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Poetic Devices
In this figurative language worksheet, students read and study examples of simile and metaphor. There are 20 questions to be used with Smartboard and 10 questions in which students identify similes or metaphors.
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Conditional Grammar Quiz- Conditional 0, 1, 2, and 3 Mixed
For this language arts worksheet, students complete a 5 question grammar quiz in which they choose the phrase which best completes the conditional "if" statement. This is intended for ESL students.
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Intermediate Short Stories - "Maria Gets Her License"
In these short stories worksheets, students read the basic and advanced version of the story "Maria Gets Her License." Students then answer 3 comprehension and 5 vocabulary questions.
K12 Reader
Fix the Story with Antonyms
Readers correct a paragraph, providing antonyms for words printed in bold print so that the paragraph makes sense.
Federal Reserve Bank
So How Much Are You Really Paying for that Loan?
Loans are rarely provided without a cost. Pupils evaluate the high cost of using a payday loan or payday advance through discussion and worksheets, and finally work in groups to develop short public service announcements...
Space Race
Sensory Detectives
Test your learners' sensory awareness with three hands-on activities that ask pupils to use their other senses to identify and describe everyday objects hidden from sight.
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Fibers Lesson Plan
Young scholars explain how to use a light microscope, describe how to care for a microscope, and solve a forensic science problem, using a microscope to analyze data and draw conclusions.
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Deals on Wheels!
Students calculate monthly car payments using different rates of interest. They calculate the maximum amount that can be financed/borrowed given a preset estimated/budgeted monthly payment and determine how limited resources cause people...
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Linear Equations
In this linear equations activity, 9th graders solve and complete 7 different problems that include a number of linear equations. First, they determine the slope given the points and then write an equation in slope-intercept form. Then,...
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Making Decisions
Students explore how decisions are made and practice solving problems that require choices. They comprehend that solving problems requires a strategy or plan. Students recognize that "common sense" is really practiced decision-making. ...
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What's the Point?
Students learn why the census makes a difference. In this U.S. Census lesson plan, students identify who uses census data and how, trace the impact of census data from Census 2000, and present findings in a graphic format.
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Probability in Daily Life
Sixth graders examine the use of probability in daily life. In this probability instructional activity, 6th graders listen to scenarios from Louis Sachar's, Holes, after discussing probability in everyday life. They pretend they are...
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What Are My Chances?
Students calculate probability. In this instructional activity on probability, students use given data to calculate to chances of a given event occurring. Many of the calculations in this instructional activity are applicable to daily life.
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My Test Book: Fractions
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding fractions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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George and Sam Save for a Present
Third graders develop their algebraic thinking by recognizing a variety of patterns using concrete objects, numbers, tables, and pictures. In this George and Sam Save for a present lesson, 3rd graders communicate their mathematical...
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Running a Student Cooperative
Students form a classroom cooperative. In this service learning lesson, students explore how to form and run a cooperative and decide as a class how to implement their cooperative plan. Students use funds raised from the cooperative's...
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Direct Objects
In this grammatical skills worksheet, students examine 20 sentences and identify the action verbs and directs objects in each of the sentences.
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Dealing With Bullying
Students define bullying, assess the place of bullying in their lives, evaluate how adults can help kids deal with bullying, and explore how families and schools can address bullying.
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For Sale!
Students review same type (denomination) coin sets, and build same type coin sets equaling fifty cents.
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The Evolution of Arkansas Elementary Education
Fourth graders interview older citizens to discover earlier educational history. They write essays based on their interviews.