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Christmas in Mexico
Learners identify how Christmas holidays are celebrated in Mexico, compare Mexican holidays with U.S. holidays, and learn Mexican customs. Lesson includes many downloadable activities to try with students.
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Transportation System of a Tree
High schoolers examine the transportation system of a tree and the speed with which nutrients and water move. Cross sections of the samples used are examined in class for experimental results.
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Exploring Machine Trapunto
This machine quilting class will teach you how to add beautiful trapunto effects without having to make tiny slits in the back of your quilt. (Shops and teachers may use this description in their announcements, flyers, etc.)
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National Customs: The Birth of the Ancient Games
Learners discover that different countries have different customs. Using the internet, they research the familiar and unfamiliar customs of a country they are interested in. They work together to create a travel brochure to help...
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Fill in the Blank Winter Songs
For this winter songs worksheet, students read (or sing) the words to 7 popular winter or Christmas songs. Then students fill in the blanks in the same songs, trying to remember the missing words.
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It's Sale Time: Shopping Vocabulary
In this shopping vocabulary instructional activity, students choose a word of word set to correctly fill in blanks in sentences, 15 sentences total.
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Migration and the Spirits of Life
Students study the Mexican traditions for the Day of the Dead. In this Mexican traditions lesson, students study monarch butterflies and learn about the role that the mariposa plays in the Day of the Dead. Students learn about migration,...
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Math: Collecting and Analyzing Date
Children count how many of an activity they can do in a row, such as ball tossing and record the date and count. Children track over a period of time and graph results.
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ELL/ESL Reading and Reasoning Selection- Memorial Day
In this ELL/ESL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about Memorial Day. They answer 5 true or false questions before they write about their Memorial Day plans.
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Coin-a-copia: A Thanksgiving Glyph Activity
Students explore glyphs that are pictorial representations of data. Students collect and display data about themselves and a variety of other topics. Students practice using a legend to analyze and interpret data.
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Arbor Day Lesson Plans
Arbor Day provides a great way to teach students about trees, plants, and why we need to protect our planet.
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Get Your Skates On
Students enjoy winter activities. In this field trip opportunities instructional activity, students may visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Bocketts Farm, Clapham Common, or the Dinosaur Museum online or in-person.
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Easter Eggs-travaganza
In this Easter fun activity learning exercise, students use the 24 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Easter Challenge
In this Easter fun activity worksheet, learners use the 39 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Winter Song Photo Story
In this winter songs worksheet, students create a winter song photo report about their favorite winter song. Students include 4 items in the report.
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Own Goals
Learners explore steps to control football violence. In this current events instructional activity, students listen to a lecture about patriotism, policing, and films relating to British football. Learners debate the efforts taken in...
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Harvest Celebrations Around the World
Students, working in groups as cultural anthropologists, research harvest festival around the world. They design a Harvest web page based on their research.
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Love Birds
Students create birds using construction paper, pencils, scissors, glue, and heart shapes in this Art lesson for the elementary classroom. The lesson could be used for a Valentine's Day activity or for a special art project during any...
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?Que ser de nosotros? (What Will Become of Us?)
Students discuss uses of a pumpkin. They fill out graphic organizers. Students listen as the teacher reads a story, and participate by repeating sounds the objects make as the story progresses. One student narrates the story while others...
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Publishing With Photos!
Students create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written.
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APRIL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
In this crossword activity about the month of April, students are given 9 opportunities to insert April-related words. The clues are given in CLOZE format.
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Bank On It! Canada
In this vocabulary activity, student read a short, informational paragraph about Canada. Students then fill in the blanks with words from the word bank.
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Easter Fun
In this Easter fun activity worksheet, students use the 12 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Spring Word Search
For this spring activity worksheet, students use the 50 words in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.