Seussville
The Lorax's Earth Day
Add a touch of Dr. Seuss whimsy to your Earth Day celebration with six pages consisting of Earth-friendly, inspiring, and engaging activities designed to enhance the beauty of your school campus and showcase the famous story, The Lorax.
EngageNY
Relationships Between Key Scientific Concepts: Planning What Causes Earthquakes
That is ground shaking news! Scholars read Earthquake in multiple reads to determine the gist, identify cause and effect relationships, and understand vocabulary. Learners complete graphic organizers to describe what happens before and...
Reed Novel Studies
The Summer of Riley: Novel Study
The Labrador retriever is America's most popular dog breed. With the novel study for The Summer of Riley by Eve Bunting, scholars learn more about the sweet, lovable animal. Additionally, they write quatrain poems, explore foreshadowing...
Curated OER
Shades of Meaning
Examine and distinguish between words that have similar definitions but different connotations. Middle schoolers define connotation and denotation and participate in a "shades of meaning" contest in small groups. Groups use the Visual...
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust
The Lost World
Fans of Sherlock Holmes may be surprised to learn that in addition to stories of the famous deductionist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is also the creator of Professor Challenger. An irascible, unpredictable scientist, Challenger was featured...
K12 Reader
Eratosthenes: Geographer and Mathematician
Mathematicians can be famous, too! Introduce your class to Eratosthenes with a reading passage. After they complete the passage, learners respond to five questions, some of which require opinions and others reading comprehension skills.
Joel Michel Studies
The Swiss Family Robinson: Novel Study
What items would most people want to have with them if they were stranded on a desert island? Using the novel study for The Swiss Family Robinson, scholars attempt to answer the question from their own perspectives. They also explore...
Curated OER
Modals and Their Meaning in Context
By focusing on an oil-related theme, learners answer questions using context clues. They assign meaning to each highlighted modal in an example sentence from a word bank of choices. (Examples of meaning choices include impossibility...
C.S. Lewis Foundation
Educator’s Guide to The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe #1
Perfect for both classroom and homeschool settings, this 72-page resource packet, designed for C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, is a must-have for your curriculum library. Chapter-by-chapter vocabulary lists and...
For the Teachers
$1 Math
Captivate your class by having them find the value of their names, different zoo animals, musical instruments, etc.,with a mental math lesson. Using the coding formula listed, children learn to fluently estimate and calculate simple sums.
Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program
Civil War on Sunday
Reading Mary Pope Osborne's Civil War on Sunday? Here's a packet crammed with activities, exercises, reading guides, and project suggestions. A must-have for your curriculum library.
Polk Bros Foundation
Punctuation Signals
Choose any passage that uses punctuation effectively and analyze it with your class. Learners read the passage out loud once, ignoring the punctuation. Then they read it again, but this time paying attention to all of the punctuation....
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #184
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing 12 given spelling words. Afterward, they identify each spelling word in a word search puzzle. All spelling words are one and two-syllable words.
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #178
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing 12 one-syllable words. Next, they fill in shaped boxes using the spelling words. This one-page worksheet contains 24 questions.
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #71
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing their spelling words. Next, they identify their words in a word search puzzle. There are 12 spelling words on this one-page worksheet.
Curated OER
Cloze Word Story
Fifth graders complete a cloze word story test. In this listening skills instructional activity, 5th graders listen to a story and follow along with their own copy. Students listen to the story a second time and fill in the missing words...
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #73
In this spelling worksheet, learners practice reading and spelling twelve words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle. This is a one-page worksheet.
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #68
For this spelling worksheet, learners practice reading and writing ten spelling words dealing with parts of a plant. They define six given words and identify all words in a word search puzzle.
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #162
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing twelve given spelling words. Afterward, they identify the words in a word search puzzle. All words deal with the Declaration of Independence.
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #148
In this spelling worksheet, students read and write given spelling words. Next, they identify the 12 words in a word search puzzle. All words contain the "ee" and are one to two syllable words.
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #151
In this spelling worksheet, students read and write the given 12 spelling words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle. All words end in the suffix "-aw" and are one syllable words.
Curated OER
My Spelling Words-- Spelling List #138
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 12 words with the "ible" ending pattern. Students write each word, find them in a word search puzzle and define 3 of the words.
Curated OER
My Spelling Words: Spelling List #98
In this spelling worksheet, students identify given spelling words in a word search puzzle. There are ten words to locate in this one-page worksheet.
Curated OER
Ou Words
For this ou words worksheet, students read 10 sentences and fill in the blanks with the ou words listed in the word bank. Students also write 5 original sentences that include ou words from the word bank.