Students understand what a cooperative is and how it helps people. In this cooperatives instructional activity, students interview a member of a local cooperative and record their responses on a worksheet. Students share and gather their...

What was everyday life like in Colonial Virginia? To find the answer cooperative groups work collaboratively to read an informational handout and complete a graphic organizer. The speaker of the group then shares their new-found...

Young elementary students will discover there are patterns all around them in their daily lives. In groups, they sort pattern blocks by size and color. Using the internet, they create their own type of patterns and share them with the...

Students examine character traits to find the most positive behaviors.  In this getting along lesson, students identify behaviors that are beneficial to getting along.  Students evaluate their own behaviors and target three...

Students explore psychology by participating in a student behavior activity. In this group dynamic instructional activity, students identify ways to keep several students interested and focused on one task. Students complete worksheets...

Have your learners with special needs practice cooperative work skills, teamwork, and packaging. The kids will form an assembly line. Each pupil will add an item to a paper bag and then hand it off to the next person until the bag is...

Scholars become familiar with tagline literature with the help of the story, Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Day by Judith Viort. After a read-aloud and whole-class discussion, leveled groups complete...

Have your class explore active reading strategies! In this guided reading lesson, learners make personal connections to characters having a bad day as a prior knowledge activation discussion. After reading Gettin' Through Thursday, class...

I love planning parties, they are a great way to get social, require organizational skills, and engage cooperative problem solving. Teens with visual impairments put their heads together to plan an event for their friends. They...

After completing three body paragraphs of an argument essay about life's rules to live by from Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis, it's time to begin writing the introduction and conclusion. Independently, pupils draft the final two...

Here is a lesson which may be best suited for a library science teacher, or one that can be done by a regular teacher when in the library. In it, learners explore the best ways to use print and electronic resources to find information...

Students explore robots. In this robot lesson, students discuss what they know about robots and what kinds of jobs they have seen robots do. Students research robot books, chart their findings and share with the class. Students also...

Everyone celebrates traditions in different ways. Young writers share the ways their families celebrate Thanksgiving with a journal writing prompt and discussion activity.

Students learn the characteristics of the rainforest.  In this rainforest instructional activity, students read stories about the rainforest and discuss them.  Students work in groups to brainstorm all the facts they know about...

Students explore geometry by analyzing different shapes. In this shape identification lesson, students discuss the characteristics that make certain shapes unique and the same characteristics that cause shapes to look the same. Students...

Reinforce the concept of fractions and decimals as part of a whole with a lesson that begins with a mixed review, then goes into a three problem guided practice, and ends with a collaborative activity. The guided practice and activity...

Scholars reflect upon their reading strengths and challenges to create personal reading goals. Participants use goal-setting verbiage in an accordion-style graphic organizer, a first step in writing a letter that details their reading...

In this body systems lesson, students work in small groups conduct research to become an 'expert' on one of the 7 body systems. Students present their findings to the class via power point, poster, or song.

Students participate in a game similar to musical chairs, but use hoops to walk around while music is playing. When the music stops, students jump inside the nearest hoop.

Students discuss basic interpersonal communication with coworkers and new vocabulary words. They role play new situations and then play a cooperation and positive attitude in the work place game.

Students cooperate within a small group, review materials covered in previous lessons, use higher level thinking skills and gain positive feedback through competition.

Learners explore the relationships of space through movement. Two perform movement improvisation based on over/under. The activity improves hand-eye coordination, cooperation, and communication skills. The timing of the dance also...

Students compare and contrast the different characteristics of animal-like, plant-like, and fungus-like protists. They list examples and describe the characteristics shared by the three protist groups. They create a brochure or slideshow...

Sixth graders choose adjectives to describe an object given by the teacher and share with the class, then do the same for a verb, choosing an adverb to modify each. In this adjective or adverb lesson, 6th graders review the difference...