Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Air

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a KWL chart on what they know about air. Reading a poem, they compare published definitions of air with the ones they created. They write the definition of air on a bullentin board. They also write their observations in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who IS That Woman?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a jigsaw reading activity about the contributions of Sacagawea to the Corps of Discovery. They also write a poem to reflect upon what they studied.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Literature

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study phrases, poetry and myths of Ancient Greece and Rome in these lessons.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Land Use in New Hampshire: Farming

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils examine how the environment as affected people farming in New Hampshire. They visit a field trip to a local farm to make observations. They create a poem based on their observations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trees, Trees, Trees! - Adopt A Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students adopt a tree, take a bark rubbing from that tree, and conduct research about that type of tree. They write an original piece about their tree using three facts and in a genre of their choice.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Max's Math Adventures

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these shape activity worksheets, students read the poem about shapes and then draw and write about one of the zoo animals from the zoo. Students use the given shapes to put their animal together. Students add hair, eye color, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Putting It All Together

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students organize their daily observation logs to write a nonfiction piece. They compare and contrast Saturn to other planets or write a summary. They use this piece of writing in future lessons.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Self-Control

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils examine their feelings of anger in various situations. In groups, they view scenerios from different points of view and from reading many poems. They answer comprehension questions about a story they read to end the class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Guess What It Is?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write and present a descriptive 'powergraph' that describes a secret object using prior knowledge of adjectives, clustering graphic organizers, and presentation skills. Authors read powergraphs and classmates 'Guess What It...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Adventures in Wonderland: A Genre Study

For Teachers 3rd
Students explore the concepts of fantasy writing through this nine lessons unit. The unit presents semantic mapping, discussions, comparisons of various works of fantasy, and the opportunity to create their own fantasies.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Arts and the Olympics/Dance and Athletics

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study and perform dances with a dance specialist, while others photograph their movements. The resulting slides were used to help both these students and others explain dance and write creatively.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Step by Step

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students measure the rise and run of steps from a place that holds meaning for them. They write a reflection (in the form of a journal entry, poem, or short story) regarding this significant place.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hoosier Artists

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students examine the paintings of various Indiana artists. Using the internet, they relate the landscapes shown to the history of the state and how it affected Native Americans. Using the information they gathered, they write story...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

That Reminds Me

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners investigate various forms of literature using drawings, sentences, and class discussion. They pick the text to look at to keep student interest. The teacher helps the students use appropriate reading level books. They complete a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Train

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners are read a short book "Time Train" by Paul Fleischman. Using the text, they identify the clues to let them know the train is traveling back in time. They make a time line of the trip and make a cutout of meat-eating and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geography: Islands and Alcatraz

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners, in groups, create maps of islands including map keys and compass roses. They compare and contrast their island communities with that of the island prison, Alcatraz. Students select from a series of projects, including writing...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Little Rabbit

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners recite a poem and perform motions to the words. In this stretching and moving lesson plan, groups of students perform the motions by crouching into a ball, getting up, breathing deeply, stretching arms, and leaning forward. An...
Organizer
Curated OER

Reading Log

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading log worksheet, students fill in a reading log, noting title, author, genre and rating on a scale of 1-5. Students then write, "telling about the book."
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spirit of Enquiry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
The lesson includes guided questions to help students to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a play to...
Activity
DLTK

Groundhog Paper Craft

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Get crafty this Groundhog's Day with a hands-on activity that combines creativity and making predictions. Scholars color, cut out, and put together a friendly image of a groundhog and showcase whether they feel the weather will be sunny...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils study various forms of poetry and the culture of Japan. They are introduced to a haiku- a traditional form of poetry and an art form in the Japanese culture. They write a haiku and create a student haiku booklet with the classes...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rainforest

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create a rainforest poster and move to music learning about the rainforest. For this rainforest lesson plan, students express themselves in a variety of ways using their knowledge of the rainforest. Activities include creating a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Literature Overview: February

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the phrase Touch and Go, and analyze the poem, Dream Variation by Langston Hughes. They read an African-American folktale and write interpretive paragraphs about the story.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Dream World

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars discuss their dream worlds with their classmates. They write their ideas of a dream world in a paragraph or poem. They can also show their dream world by drawing a picture.

Other popular searches