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Homeschooling Chronicles - Enrichment Activities
A full schedule doesn't mean a better one. Picking and choosing extra classes can be enriching and not overwhelming.
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Sky Watching
Students trace how weather patterns generally move from west to east in the United States.
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Vehicles
Students develop appropriate vocabulary for identifying types of vehicles. After viewing pictures of automobiles, students work to create a brief, accurate description of the vehicle using proper vocabulary and grammar. Students then...
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What Are the Seasons?
First graders explore seasons and how they are part of a continuous circle.
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Learning About Pets
Students study different pets. In this pets activity, students look at pictures of animals and identify different pets. They look at homes for pets and color pictures of animals that can be considered pets.
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Arranging the Elements
Young scholars describe how elements are arranged in the periodic table. They compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids based on their properties and on their location in the periodic table. Finally, students identify and describe the...
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Our Little Town
Students draw a map of their local community using a drawing program. Using the internet, they locate various landmarks and identify famous people living or coming from their town. They participate in interviews with the community...
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Burnaby Lake Field Trip
Students identify different organisms found in the lake ecosystem. For this life science lesson, students discover the predator-prey relationship through a game. They explain how beavers adapt to the environment over time.
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TV ATTACK ADS AND THE VOTER
Students read about the history of negative political advertisements in U.S. elections. In this politics lesson, students view several ads for opposing candidates and analyze and discuss the content. Students write scripts for candidates...
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Finding the Probability
Ninth graders investigate the concept of probability. They use a clear objective that is a visual cue for what is required for the lesson plan. They apply the basic practices of probability to real life like situations.
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Florida Panther Fun Facts
Learners study facts about Florida panthers. In this Florida panther instructional activity, students read a page of fun facts about the panther's life cycle, habitats, predators, and families. They complete three worksheets with...
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Promoting Diversity in Elementary School Curricula
Students discover the roles played by various racial, ethnic and religious groups in the development of American society. They explore the concept of racial and cultural diversity and global community, as these are joined by economic,...
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With Detective Fiction in the Urban Classroom
Young scholars listen to a verbal explanation of the function of deductive reasoning and problem solving. They read one of Donald Sobol's 'Two-Minute Mysteries' and complete a worksheet requiring them to write out the information which...
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The Feast of Ramadan
Students explore origins of Islamic religion, the faith of Muslims, and examine traditions of the feast of Ramadan.
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ESL: Tenses in Passive Voice
In this ESL passive voice tense learning exercise, students fill in blanks in sentences, writing verbs in proper tense and passive voice.
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Life in Ancient India
Students study Ancient India and the vocabulary, language, and everyday life associated with India. They build a time capsule representing their own world for future civilizations to discover. They create labels for each item, giving a...
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Enhancing Listening Comprehension
Students develop, discuss and practice listening skills in English, focusing on prediction activities and strategies for coping with difficult listening situations.
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Mr. P's Life Problem
In this life problem worksheet, students read given facts. Afterward, they use logic and deductive reasoning to determine answers to given questions. This one-page worksheet contains 11 problems. Answers are provided at the bottom of the...
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K-1 Numeral Recognition
Students investigate numerals by creating visual aides. In this number sense instructional activity, students discuss the different types of numerals and how they can be translated into a number or an image. Students create a...
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Passive Voice
In this passive voice activity, students choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentences. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Research Project
After reading books about Black history, complete an outline and research important African Americans in history. Use the included outline to write a report.
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Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 2
In this ESL worksheet, learners proof read 20 sentences to find the mistakes. They label each sentence as to the mistake using the key at the top of the page which includes the misuse of articles, commas, apostrophes, and capital letters.
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Math Analogies
For this math analogy worksheet, students complete the analogy by writing in the last item based on the relationship between the first two items.
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Math Analogies
In this math analogy worksheet, students look at the pictures, determine the relationship of the first two and draw a picture to complete the mathematical analogy.