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Field Trip Summary Report
Young scholars create a brief report summarizing their experience on a field trip or community based instruction trip. After returning from their experience, they jot down several points of interest. Students draw a picture that...
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Adjective Lessons
Learning about comparative, superlative, and proper adjectives can involve hands-on activties.
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Giant Smelly Plant Attracts Thousands
Read and discuss a news article about a rare corpse plant that bloomed in Washington D.C. Because this native Indonesian plant blooms so rarely, people flock to see it. After reading the article, your class answers comprehension...
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U.S. Mint Releases New Jefferson Nickel
Young scholars share their knowledge of Lewis and Clark, then read a news article about the redesign on the U.S. nickel to commemorate Lewis and Clark's expedition. Introduce the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then...
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Through the Eyes of the Big Bad Wolf
Imagine how the wolf would tell the tale of Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. Young writers re-imagine classic tales by adopting the point of view of another character in the story. After reading models like The True Story...
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Oaxacan Animal Art
Kids of any age can experience the beauty, color, and patterns of Oaxacan art. They view, discuss, and then make their own versions of Oaxacan animal sculptures using sulphite paper. This would be a good follow-up activity to accompany a...
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Five Quick Games Build Reading Skills
Build reading skills with these five quick games! Whether you're hoping to build grammar, syllabication, or word recognition skills, this resource has options for you. Kids will love taking a break from the mundane to play these...
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Hurricane Season Blows In
Students are asked whether they agree or disagree with statements about hurricanes. They then read the words that appear in the News Word box on the Students printable page and one one of the words to complete each sentence. They read...
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Making Life Easier
Students use a chart of the six simple machines and become aware of how the machines improve our ability to meet the following needs: shelter, food, water, and transportation. Students use model cars to experiment with force. They divide...
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The "Art" of Baseball
Students investigate the art of baseball. In this sports lesson plan, students discuss their thoughts about the sport of baseball and create a baseball word list. Students use pattern blocks and drawing paper to create a simulated...
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Chips, Anyone?
Students identify how computer technology affects their lives, then read a news article about the impact of computer chips implanted under some people's skin. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the...
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Autobiographies
Young scholars create an autobiography. In this autobiography lesson, students create a digital autobiography using photographs and captions about their lives. Young scholars will publish their autobiography on the class blog page, as...
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Water Filtration
Students design a filtration system using three filtration materials. In this water filtration lesson, students conduct an experiment with their filtration systems. Students present their systems to the class. Group results are...
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Congruent and Similar Figures
Group that class and get them classifying and sorting figures as congruent or similar. They use magazines to identify and label similar and congruent figures, cutting out images and placing c or s next to each image.
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Frantically Fragmented
Learners practice changing sentence fragments into complete sentences.
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Author's Purpose
Young scholars discuss and define what folk and fairy tales are. For this literature lesson, students construct their own working definitions for folk and fairy tales. Young scholars choose to work as a class or in cooperative groups....
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Examining Estimation
Second graders participate in various activities which help them explain and explain the difference between an estimate and an exact amount.
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Bigger Flowers
Students discuss flowers and their parts, examine works by Georgia O'Keeffe, and draw, color, or paint large flowers.
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What do you know about your town?
Young scholars create a PowerPoint about the community they live in now and long ago. In this community lesson plan, students fill out graphic organizers about town events that have happened and create timelines as well.
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Embrace Space
Young scholars use the internet to gather informatino about the solar system and space. In groups, they create a slideshow in which they use illustrations from the internet and include their own text. They complete the instructional...
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Busy Beaver
Students practice editing for conventions, focusing on one element at a time after reviewing conventions poster. They examine how to use proofreader's marks and discuss how to edit using them.
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Features of Shells
Students create a new shell. In this shell features instructional activity, students different types of shells, discuss their special features and talk about how animals use shells. Students use the Internet to research information on...
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Famous African Americans ABC Book
Young scholars create an ABC book with short biographies of famous African Americans in history. They utilize teacher-selected and/or student-researched library sources about African Americans in history.
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A Picture Book of George Washington
Students discuss the character traits of George Washington. In this George Washington lesson plan, students read A Picture Book of George Washington, discuss the book, and complete worksheet activities about Washington's self-discipline...