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Groundhog Day in Punsxutawney, PA
Students read the history of this tradition, examine Phil's predictions for the last 100 years.
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Travel to the Timeline
Second graders create timelines of historic events, They place note cards listing events in proper order on paper plates laid out on the gym floor. They trade note cards with other groups and continue the game.
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What Time is it?
Students participate in three centers focused on developing time-telling skills. In this time lesson, students create their own paper plate clock face, play "Time Concentration" using times on the hour and half hour, as well as, practice...
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Linking Algebra to Temperature
Students convert between two units as they calculate the temperature. In this algebra instructional activity, students collect data on seasonal climate and create a graph. They make conjectures based on their data collection.
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Spanish Animal and Sounds
Young scholars memorize the names of farm animals and the sound they make in Spanish. In this Spanish vocabulary lesson, students use total physical response, music and games to learn the names of nine farm animals and the sounds they...
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Email Writing
Students review rules of writing emails for letters, informal to a friend and formal. In this writing lesson, students sort email strips into these categories and then review examples of good and bad semi-formal emails. Students work in...
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Conservation Collage
Students identify many different ways the environment is polluted, and determine ways to prevent pollution. They create a collage of pictures describing how the earth becomes polluted.
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Seasons' Journey : Putting it All Together
Third graders complete a diagram of the revolution of the earth around the sun and write a one paragraph explanation of the factors that cause seasons.