Readers explore rhyming words. They will use the story The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs to identify rhyming words. Then they will create their own lists of rhyming words. In the end, they will be able to come up with words that rhyme...

Have your young readers engage in activities to stimulate group discussions. They question one another using jigsaw puzzle pieces and interview each other to find five things they have in common. They create a biography of a famous...

Students discuss the painting The Radcliffe Family and discuss what it was like for them to hold poses for portraits. In this portrait lesson plan, students then pose stuffed animals and make their own portraits.

After reading the book A Bargain for Frances, young economists discuss how money is exchanged for goods or services. They demonstrate effective financial decision-making by listing ways to save money for a product they would like to buy.

Students practice naming furniture in this Home Game. Students also use prepositions of place to describe where the furniture is.

Students complete a variety of activities as they explore toys. They categorize toys; they play games with toys; they bring in toys to show and tell; they discuss the history of some toys; etc.

First graders identify ways in which math and language arts relate to their music. After being read a book, they sing a song about who took the cookies from the cookie jar. They recognize repeated patterns in the melody and rhythm and...

Pupils practice using prepositions and deductive reasoning. In this preposition game, students work in groups to determine where Grandma has lost her dentures. Pupils eliminate places as clues are revealed.

Students participate in an opposite-word concentration game. In this grammar lesson, students use an old deck of playing cards and glue small squares of opposite illustrations to the back of each card. Students make as many matches as...

Students answer a variety of question about going to the beach. They discuss vocabulary words associated with the beach. They listen to some music of waves and seagulls while the teacher reads a short story. They pretend to pack a...

Students explore cartoons and comic strips to practice a variety of language and discussion activities. They explore the themes of humor, culture, and issues in cartoons and comic strips. They draw pictures to represent the last frame...

In this vowels Bingo game worksheet, students analyze their Bingo board that has 25 words with a missing ee, ai or oa. Students play Bingo by filling in the missing letters when each word from the word bank is called.

For this Dr. Seuss book craft worksheet, students make a picture frame for their picture. Students cut out the pattern and attach their picture in an egg shape covered with green Saran wrap. The frame says "I Love Green Eggs and Ham" and...

A fun art project, this lesson plan incorporates math and listening skills as young artists play with a new painting technique. First the teacher models how to draw a cat using shapes, an oval for the body, triangles for the ears and so...

First graders complete a variety of activities in which they practice recognizing verbs including a word guessing game. After a lecture/demo, 1st graders use worksheets imbedded in this plan to play the verb recognition game.

First graders examine biographical information about Tomie dePaola and create a birthday card for him. They play an Author Guessing Game, listen to the book "The Art Lesson," explore the Tomie dePaola website, and illustrate a birthday...

Students explore contractions and compound words by playing a whole-class game. In this reading lesson plan, students define compound words and contractions, and describe how they are formed. The game format should make this an exciting,...

Students study words. In this phonemic awareness lesson, students play a game in which they identify if two words have the same initial sound. They play the game in pairs using a stack of word cards prepared by the teacher. This lesson...

Young scholars play a simple game designed to reinforce letter names, sounds or sight words. They walk in a circle as music plays, and stop in front of a chair when the music stops. Each chair has a letter or sight word that the child...

Students work in pairs to play an air writing game. In this air writing lesson plan, students are given a written letter to practice. Students use their finger to write a letter in the air and their partner must try to guess what letter...

Students make sentences and then play a silly game of switching the subjects and the predicates to create hilarious new sentences.

Students relate their own Thanksgiving experiences to those of the past through colonial games, Thanksgiving story books, and personal interviews. They develop a concept of how to celebrate Thanksgiving and plan a class time celebration,...

In this beginning letters worksheet, students write the beginning letters for 3 letter words by looking at their pictures. Students complete 5 words.

In this rhyming worksheet, students write 3 words that rhyme with the words given to them. Students write rhyming words for 5 words total.