension questions for Black Like Kyra White Like Me worksheet, students read the book then answer 20 comprehension questions about it.
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop
For this Uncle Jed's Barbershop worksheet, students read the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop and complete short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.