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The Clever Stick

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read the book The Clever Stick and answer discussion questions about it. In this reading lesson plan, students read the given book, and participate in answering questions based on the book. There are also writing, drawing, and...
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ABC Book of Tongue Twisters

For Teachers K - 8th
Students construct sentences using alliteration. In this phonemic awareness lesson, students listen to a read aloud such as Some Smug Slug and identify alliteration. Students write their own sentences using alliteration.
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Trash or Treasure?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify things that can be reused. In this environmental lesson, students read the poem "Hector the Collector" and discuss the difference between junk and treasure. Students complete a reflection about what they read by...
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Buzzing into the Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a community service project. In this service lesson, students travel to a group outside the classroom such as a retirement home, hospital or day care. Students perform a song and read a book with a buddy from...
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Where Does It All Come From?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students analyze a reading selection. In this community lesson plan, students read a story about how community helps a family in need. Students discuss their community organizations and how they help those in need.
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Digital Picture Water Source Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a technological format to illustrate their understanding of the importance of water to life. In this water lesson, students read a picture a book and discuss the need for water. Students create a class chart about uses...
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From Seed to Apple

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the stages of apple growth. In this agricultural lesson, students read the story I Am Apple and sing the song "Round the Apple Tree." Students place pictures of the stages of an apple into the correct order. Students...
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Lilly's Big Day

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read the story Lilly's Big Day and do language arts and math activities based on the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include matching activities, number...
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Make Your Own Garden

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore gardening. For this Quiet in the Garden lesson plan, students read the picture book by Aliki and extend the lesson by taking part in up to 5 hands-on activities.
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I'm in a Tizzy! How Can I Help?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine acts of kindness. In this service learning lesson, students read Miss Tizzy and uncover the good deeds that take place in the story. Students participate in activities that enable them to reflect on the lesson.
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Lonely Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the book The Rainbow Fish. In this citizenship instructional activity, students discuss how the characters in the story resolved conflicts. Students create a rainbow fish from foil and cotton.
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Friendly Neighbors

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the sequence of events in a text. For this literacy lesson, students read the book Miss Tizzy and sequence the events from the text. Students reflect and write about the philanthropic acts in the book.
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Feelings

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students learn how to express their feelings. In this language development lesson plan, one student reads a sentence off a sentence strip and another student responds with "I feel...". The class discusses why the student feels that way...
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Do You Mean?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine old sayings. In this interpretation instructional activity, students read and interpret traditional sayings or proverbs. They discuss how these sayings can help improve their lives, behavior or how they treat others.
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Thanksgiving Then and Now

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a Venn diagram to compare the Pilgrim's "First Thanksgiving" with today's Thanksgiving celebration. They use one type of graphic organizer, a Venn diagram, talk and read about the Thanksgiving celebration of 1621 at...
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A TRIP TO GAMBIA

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students identify some characteristics of life in Gambia by reading Hoffman, Mary. (1995). Boundless Grace, New York,NY.
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Tale of the Tooth Fairy

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students share social and cultural traditions and values. They develop listening strategies to explain what is heard.
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If You Give a Mouse A Cookie

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars are read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and develop their own story. They use a literature wheel to determine what the mouse will want next. They share their wheels with a friend.
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Thanksgiving: The Mayflower

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine the characteristics of a pilgrim. They discover what it was like traveling on the Mayflower as well. They create their own Mayflowers and share them with the class.
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Compound Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders read newspaper articles and locate compound words. They break the words into two parts, then draw pictures of the two words.
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Let's Get Cooking

For Teachers 1st
First graders create food from their cultures and present food and its history with the rest of class. They read "Everybody Cooks Rice" and everyone tastes the meals brought into class. They write a paragraph describing the reason for...
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Mr. Lincoln's Way

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the book, Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco, They discuss racism and discrimination. They draw a bird and write a paragraph discussing what makes their bird special and unique.
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Folk Tales Project

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore folk tales originating from other countries. They examine the countries language, culture, and values while reading their folk tales.
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Living in a Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading articles about living in a community. They answer questions related to the material to test for comprehension.

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