Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and write the letters Ch. Students listen to word pairs and identify which word in each pair contains the /ch/ sound, and...

Discuss the properties of 2D and 3D shapes in order to help learners understand the concept. Learners will participate in an interactive whiteboard lesson plan to develop understanding of 2D and 3D shapes.

Students organize a story. In this language arts lesson, students pair with younger students and lead them through the steps of writing their own illustrated stories.

First graders explore fractions with manipulatives. In this fraction instructional activity, 1st graders use paper foods such as sandwiches and pizza in order to find halves, thirds, fourths, eighths, and more. This instructional...

Students use physical models and graphs in order to solve problems that have their origin in the real world that require algebraic thinking. The words are changed into equations and inequalities in order to be solved. This requires...

Students use movement and dance in order to strengthen mathematical understanding of different geometric shapes. The movements are imitating the drawing of shapes and they pick one to make into a dance. Upon beginning the dance music can...

Second graders understand the difference between relative and absolute location using the grid map as an example of an absolute location. They observe a class map showing longitude and latitude lines and learn that they provide exact...

Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter E. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short...

Students practice colors. In this color lesson plan, students read several books that review the names of colors. They go on the computer to do an Internet scavenger hunt where they identify the colors of the online pictures. 

Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts of arrays and factors. They use a Hershey bar and divide it into segments in order to simulate the arrays. Then students construct other arrays from the leftover pieces.

Students demonstrate their fluency through repeated readings. They review what a fluent reader is and practice decoding through cross-checking and covering unknown words. They work in pairs to read a passage several times and record...

Students write an essay describing the Curtis Center and what they learned there. In this descriptive writing essay, students discuss the five paragraph essay and review sensory discoveries from their trip. Students draft an outline and...

In this math comparisons worksheet, students compare 2 pairs of pictures in order to determine which in each pair is taller and which in each pair is shorter.

Third graders construct fraction strips to play several math games. Using different colored construction paper, they assemble the strips and play Order the Fractions and Fraction War. With a pair of dice, 3rd graders roll fractions...

Students create pictures using a geoboard and straws using the X and Y axis.

Students watch the movie Holes. They list 5 key events from Holes and use a pyramid to rank the events in order of importance to the story. They determine cultural differences between the character and themselves.

Fourth graders find bugs represented on a grid and then identify their name and physical characteristics that provide a picture of the bug using imagery.

Third graders create Powerpoint templates of pictures they have taken. Using both standard and metrric measurement units, they describe what units of measurement they would use for each object. In the computer lab, they work in pairs to...

Students distinguish between letters that stand for phonemes that deal with the short /o/ sound. They study how spellings map out the phonemes in oral language in order to be able to read and write words. Each student practices the...

Pupils, after reviewing the vocabulary words on the board and being shown several examples, in pairs practice naming the months, days of the week and their abbreviations in order.

Students create a class alphabet book. They correctly illustrate a letter with a picture using the corresponding sound. Students also read and discuss various alphabet books and decide on what theme their book will have, for example,...

Students research a rock or mineral on the Internet. They perform the research with a partner to find out properties such as, color, hardness, and opacity. They look for pictures on the Internet in order to prepare for their slideshow...

Students use primary and secondary resources in order to investigate the culture of South Korea. They use guiding questions that progressively lead them to higher order thinking to make connections from the information to how people live.

Students investigate a variety of important historical figures in order to present a report to the class. The use of internet research skills is reinforced for the beginning of the lesson and culminates in an oral presentation of the...