In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read passages and write an essay responding to the selection.  Students use a graphic organizer to plan their essay.

Third graders research turtles and the ways they have adapted to their marine environment. They work in groups and publish their findings using SiteMaker a web-authoring tool.

Fourth graders evaluate various graphs for the best way to reflect statistical data. They use a spreadsheet to organize data and generate varied graphic representations. They select the graph they feel best shows their results.

Students use the Internet and graphic organizers to organize the information they collect about farm products and exports.

Students research, compare and contrast the two Parliamentary houses of Canadian government. They organize their research into a series of graphic organizers and discuss their findings with peers.

Students explore the information which can be obtained from periodicals. Groups of students formulate questions to research and determine the main idea to use to obtain the data for their specific topics.

Fifth graders collect, organize, interpret data. In addition, they compare different textures, color including graphical representations such as bar graph, line graph .Students also describe the uses of rocks and how to use that to...

In this graphic organizer worksheet, students use the spaces to organize ideas, show relationships or make notes of main idea and supporting details. There are 4 rectangles with rounded edges surrounding a center rectangle. There are no...

In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a concept web using the topic of 'back to school.' Students fill in the web to organize their thoughts about the topic.

Looking in the cabinet can be fascinating! Examine the various departments of the Executive Cabinet in this group research project, which jigsaws so each small group has a different department and presents to the class. Groups create...

Students write and publish a short story using KidPix computer software. They discuss the basic elements of a story, observe a demonstration of how to use KidPix, select a setting and characters, and print out their background picture to...

Young sleuths don their trench coats, tip their fedoras, and grab their notepads to investigate one of four famous unsolved mysteries. After examining multiple primary and secondary sources related to their cold case, they propose a...

Although the methods are all scientific, forensic science was started by police officers rather than scientists, who relied on observation and common sense. Young detectives use many tools to solve crimes around the school in a...

Ninth graders study the origin and organization of the solar system. They investigate the Earth's place in the system and how planetary motions explain natural phenomena observable from Earth.

That's just the style. Learners begin with a mini-lesson about formal writing style. They then use what they learned about formal writing to begin the body paragraphs for their End of Unit 1 Assessment Prompt: Adversity in the Middle...

Translate, evaluate, educate. Discover how to translate and evaluate expressions. Young mathematicians first review words and phrases that indicate operations and learn to write algebraic expressions from verbal descriptions....

Estimate the value of one of the most famous irrational numbers. The hands-on instructional activity instructs classmates to measure the circumference and diameters of circles using yarn. The ratio of these quantities defines pi.

Mail me a postcard. Individuals design a postcard to show what Meg Lowman from The Most Beautiful Roof in the World might have written to her friends at home. They then continue to work on writing a science journal entry.

Not all pie graphs are about pies. The class conducts a survey on favorite fast food categories in a lesson on data representation. Pupils use the results to create a circle graph.

Students use a KWL Chart. In this lesson, students will have a blank KWL, or what do I know, what do I want to learn, and what did I learn chart. Students get to there the other students in their class by filling it out the KWL chart and...

Come up with a list of requirements for this expository essay on Esperanza's character in Esperanza Rising as a class and use the list to guide class writing. Here, learners will complete the first paragraph, discuss their notes for the...

Using everything they have learned about writing paragraphs over the past few lessons of the unit, class members compose an informative paragraph independently. This is an authentic assessment of their ability, since learners have...

Teach your class about colonial America through an examination of primary documents. First though, start vocabulary notebooks for content-specific and academic vocabulary. Pupils can keep this record during the entire module. Once this...