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Solving Simple Addition and Subtraction Equations Using Fact Families
Students explore addition fact families. In this addition and subtraction fact family math lesson, students click and drag objects on the Smart Board to create visual representations of fact families. Students use fact family strategies...
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More Spelling Patterns
Pass the time...creating rhymes! Writers connect rhyming words with -ough in them, writing them as rhyming pairs. Next, they put their poetic skills to the test by applying the words in rhyming couplets. There is an example...
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Transition Words
Do your emergent writers need extra practice using transitions? After reading a brief definition, learners select a transition from the provided word bank that best completes the sentences in each set. No answer key is provided.
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Coin Comparison Worksheet
Use this one-page worksheet to assess young learners’ ability to correctly compare a series of coins. Each problem asks counters to indicate with the correct symbol whether the total value of the coins in the left column is greater than,...
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General Music: Star Spangled Banner
"The Star Spangled Banner" became our country's national anthem, but why? Second and third grade musicians read about the song, analyze the lyrics, and discuss patriotism. They then complete a related word search.
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"Jabberwocky": Inferring
Pupils, over an extended time, read and explain the nonsense words of Lewis Carroll's poem, "Jabberwocky". They infer the meaning of the poem using visualizing as well as decoding skills. While written for first graders, this is easily...
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Frequency Tables - Home Link Support
In this home school support worksheet, 2nd graders, with a home support person, review the use of frequency tables to organize and display data. They make their own frequency table and read it with the support person.
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Short Vowel Sounds
Some vowels make the same sound, like the vowels in grow and both. Read the words on the left hand side of the page (there are six) and match them to a similarly sounding word on the right hand side.
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3-D Cubes
Young scholars investigate cubes. In this geometric solids instructional activity, students review geometric concepts previously taught, then logon to a computer game in which they find cube figures and identify the shadow of hidden cubes.
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Add and Subtract Equations with Equal Sign
Gain exposure to addition and subtraction symbols. First, pupils examine a visual number sentence (featuring Sponge Bob), filling in the correct symbol to make it a complete equation. Next, they read a run-on number sentence involving...
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Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers
Learn about the events that helped shape the United States of America. Elementary schoolers explore the Civil War with six different activities. Each activity has a different focus: literature connections, primary sources, vocabulary,...
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As the Kids Come and Go: Mapping a Classroom
Map the classroom with your kids to help them understand how maps work and how to read them. The lesson starts off with a story about animals living and moving around the globe, and then kids create maps of their classroom to show how...
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A Civil War Lesson
Fifth graders research information about the US Civil War using the Internet in order to complete a worksheet. They complete the worksheet using accurate research information after studying background information from their textbooks.
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Music for Alice
Third graders explore Japanese culture. They read the story Music for Alice. Students write a paragraph defining what happiness means to them. They discuss Alice's culture and their own cultures. Students create a brochure about Japanese...
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There, Their and They're
Read ten sentences and choose which word completes each sentence correctly: there, their or they're. Answer sheet is provided.
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 6 - Exercise 1a
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 9 - Exercise 5a
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Poetry in Song
Have your music lovers examine song lyrics and identify the poetry elements or tools used by a lyricist. They review the song individually before working in groups to discuss what they discovered about the song's narrator or character...
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Seasonal Poetry Reflective Journal
Pull quotes from a text and craft responses to the quotes you chose. First, read a short excerpt from Mary Claire Wilfert's oral history. Then, read the contemporary poem "Robert's Cove," pulling quotes and writing responses as...
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Math Word Problems: Simple Addition
In this math word problems-simple addition worksheet, 1st graders read five sentences and write the answer to the simple addition problem.
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The Current Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Examine recent events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Three lessons, multiple excerpts, evaluation questions, and activities are all included to make your class globally aware.
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Bats, Bees, Birds, and Blossoms
Youngsters use a paper bee to pollinate two paper flowers. They use hole-punch dots as pollen. Older learners dissect flowers and name the structures involved in pollination. The handouts mentioned in the lesson plan are not included, so...
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Worksheet 4/7 A Chain of Collective Nouns
Are you working on collective nouns in your class? Consider this activity to facilitate understanding. For this exercise, learners match the collective nouns in the left column with the groups or units in the right column and write the...
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 1 - Exercise 6b
For this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.