Tips for Conducting an Interview Use these tips for conducting an interview when completing the It's a...		How Big Is a Blue Whale? Students will practice their predicting and measuring skills by comparing the size of a blue...
Is It Constitutional? Students read constitutional amendments and use the information to evaluate laws and actions.		Anagrams Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character...
Immigrants' Experiences Students use a Web resource to share some of the experiences of immigrants who recently arrived...		Savvy September Sentences Your students are asked to complete sentences that have to do with September.
Presenting . . . Me! To explore personal web pages as forms of self-expression and to give students practice...		Going for the Gold Writing Activity Students write an opinion essay on whether athletic excellence is something you are born with...
Communities: Past and Present Students explore an online resource to compare community life of the past with that of today.		Fall into Rhyme Students write a Fall poem and explore rhyming patterns.
"Hi" in Hieroglyphics Children explore an online resource and translate names and common words from English into...		Character Traits Use this lengthy list of character traits to help students understand and discuss literary...
Inventions Plus Students use an online resource to view and learn about inventions, both accidental ones and...		Harry Potter Character Posters Students make posters after analyzing various characters in the Harry Potter books.
Number the Stars Character Jeopardy After reading Lois Lowry's classic novel Number the Stars, play this game of "Jeopardy"...		Microscopic Organisms Students use an online resource to view highly magnified creatures and learn about how they...
Number the Stars The Newbery Award-winning book, Number the Stars, has educated many children about the...		Harry Potter Haiku Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.
The Density of Saltwater Through a hands-on chemistry experiment students will discover that salt water is denser than...		Write a Harry Potter Script Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script...