This lesson gives students foundational skills needed to identify the author's purpose in a variety of texts. Use the lesson as a stand alone or as a pre-lesson to What Were They Thinking?

Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.

This lesson combines students' knowledge of US geography and their creative writing skills in one fun activity!

Students will practice generating ideas for future stories while also working on their word spacing skills!

Students will show off their patriotism as they put their research and oral advocacy skills to the test in this history lesson.

Students will be jumping with joy after this lesson that helps them practice their subtraction skills with physical activity.

Life without pronouns would be repetitive and confusing! Use this lesson with your students to teach them the difference between subject and object pronouns, and when it is appropriate to use each in a sentence.

Your students will love using real life experiences while developing their writing skills in this fun lesson.

Help your students with their color identification skills with this lesson that has them match the color to a written name.

In this beginning lesson on numbers, ELs will practice their counting skills using tactile supports and an engaging read-aloud!

Your class' prewriting skills will burst with style as they state opinion and supporting reason sentences with descriptive adjectives.

Your students will use sight words and drawings to practice their writing skills as they become experts at writing sentences.

Take a walk together! In this lesson, your students will practice their listening and comprehension skills while walking in different ways.

Young mathematicians will enjoy demonstrating their skills with this lesson on finding area. It addresses the concepts of length, width, and square units.

Your students will be experts in subtraction with regrouping after this lesson that has them work as a class and individually to perfect their skills.

Use a sweet treat to help students do hands-on math! Students will practice their addition skills in this yummy activity.

This lesson is designed for fourth graders to practice their skills with the order of operations along with multiplying fractions and adding or subtracting decimals.

Discussing community with your class? Your students will practice their painting skills while making the places they love in their neighborhood.

Meet the “-at family” with music, movement, and simple worksheet activities! In this lesson, your students will practice their reading skills with rhymes.

Students will "roll" to this quick game and "slap out" multiplication facts to reinforce multiplication skills and beat their own scores!

Your students’ organization and prewriting skills will shine as they introduce their topic, state an opinion, and list three supporting reasons.

Whoa, weather! Using technology as an aid, students will put their research skills to the test while learning about hurricanes.

Give your students a chance to hone their reading comprehension skills by creating nonfiction text summaries in this introductory lesson.

Encourage your students to take part in some friendly competition with this game that has students practice their addition skills with flashcards.

Students can use their play skills to demonstrate subtraction. In this lesson, your students will use a familiar rhyme to practice subtraction.

Are your students ready to become detectives? This engaging lesson will have them searching for clues while improving their reading skills.

More or less? In this hands-on lesson, your students hone important fine motor skills and learn how to compare quantities.

It’s time to for your students to move onto learning more complex typing skills! This lesson teaches your students how to type capital letters, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks using correct finger placement.

Get your students moving with this activity that helps them practice their addition skills while having fun hunting for their next problem.

Help your students' reasoning skills grow with this activity that has them make educated guesses on whether or not an item will be attracted to a magnet.