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Shamrock Puppy
Learners create small "Shamrock Puppies" using colored construction paper, crayons, and glue in this pre-Kindergarten lesson celebrating St. Patrick's Day. The lesson includes a resource link where printable patterns can be found.
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Sandlapper Solutions
Learners use mathematical thinking and reasoning to translate problems into mathematical language and thereby solve the problems. They extend their understanding of whole number operations to fractions and decimals by participating in...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Family and Parenting
Students identify and explain the importance of the purpose of communication between the home and the school environment. In addition, they brainstorm the importance of attending open house and parent/teacher conferences, PTA, etc.
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Soil Slope
High schoolers study how to measure the soil slope of an area. In this soil lesson pupils work in groups and complete an activity that allows them to find the slope of a given area.
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Who Am I and Who Are You?
Students document their unique characteristics through photography. In this self-discovery lesson, students take photographs of themselves and others. As a class, they discuss similarities and differences, and sort, graph, and find...
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Wheel of Fortune for Students with Multiple Disabilities
Students play Wheel of Fortune. In this Wheel of Fortune lesson plan, students with disabilities play an online version of the game to earn rewards and small prizes. Students must solve math problems correctly in order to win.
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Cultural Corner- "Mexico"
Students use print and electronic resources to gather information about Mexico. They present a mini-museum to share with students, parents, and other interested classes around the district. They present their information in a video...
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Photo-Based Reading Projects
Students practice using a digital camera and identify the various parts. As a class, they review recent vocabulary and signs used in their community. In groups, they take pictures of various items and write complete sentences describing...
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School Renovation - What's Your Idea?
Pupils discuss the upcoming renvoations to their school. As a class, they develop their own proposals for what they would like to have available to them. Using a digital camera, they take pictures of the new school and compare them with...
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Exercise for the Heart
Second graders discuss and understand relationship between physical activity and healthy heart, describe long-term effects of daily physical activity on heart,
and set personal goals for daily participation in physical activities that...
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Units Of Time
In this units of time worksheet, students cut out ten strips of time and then match up the strips of time to their actual times.
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Adventure To the Unknown----Shark Beneath the Reef
Students use the internet to access background information for their slide presentation based on the story- Shark Beneath the Reef.
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Turning Literature into News
Learners analyze the format and structure of various newspaper articles. Then, they rewrite events from literature into news stories about acts of kindness.
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Reality Check
Young scholars visit MainFunction every Friday for a Reality Check. Students discuss questions or complete an activity about real-world topics.
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Reality Check
Students visit MainFunction every Friday for a Reality Check. Students discuss questions or complete an activity about real-world topics.
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UN Reform
Students identify why many United Nations governmental institutions require reform. They recognize the flaws of the UN and develop several solutions for reform in many of the UN governing institutions.
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24 Quilted Gems
Students create quilt blocks in order to create their very own quilt. Students follow the given directions and patterns to create a variety of quilts and quilt blocks. The emphasis is on design and color combinations.
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Water Quality Sampling
Students explore the water qualities in Texas. They evaluate the water quality of six different samples by observing and smelling them. They present a list of the cups that contained good water quality based on their observations. They...
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The Editing Process
Students in upper-level college-bound English classes review the editing process and terms such as, tone, diction, transition, and conclusion. They read and evaluate a sample essay and identify parts they feel they could improve on. ...
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Overcome Writer's Block
Students review methods for overcoming writer's block. They are asked if they have ever experienced writer's block, what the experience feels like, and discuss some strategies that they use to deal with writer's block. They are given a...
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Fantasy Fusion
Students create a fantasy/fairy tale book, with them and their reading buddy as the main characters. Using the Olympus digital cameras available, the older students photograph the younger students and have pictures taken of them reading...
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Windsor Opposes Waste - WOW!
Students participate in paper recycling. They are taught to environmental awareness of recycling and its importance in their future. Students discuss and identify the problems of how they can minimize waste. They brainstorm suggestions...
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Photo Talk!
Students communicate with Epals. They write letters with photo exchanges
and create a website for presentations of 3,000 words or less and one photo. They
tell their life stories and illustrate with photos in the target language.
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Haikus for All Seasons
Students venture outside and take notes on what they observe through their five senses. They use the Olympus D-545 digital cameras to capture pictures that they feel best represent the current season. Students write one to the three...