5th and 6th Grade Educational Resources : Page 150

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Geography buffs, here's a challenge for you! This South Dakota State Activity Sheet is perfect for students learning about states and state capitals.

Read the eyewitness accounts of sightings at Russell Hotel, then do some comparing and contrasting using the Venn diagram at the bottom.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

Try memorizing the Virginia state capital like this--creating a silly drawing that connects Virginia and Richmond!

Encourage students to turn their travels into educational experiences. This activity asks students to research a city of their choice, pull together interesting facts about that city, and create their own travel brochure.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Fiction.

Help your students get to know a common prefix with this great graphic organizer.

After reading a nonfiction text about the history, sights, and people of Vancouver, your student will create their own informational brochure about the city.

What do reading and math have in common? It takes geometry to find the area of the surface of a book, magazine or notebook!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Decimal Multiplication Estimations.

Use this awfully good worksheet about using an oxymoron to inspire creative writing.

Encourage children to identify and pronounce the number 8 in Chinese with this language worksheet.

Help your budding wordsmiths develop their figurative language skills with this fun pun activity! This is a great worksheet for students to practice identifying and using homophones as they work to create their very own puns!

Comparing different stories is a great way to help your young reader get started with analyzing texts. She'll compare and contrast two children's favorites.

A great title hooks the audience and gives readers an idea about what they’ll be reading. With this worksheet, your writers will learn different strategies for crafting titles for any piece of writing.

Students read background information about July as National Anti-Boredom Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Doing many things at once, or moving too quickly, can sometimes cause injury or mistakes! This worksheet invites students to create a mindful movement skit that guides viewers to slow down and practice mindful movement.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Division with Fair-Sharing Language.

Young writers learn to develop strong narrative voices by getting in touch with how they express themselves given a variety of situations.

If your kid can't get enough of baseball, introduce him to star player and important barrier-breaker, Ichiro Suzuki.

Can you hear that? It's the sound of silence. In this mindful listening activity, kids are encouraged to go outside and spend some one-on-one time with the silence that exists in between sounds.

Read about exciting early cinema like The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station! Find out how mundane topics entertained and even scared audiences.

Did you spill the salt? Step on a crack? Do you even care? You decide what, if anything, causes bad luck. Get the juices flowing for some creative writing.

Use the Care for the Earth worksheet to have students practice conservation for a week, then reflect on how small changes can create a big impact on the planet.

Decorate this Chinese zodiac Year of the Rat red envelope to celebrate Chinese New Year! Pack some lucky money inside to wish someone a happy lunar new year.

This prewriting activity helps students focus on developing a character and scene for a story.