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The Gingerbread Man Trail

For Teachers K - 2nd
What a fun way to familiarize your young learners with friendly faces on campus! Scholars read "The Gingerbread Man," discussing the characters he meets. Then, they examine a map of the campus, placing photos of employees (such as the...
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Building a School Model: An Academic Challenge

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
First and second graders explore aspects of design. They discuss and design the ideal classroom building complete with window and door placement. Additionally, students observe and note features found in neighboring classrooms as...
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Shape

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Ask elementary students to explore shapes in everyday objects. They will discuss the elements of design and describe the shapes they see in visual images. Students will then design and "build" a new 3D shape. Finally they will show and...
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Are You Sleeping?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here is a measurement lesson focusing on length. Learners use their feet as the unit of measurement for furniture in the classroom and at home, and sketch the pieces of furniture they measured.
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Giving Thanks to Mother Earth

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create an art project to be made into a laminated placemat to use during a classroom Thanksgiving feast. The lesson involves choosing at least three cutouts of elements of nature to glue onto a background page, drawing one...
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Thiebaud Cake Math: Elementary

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars explore the American artist Wayne Thiebaud. They practice addition, subtraction, fractions, money problems, and classification problems by carefully examining his painting entitled Cakes. They create a bold cake painting.
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Earth Day - Grow A Seed Garden

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover how things grow and how they can take better care of the environment in this Earth Day lesson for the elementary classroom. The activity can be accomplished in one day and left in the sun until the "beans" begin growing.
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Artsy Insects

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify and describe the elements of art and principles of design by creating several different butterfly pictures that represent color, shape, texture, pattern or symmetry.
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Sight Word Soup

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore language arts by completing a vocabulary activity. In this sight words lesson plan, students discuss the commonly used words that are seen often in writing and define 10 new words each week. Students utilize flashcards,...
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Word Books

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars explore art and writing. They create a word book consisting of new words that they come across in their reading or words they hear from people. Students create a cover for their word books.
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Les Grands Artistes de Mme Michele

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars become familiar with Picasso's art through viewing his paintings. They create their own Picasso-like paintings of each of the following types: person, person with hat, conversation between two people, mirror (reveresed),...
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with L and M

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners practice ordering words. In this alphabetizing lesson plan, students develop their alphabet skills by putting words starting with L and M in alphabetical order.  
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Past and Present Verb Tenses

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate past and present verb tenses. In this grammar lesson, students identify past and present verbs in sentences written on the board. Students complete a worksheet to reinforce the concepts learned.
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with T and U

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students alphabetize words that begin with the letters T and U. In this alphabetizing lesson, students alphabetize the words that begin with T and the words that begin with U.
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Spur of the Moment Act

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students perform a skit using creativity. In this role playing lesson plan, students are given a skit to perform in the "spur of the moment." Students use creativity to have the audience correctly guess the situation they are role-playing.
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Understanding and Identifying Verbs

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice identifying the subject and verbs in sentences. In this verb lesson, students can explain the difference between active and passive verbs. Students complete a grade appropriate work sheet.
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Musical Alphabet- Skipping Up

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the musical alphabet. In this music lesson, students are introduced to the concept of skipping up and stepping up. Students complete a worksheet to reinforce the concepts taught.
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Shapely People

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a person using various shapes and colors and then write a story about their person using Kidspiration. This is a great instructional activity for practice identifying shapes and writing stories.
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Color Story

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to a teacher-created story and practice using color words with a word processing program. This lesson has a video explanation and an AppleWorks example of a teacher-created story.
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Destination Reading

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading skills and comprehension through the use of computers and the educational software "Destination Reading" provided by Riverdeep in this self-directed lesson.
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Healthy Lifestyles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students navigate MS Publisher to create a publication about a healthy lifestyle.  In this healthy lifestyle lesson, students participate in activities to learn to eat right, to be fit and to create a publication based on what they...
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The Hunter Using Children's Literature to Teach the Geography of Africa

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are able to answer basic questions about the region and the use of natural resources, sketch a mental map of the story's setting, and find their way through the thematic maze/map.
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Meeting and Reading Dr. Seuss

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process.
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Beanie Friend Vacation Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students write an adventure story about their vacation with a Beanie friend. They select a city, research its vacation possibilities and write about the places that they would like to visit.

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