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Who Has Hair?
Students explore similarities and differences. For this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students read literature and participate in activities that features mammals and their hair. Students learn that they share things in common while we are...
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Thanksgiving For Preschool
Students read books, make turkey hands, eat gingerbread cookies, and more to learn about Thanksgiving. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, students also write what they are thankful for.
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Christmas Around the World
Students 'travel' around the world gathering Christmas traditions. In this Christmas tradition instructional activity students sing songs, listen to stories and legends, and make crafts associated with different Christmas traditions...
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A Year to Remember
Students create calendars. In this technology skills lesson, students collaborate to prepare calendars that include special days of the year as well as digital photograph collages.
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Monument Museum
Students design monuments, taking into account what is known about geometric shapes and measuring. Students create a museum complete with monuments and descritions of the monuments. Students provide guides at each monument in order to...
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Red, White, and Blue Fun
Students cut out red, white, and blue stars and create different patterns with them. In this patterns lesson, students can make stamp patterns, number patterns, color patterns, and more!
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Is There a Stone in My Soup?
Students plan a service project. In this service learning lesson, students demonstrate their understanding of philanthropy as they plan a stone soup party.
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Measurement & Cooking - Rice Krispie Treats
Students practice their measuring and cooking skills with a box of Rice Krispies. In this culinary lesson, students utilize a box of Rice Krispies, butter, marshmallows and utensils to cook a batch of Rice Krispie Treats. Students...
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Science of Sound- Music Sandwich
Students investigate the science of sound. In this music lesson, students create sound and vibration by constructing a "music sandwich." Students use craft sticks, an elastic band, and a drinking straw to create the musical instrument.
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Is It Possible?
Students brainstorm ideas on how to a group of people could reach the highest together. In this possibilities lesson plan, students test their ideas and see how high they can reach.
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I Am Special
Pupils conclude and acknowledge that each person is unique and special. In this I Am Special lesson plan, students compare their digital photograph to pictures of people in magazines to determine likenesses/differences. They describe...
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Give a Cookie
Students discover the importance of sharing. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book The Doorbell Rang and discuss how the character practiced sharing in the story. Students make cookies and practice the philanthropic concept...
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Harry the Dirty Dog
Students investigate the parts of a book by reading a story about a dog. In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students utilize their memory to place pictures from the book Harry the Dirty Dog in order from start to finish....
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Gullah Activities
Students study the Gullah culture by watching a video about Gullah, Gullah Island. They discuss the customs and crafts of the people such as basket weaving, food preparation, pottery, and quilt making. While working in centers, they make...
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Shape Hunt
Explore the world of shapes! After free tangram exploration and pair share time, learners describe various patterns and shapes in both the natural and designed world. They investigate the use of tangrams to create patterns and shapes.
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Visual Arts
Students recognize warm and cool colors in a different medium. They look carefully at slide of medieval stained glass.
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Winter Lights: A Season In Poems & Quilts
Students read the book Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts and do language arts and math activities that go with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include...
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Lilly's Big Day
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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What's This Number?
Students practice the correct way to write numbers. In this language arts and math lesson, kindergarten students not only practice their number formations, but they also practice holding their pencil in the correct manner.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Into the A, B, Sea
Young scholars explore language arts by reading a classic book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Into the A, B, Sea and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Young scholars define the story...
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Candy Land Math
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...
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TLC--Lesson Plans
Students in the grades kindergarten and 2nd grade interact with each other. They (2nd graders) faciliate one on one tutoring in the areas of reading and writing with the kindergartens. Students in the 2nd grade promote mentoring skills.
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Give It Back From a Snack Lesson 2: Invest With the Best
Students survey schoolmate as to what type of snacks they would prefer to purchase. They graph the results and apply them to planning a classroom snack sale while examining what wants, needs, and consumers are.
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Wonderfully Wild Unit the four L's of Wildlife
Students appreciate the natural environment. In this "four L's" lesson, students observe, reflect and appreciate unique ecosystems and how they help sustain life. Students create posters with the four L's.