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Staying Healthy Year Round
Students are read a variety of books and observe the weather in the different seasons. In groups, they compare and contrast the type of activities people are doing. They also discuss how they adapt to the changes in seasons by the...
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Mr. Peanut Lab
In this peanut lab, students examine 10 different peanuts and take a variety of measurements. Using their measurements they answer 3 analysis questions.
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Verb Baseball
In this verb game activity, students follow instructions to play a game using irregular verbs correctly. Players make correct sentences using verbs shown on circles and tense shown on a spinner.
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Full Dolch Word List
Sight words are listed based on how frequently they are used. There are 250 words on the list. This would be a good, general resource for a teachers of grades 1 - 3. It is useful to know what words your class should know, and how well...
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What sound does a duck make in the rice field?
Students discuss the sounds ducks make. In this duck lesson, students find the different reasons why ducks quack : when they are happy, to warn others of danger, for food, and when they see an enemy. They answer questions about their...
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What's In The Forest?
Students examine forest food chains and create a forest habitat in the classroom. They are introduced to the concept of interdependence in Nature. They define a simple forest food chain and develop inquiry process skills.
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Paper Vests
Second graders listen to background information on designated Black Americans and read some books about them. They choose one of the persons studied and create a paper vest relating the person's contributions.
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Making a Hanging Container Garden
In this making a hanging container garden worksheet, students read and follow directions for making a hanging container for plants.
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Shopping: In a Cafe
Young scholars explore English by participating in a role-playing activity. In this food ordering instructional activity, students utilize new vocabulary terms to conduct short dialogues with fictitious servers in a Cafe role-play...
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Fall Trees
Students create fall trees using brown paper, tissue paper, background colors, glue, markers and crayons in this Art and Science instructional activity about the changing of seasons. Emphasis is placed upon learning about the Fall...
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Let's Read! Growing Vegetable Soup
Students state that vegetables come from plants. They identify a vegetable they can eat at home.
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Silly Sally
Students examine character traits. In this literary elements lesson, students read 2 short stories paying special attention to the actions and descriptions of the characters. Students add themselves as characters in the story.
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Biodiversity
Students complete activities to study the importance of biodiversity. In this biodiversity instructional activity, students find images to categorize into organism groups and illustrate their interconnections. Students use measurement...
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Big Bubble Letter Poster
In this getting to know you worksheet, students follow the directions to create bubble letters for their names and then fill each letter with information about themselves.
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Trees: Recorders of Climate Change
Students study cross sections of trees or tree "cookies" to discover how the rings on tree sections give clues to the climate during the time the ring was produced. They study simulated cross sections of trees to determine the climate...
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Peter and the Wolf
Students create movements to music that reflect focused listening, write story using complete, coherent sentences, design and perform class play speaking clearly and at an appropriate pace, and retell Peter and the Wolf story, including...
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If You Give a Mouse A Cookie
Students are read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and develop their own story. They use a literature wheel to determine what the mouse will want next. They share their wheels with a friend.
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What is electrical energy?
Students distinguish between items with and without energy. In this energy activity, students understand that natural resources power electrical apparatus and that energy needs to be saved.
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Life in a Blood Vessel
Students explain the various activities that are constantly going on in a blood cell by role playing a blood cell, antibody, pathogen, and platelets.
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Ohhhh Me, Ohhhhh My!
Students practice identifying phonemes and recognizing letters in written words to become fluent readers. They study the phoneme /O/ in the tongue twister, "Oh No, my Nose needs an operation in October." Each student also interacts with...
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The Name Game
Students identify animals and their babies. In this animal name lesson, students come up with other animals whose babies have the same name. Students use the names of animals and their babies to write poems.
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Jobs in Jamestown
Students research data on Jamestown settlers in order to learn about the daily life and events in the colony. In this investigative history lesson, students work in groups to analyze the results of the Jamestown census. Students take...
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Emotions: ACE English Program
Students respond to prompts about emotions. In this ESL/ELL lesson plan, students develop an understanding of vocabulary and feelings associated with emotions. They identify emotions on flashcards, in magazines, and on worksheets.
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How To Create A Mural
Students brainstorm ideas and come up with a concept to portray into a mural. In this painting lesson plan, students base their mural off of the work of Keith Haring.