Students explore the alphabet by completing a computer activity. In this letter identification lesson, students utilize Kid Pix to create artwork based upon each letter of the alphabet. Students utilize drawings, type and...

Learners practice spelling while developing a variety of throwing skills.

Ninth graders discover the importance of the arts in Southeast Asia and relate it to their own lives and culture. They create and perform their own Shadow Play.

Eleventh graders prepare a skit in which the entire dialogue must center around the grammar and mechanics of writing. They come up with a scenario on their own or you can provide them with one. Students can use props if they like. They...

Students identify symmetry and create their own frog design. Students apply hand-eye coordination in placing their designs of cross-stitch netting. Students identify with new textures. Students present and analyze their design once...

Young scholars discover the history of the United States by examining the Great Migration.  In this U.S. History lesson, students research the immigration movement on the Internet and complete a worksheet about the large population...

Young scholars create a diorama of the Secret Annex in which Anne Frank and her family hid during the Holocaust.  In this Anne Frank diorama lesson, students brainstorm a list of ideas about the Secret Annex.  Young scholars...

 Students explore the likelihood of events.  In this logical thinking lesson plan, 3rd graders are given several scenarios and determine whether the possibility of the described event actually happening is likely, unlikely, or...

Students play a movement and freeze activity to jingle bells.

Students examine the process of making inferences. They define inference, view a Powerpoint presentation, and as a whole group locate clues in the pictures of a short story, locating written clues to reinforce their conclusions.

Students are introduced to their new spelling words for the week which have the sound "ea". In groups, they brainstorm a list of other words with the same sound, draw them and write them on a worksheet. They share their new words with...

Students discuss activities that could further keep the peace at recess. Using vocabulary, they analyze recess from a different point of view. They discover how working together can make their school a safer and fun place. They...

Students explore the relationship between the earth, sun, and moon in our solar system. They create a moonrise/moonset chart, perform a dance that models the moon phases, and create a Styrofoam model of the moon's surface.

First graders engage in a study of phonics that focuses on the beginning sounds with an emphasis upon varying types of genres that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They recognize the beginning sounds of words and make physical...

Students use dance as a form of communication. In this meanings of dance lesson, students create dances to communicate a variety of emotions.

Students research George Washington Carver. In this science lesson, students discuss George Washington Carver's contribution to science. Students explain how peanut butter is produced.

Students categorize questions they generate in preparation for pursuing answers that expand their existing knowledge. They create KWL charts and respond to journal questions to enable them to inquire to their fullest capacity.

First graders identify different kinds of lines found in common shapes. They discover ways in which an artist utilizes lines in a painting.

Students follow directions to make a snake out of patterns. They research a specific snake and present it to the class in a group. They listen to a presentation about the King Cobra snake prepared by the teacher.

Learners practice counting from one to thirteen. They create a Halloween counting webpage.

Third graders label a map of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations and do a written report on one element of these two cultures. They participate in discussions of food, farming, daily life and government (among others). Students use the...

In this rhyming worksheet, students fill in 10 blanks to a rhyming poem about a teacher, then color a partially completed drawing of the teacher based on the rhymes in the poem.

Pupils explore the individual's role in society. In this social responsibility activity, students analyze Camus's The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus as well as Borges's "Rosendo's Tale." Pupils compare the themes of the pieces to the...

Eighth graders analyze literature and the use of metaphors. In this metaphors lesson, 8th graders view and discuss the examples of metaphors. Students complete the phrases by writing in a metaphor.