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Subject and Verb Agreement

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice subject predicate agreement through the activities of this lesson. Selecting the correct verb to agree with the subject of the sentence is used in the preparation of documents, resumes, memos, letters, and presentations...
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Fact or Hoax? You Decide.

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students analyze the components of debating and practice what they have learned as they conduct a class debate on the lunar landing. Both sides of the issue are researched and presented to the group.
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The Dirt on the Workplace

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine health and safety issues in the workplace. They, in groups, discuss how health and safety issues effect their lives.
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Fact V. Opinion

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use statements out of newpapers to distinguish between facts and opinions. They discuss these differences as well.
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The Microwave and the Jiffy Store

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young historians examine the lifestyle changes and cultural changes that occurred as a result of the challenges posed by World War II on society in general. With regard to American History and culture, pupils write an essay on the...
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What's Your Temperature?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners take a look at the local newspaper and focus on the weather section. They get into small groups, and each one looks at the same map, but of a different part of the country. They must prepare a presentation that shows how...
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The Thinking Approach to Reading

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discover to how to tell what a passage is saying and different types of reading. They relate the situations to real life situations.
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Children Are...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply prior knowledge to various articles, topics, and situations.
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Percent Box

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the procedures to determine a number when the percentage of the whole is known or to find the whole number when the part or percentage is known.
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Marshmellow Geometry

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars explore a variety of geometric shapes, name them, and list their characteristics. The shapes are transposed into structures and checked for accuracy.
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Rubric Rating

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop a rubric or scoring guide to assess newpaper articles. They rate the story and write the reasons for the rating. An Essay Scoring Guide is attached for reference.
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Graphic Writing Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and develop graphic writing webs, writing supporting ideas for a given topic.
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Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review basics of subject and verb agreement, and write sentences in which the subject and verb are in agreement.
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Quick Writes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils write on a variety of topics, maximize creative and expository writing skills, develop focused writing, organize ideas, incorporate detail in writing, and exhibit varied and precise word choice.
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To Be or Not to Be...Employed

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders brainstorm barriers to employment and role-play examples of them. They search the classified sections of newspapers for jobs that could have barriers to employment. They discuss how to overcome these barriers.
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Understanding the Price Paid: America's Conflicts

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders interview war veterans about their combat experiences and write newspaper stories about their interviews. They share their interviews with classmates. they discuss the impact of war on the veteran and the United States.
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The Water Around Us

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss importance of reading maps and knowing about the geography of the United States, and locate bodies of water on different types of maps and examine how they are used in the state or local community.
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Working with Business Letters

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students practice with business letters. They identify main ideas and supporting details.
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Reading Puzzle

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the elements of literature. They each read a chapter of a novel, sequentially list the main ideas, present a summary of the chapter to the class, sequence the events, and review the novel by summarizing the timeline.
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What's the Point?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify the components of a political cartoon and formulate the main ideas.
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What's The Idea

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of identifying the main idea in reading selections. After reading newspaper articles related to nutrition, students identify the main idea of the selection and three supporting details. A reading log...
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Find That Bargain!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the methods of calculating percentages, reading and the construction of graphs, and an awareness of consumer concerns in this activity. The movement of the decimal point often results in uncertainty and confusion. This...
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Furnishing an Apartment

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the components that comprise the formation of a budget. Sales brochures advertising apartment furnishings are used to assist students in this task.
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Algebra Match

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders identify the parts of an algebraic equation. They consider the many uses of algebra in daily life. They play a game, Algebra Match, where student pairs work to solve equations listed on index cards.

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