Energy: Other Forms of Potential Energy
Provide a single-chapter ('chapter slice') lesson on other forms of potential energy, written in simplified language for grades 5-8, using a reading passage and reproducible student activities.
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Provide a single-chapter ('chapter slice') lesson on other forms of potential energy, written in simplified language for grades 5-8, using a reading passage and reproducible student activities.
Fiction reading comprehension lesson built around the story "Ian's Friday Nights", about a boy who resents attending his brother's football games until his mom helps him see the value of supporting family; students read the story then complete post-reading activities.
Fiction reading comprehension lesson built around the story "Ian's Friday Nights", about a boy who resents attending his brother's football games until his mom helps him see the value of supporting family; students read the story then complete post-reading activities.
A Grade 3-4 collection of classroom team-building games and activities designed to build classroom community through structured group interaction, language arts practice (descriptive writing, alliteration, poetry), and problem-solving.
Vocabulary practice for basic digital literacy/technology terms (e.g. browser, URL, hyperlink, download, upload, cookie, firewall, privacy, digital footprint) using a crossword, word scramble, and word search.
A speaking/reading/thinking card-matching activity for intermediate ESL students: each student holds a real-world problem and three unrelated solutions, and must trade cards with classmates to find the three correct solutions matching their own problem.
A fold-up (trifold pamphlet) book-report/reading-response activity keyed to the novel "Lawn Boy" (Level R) by Gary Paulsen, covering 5 reading strategies (make connections, make inferences, use context clues, create images, evaluate) across 5 chapter-range sections.
Build early literacy skills (phonemic awareness, story structure, retelling, vocabulary, cause and effect) around the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme.
An activity book that introduces students to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through varied literacy activities and quote reflection.
Teaches young students about colors — primary colors, color mixing, and how colors are used in everyday life/signage — through a nonfiction reading passage and teacher activity suggestions.
Reproducible reading and writing practice worksheets for grades 7-8, covering reading comprehension/vocabulary, homonyms, writing, and poetry.
Sentence-building and early reading/writing practice resource in which students assemble a foldable 'Sentence Maker' device and use word cards to build sentences that tell an illustrated story.
Full 30-question Grade 6 CAASPP-format ELA reading practice test with answer key and teacher's guide, designed to mirror the structure and rigor of the state assessment, evidenced through its answer key.
A lesson-plan booklet from the 'Historic Monuments Series' teaching the history of World War II and the National WWII Memorial, using readings, maps, timelines, and primary-source excerpts.
Build vocabulary and reinforce literacy around Susan B. Anthony and the women's suffrage/rights movement through a no-prep printable word search activity, for use around Susan B. Anthony Day.
The Fur Debate: Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passage (Docs) This resource introduces a unique Social Studies reading comprehension passage with questions about The Fur Debate. The passage is carefully designed to bridge the gap between social studies and literacy through strengthening reading comprehension and sparking knowledge curiosity in…
Sentence-building and early reading/writing practice resource in which students assemble a foldable 'Sentence Maker' device and use word cards to build sentences that tell an illustrated story.
Build ESL/EFL reading comprehension, vocabulary-in-context, and formal/creative writing skills for middle and high school English learners using a nonfiction passage about football (soccer).
A set of cut-and-staple mini booklets, one per color, that pair a color word with simple sentences about objects of that color to build color-word reading and handwriting practice.
Teach Reading Literature Common Core standards for grades 3-6 through 19 interactive-notebook foldable lessons covering inference, theme, summarizing, character/setting/event analysis, figurative language, story structure, point of view, and cross-genre/cross-media comparison.
A multi-week (2-3 week) middle/high-school unit teaching climate change and global warming, combining a multi-day slideshow lesson, bell-ringer, video-response activities, a research quest, a reading with test, and a solution-proposal project.
An emergent reader booklet about a groundhog checking for its shadow, with two alternate endings (sees shadow / doesn't see shadow), plus companion pre/during/after-reading activities.
Teach the figurative-language idiom 'drive someone nuts' through a short audio-supported reading passage, close-reading/comprehension activities, and a quick-write summary.
A micro-learning slide deck that teaches the meaning and use of the figurative-language idiom 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch' through a reading passage, comprehension questions, and a written summary task.