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Catch Her If You Can Catch Her If You Can! King Day
Students understand philanthropy through the study of Jackie Joyner-Kersee and the community center she built. In this biography study of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, students reflect on how she was an athlete and a philanthropist.
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Who Will Help?
Learners analyze the characters in the book The Little Red Hen. In this character study instructional activity, students discuss the behavior of the characters and write about positive ways to work together for a common goal.
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Yes, You Can!
Students examine the concept of encouragement. In this encouragement and character lesson plan, students participate in an active read aloud of Mary Grace's, Amazing Grace. They draw a picture in their journal of a time that they needed...
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The New and Improved Humpty Dumpty
Students help Humpty Dumpty. In this nursery rhyme lesson, students listen to the nursery rhyme and then use their problem solving skills to rebuild broken eggs. Students create new Humpty Dumptys from unbreakable materials.
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Guided Reading: Family Picnic
Students blend phonemes. In this guided reading lesson, students create words by blending isolated phonemes. Students read a book discussing families.
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Wild Things - Texture And Pattern
Students implement textures and patterns in creating an imaginary Wild Thing, using the book and illustrations in Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak serve as Inspiration.
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Paper Art
Students investigate the various techniques that studenT book illustrators utilize such as paper collage, die-cut pages, and object stencils for relief printing.
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Making A Dot, Without Making A Dot
Students create Dots without making dots in this interestingly entertaining Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The lesson emphasizes the use of the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. Links for products and more...
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Pass It On: African American Poetry to Inspire Writing
Learners read through poems in a book called Pass it On. There are 19 poems from famous African American poets contained in the book. The poems are specialized for children and after the children have learned about the author and about...
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Jake Baked the Cake Activity Card
In this reading worksheet, learners respond to the book Jake Baked the Cake by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students cut out 4 pictures and paste them on the page, matching the clue and rhyming pattern.
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Tikki Tikki Tembo Activity Card
In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book Tikki Tikki Tembo, by Arlene Mosel, by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students think of names of friends, family members, and classmates. Students write their names...
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Kate and the Beanstalk Lesson Plan
Students gain a deeper understanding of the fairy tale genre by reading fractured versions of familiar tales. In this Kate and the Beanstalk lesson plan, students read a variety of fairy tales and fractured fairy tales in order to...
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Books for Teaching About Colors
Learners explore colors through books. In this lesson students read books about colors. The lesson is divided by color and within each color there is a list of books about that color. Moreover each color section also includes an activity...
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Which One is Different?
In this Dr. Seuss's Sneetches activity worksheet, learners examine the picture of 9 sneetches and identify the 1 that is different from the other 9.
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf!
Young scholars use fables to learn about trustworthiness and character education. In this trust lesson, students discuss the fable of the boy who cried 'Wolf' and discuss the importance of telling the truth. Young scholars answer the...
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Do Something Beautiful
Students recognize philanthropy in literature. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students read the book Something Beautiful by Sharon Wyeth and discuss how the character performed acts of philanthropy. Students write a...
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Saving Makes Cents
Young scholars identify ways families save money. In this financial lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and discuss ways to save money. Young scholars identify coin values and practice counting money.
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Power of Speech
Students practice giving compliments and using words of praise. In this vocabulary lesson, students listen to the parable Yettle's Feathers and determine ways to use speech in positive ways instead of through rumors, tattling and insults.
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Life Shields
Students create shields representing what they value most. For this art lesson, students observe shields in the book The Legend of the Bluebonnet and create their own shields depicting the four things they value most in life.
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Traveling Back in Time
Students recall memories from childhood and share them with the class. In this memory lesson, students listen to the book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and determine the types of memories people have. Students look for items from...
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Intergenerational Friendships
Students interview senior citizens. In this communications lesson, students read the book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and discuss how to be sensitive to people of a different generation. Students develop interview questions and...
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Your World, My World
Students investigate what is the same and what is different in the daily lives of children around the world. In this citizenship instructional activity, students develop compassion for others through understanding how their lives are the...
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Which Two Are the Same? (Dr. Seuss)
In this identical pictures worksheet, students analyze a picture of the Sneetches (Dr. Seuss) cooking on beaches. Students circle the identical pictures and draw additional features according to the directions.
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Foot Book Lesson Plan
Students measure items using non-standard units of measure. In this measurement lesson, students listen to Dr. Seuss', The Foot Book, before using oak tag feet to measure items. They use a large foot and a smaller one to measure...
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