Students investigate the concept of advertising while using the context of tanning lotion. They have a class discussion using examples provided in the instructional activity to measure the effectiveness of advertising. Students...

Students explore their environment and what they can read. In this activity about signs, letters, and pictures in the neighborhood, students will observe what they see around them. Students walk around and take pictures of different...

Fifth graders interpret stereotyping and discrimination as limiting and hurtful behaviors and demonstrate how to address these behaviors in a positive manner. In this discrimination lesson plan, 5th graders use the poem The Woman Who...

Students reflect how to form a respectful classroom community. In this communities lesson plan, students construct a "community web" of positive comments and predict what happens to the web when negative comments are made. Students...

In this ESL activity, students read good and bad examples of formal and casual emails. Students cut apart emails into strips and assemble them. There are no logical directions for what to do on these five pages.

Students need to know how to correctly use words in their writing and speaking. By reviewing parts of speech with hands-on activities, students retain and enjoy studying sentence structure.

The students will use computer software to develop a KWL chart to determine the roles of different government officials. The chart will reveal what they already know. Then the instructor will give new information as needed.

Pupils write poetry and post it on the Internet for others to see.

Students investigate the use of zip code/city searches to locate local weather forecasts. They design icons to be used on a classroom forecast poster.

Students explore ways to empathize with others. They read a story and discuss how it reminds them of real live events. students sing a song about love. In a group activity, students trace a picture of their hands. On each finger and...

First the class learns how to write a Haiku poem. Then, they use kidpix to illustrate their poem. 

Students identify and use the elements of the scientific inquiry to solve problems. They explain concepts about the structure and properties of matter. Pupils write an explanation of polymers and how the characteristic of polymers...

Learners are taught the basics of writing a feature story. They choose a topic for research. Students use the library and internet research skills to investigate their topic. They proofread their own writing or the writing of others,...

Students use the dictionary and thesaurus and are able to explain a definition in their own words.

Sixth graders identify prime and composite numbers. They participate in a hands-on activity to discover the multiples and factors of specified numbers. They write a paragraph to explain representing factors.

Students work on their spelling skills by spelling a word to get unfrozen if tagged.

First graders take a discovery walk around the school. They use their observations to compose a class book about their school.

Students examine credit and discuss that it is a loan and must be paid back. They explain the costs and benefits of using credit. They also practice filling out a credit application.

Pupils read a story about the population in the United States reaching 300 million, and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this population lesson plan, student respond to literature by answering questions,...

Fifth graders examine the neighborhoods around their school. Using maps, they document landmark buildings and community organizations with digital cameras. They write about their journeys and share them with the community.

Students read a story called Carts Give Mobility to Disabled Dogs and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, recalling details,...

Students analyze how historians are trying to keep history alive and preserve it for generations to come. They view some schools trying to save an entire culture and language from extinction. Students participate in history preservation...

On an online math worksheet that can be printed, math wizards read and solve five story problems that involve fractions with like denominators. The fractions are written with diagonal lines. Since it is such a compact assignment, you...

Students brainstorm which tools farmers can control and why. They discuss how to conserve water, air and soil. They discuss the role of farmers and how they feed the world.