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Writer's Workshop
Students, after brainstorming what the concept of idioms are, listen for idioms while the book, "Chocolate Moose for Dinner," is read to them out loud by the teacher. They then write a short narrative incorporating at least one idiom...
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Scrapbook
Young scholars read a book and use the internet to find images to accompany it. After choosing one of the artifacts, they complete a full analysis worksheet and write a journal entry about how the artifact was used. To end the lesson,...
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Bark, Meow, Purr, Snort - Oh, What a Voice!
Students brainstorm differences between dogs and cats. They discuss the elements that make a story effective and write a story with a beginning, middle and end in the voice of a cat or dog.
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North Carolina State Vegetable -- Day 2
Students are introduced to the state vegetable of North Carolina, the sweet potato. In groups, they create their own sweet potato person using the items from a Mr. Potato Head. They write a summary of their person and a narrative about...
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Autograph Story
Learners write narrative essays about getting a famous person's autograph (a classmate) and then combine their work with pictures to enhance the stories. This technique can be used with any writing project.
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Giants of the Past
Students listen to the book, The Mysterious Giant of Barletta, and create paper sculptures based on ancient Greek and Roman statues in the Getty Museum. They write narrative stories told from the viewpoints of their sculptures.
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Images of Children in Dorothea Lange's Photographs
Students look carefully at two photographs by Dorothea Lange for elements of art and narrative content. They use descriptive language when speaking and writing about Lange's photographs of studenT lives.
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Modern Day Characters from Children's Literature
Students read several studenT fairy tales, nursery rhymes, or folk tales. They compare themes and narratives in each version. They rewrite a story that they have read, placing the characters in a contemporary setting and include...
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The Aliens are Coming!
Students create an alien and write a descriptive paragraph about it using all five senses.
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Farewell to the Former Library Media Specialist
Students write a letter to their former library media specialist incorporating brainstormed ideas of what they have liked about the library media center. In this way students let the teacher know about what has been done in the past and...
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Moon WebQuest
Third graders research basic information about the moon and identify the phases and order of the phases of the moon. They conduct Internet research, complete a moon WebQuest, and write a magazine article about the moon using their...
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How Manduca See
Third graders investigate how manduca sees and they discuss what they think the manduca might be thinking. They write a story about what an insect sees and does from the insect's perspective.
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Stories
Students read and discuss a story in Spanish. Creating a poster board, they write the names of the characters in the story. In pairs, they write sentences about their characters they have chosen to role play. They practice and perform...
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How Does it End?
Students listen to the first part of a story, use drawing software, such as Paint or AppleWorks, to draw, or write and draw, their own imaginary endings to the story. They practice their mouse and computer navigation skills. They share...
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All About Titan and the Huygens Probe
Young scholars examine the characterisitics of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. They discuss what they think is on Titan and what the Huygens probe can tell them about the moon. They write a summary about the information they gathered...
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The Story Behind the Horse
Students view and interpret Dan Howard's artwork entitled, Soliloquium:IV. They write a story of what they think is behind the painting and then paint their own soliloquy.
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Italy
Learners read stories about Italy and identify main events and characters. They take an imaginary trip to Italy and write a story about their adventures. In addition, they practice several italian words and phrases.
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Making Choices
Students work with a partner to write a play, story or ad that teaches about our choices as consumers. Students focus on educating people about how food choices make a difference in their lives.
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I Love Navarre
Third graders use a research checklist to gather information for a brochure of their local area. students then use a Brochure Data List and Brochure Rubric to edit their brochure. They discuss and revise and create their final brochure.
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Nursery Rhymes
Students listen to the narrative of several nursery rhymes. They then create drawings about the rhymes. This can be done with manual or computerized media tools. The use of computers is better for the integration of technology skills...
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Acadie: Alive and Well!
Learners examine artwork by Canadian Robert Harris. They research the Acadian culture, write letters, create a mural, and develop and perform an old-fashioned radio show.
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The Artist As Storyteller
Pupils practice the art of storytelling by examining scroll writing techniques of Asia and applying them to a monthly story of their own classroom. This lesson is in two parts (Part II continues throughout the school year).
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Earth's Place in the Solar System
Students study and discuss the planets. They create a visual representation of the layout of the solar system and color it. They also write an informative/narrative summary report on the cultural relevance of the Sun.
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A Chance of a Life Time
Students view and discuss the painting A Narrow Escape, by Alfred Jacob Miller. They write their own narrative about a time they were either scared or frightened. They make sketches of that time and choose one to paint using watercolor.
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