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Growing Flowers
Learners grow flowers from seeds. They plant quick-growing seeds in a flower pot and consider what a seed needs to grow. They observe and record the growth of the planted seeds in science journals.
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Measurement Mania
Second graders get many opportunities to practice their measurement skills.
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Creative Story Writing
Pupils recognize predictable patterns in literature. They use the selected pattern to create their own writing using the same type of literary pattern. The new writing is proofread by other students and the editing is done until the...
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Summarization Safari
Students summarize a piece of fiction text. After reviewing the correct way to question while reading, students independently read a short story. They complete a summary organizer using the five Ws outlined by the instructor during...
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The Little Hungry Caterpillar
Students discuss "The Little Hungry Caterpillar." In this reading comprehension lesson, students make sock caterpillars used in retelling the story so as sequence the events accurately.
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Butterfly Bonanza
Students describe life cycle of the butterfly after reading and singing about butterflies.
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Butterflies
Students will explore the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly by raising their own. They will incorporate math, science, and language arts as they graph, pattern, journal, observe, and artistically create.
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Turkey Color Page
Students work on an art project. In this following directions lesson plan, students must listen carefully and follow the teacher's instructions in order to make a picture of a turkey. 
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Spiders and Their Body Parts
Pupils gain an understanding of the different parts of spiders by observing and drawing a spider. They utilize technology in order to gain a better understanding of spiders and their body parts.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Pupils complete a variety of exercises involving butterflies and their life cycle.
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"Caterpillars to Butterflies"
Students participate in a variety of activities about how caterpillers become butterflies.
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A Caterpillar's Life
Students use different colors, surface textures, and shapes to create form and meaning to their caterpillar. They also come to recognize that living things have similar needs of water, food and air by teacher reading The Very Hungry...
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Hunting for "Measured" Treasure
Students compare and order objects according to length. They see that to conserve length, meaning that the length of an object is not altered by a change in its spatial position, even though it may appear to look longer or shorter than...
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Telling Time By the Hour
First graders explore how to tell time by the hour. They draw the minute and hour hands on a clock to match the time shown by the teacher on the overhead clock. Students write the time shown on a worksheet. They read "The Grouchy Ladybug."
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Hunting for Measured Treasure
Students compare and contrast objects according to their length.  In groups, they travel to different centers in their classroom to participate in different sorting activities.  They are introduced to how to use a ruler and reading the...
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Peter The Butterfly
Students complete an interdisciplinary unit chronicling the life cycle and movement patterns of the butterfly.  Through language arts, mathematics, and science activities, students identify various types of butterflies and document the...
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Our Five Senses
Students identify their five senses and how the are used everyday.  As a class, they develop a list of sounds they hear at a zoo and compare them with a list of sounds they hear at a park or school.  They create an instrument on their...
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New Traditions in Our Family
First graders discuss the importance of traditions in families.  In groups, they share their traditions at certain times of the year.  As a class, they read "When This Box is Full" and create a box representing the different seasons. ...
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The Very Busy Spider-Pattern
Students explore two- and three-dimensional shapes.  In this very busy spider lesson, students read the story and then create a spider web pattern of their own. The webs must use a symmetrical pattern.  Additional activities...
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Colors of Wildlife
Students observe wildlife animals. In this wildlife instructional activity, students cut out three different animals from a wildlife magazine. Then they compare the animals, verbally stating their similarities and differences.
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Students describe and state the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle lesson plan, students copy words and pictures from the life cycle and then identify each stage.
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Make a Leaf Banner
Students create leaf print banner for parents' night. They sort, classify, and pattern the leaves as they work.
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Story Quilts
Students create a classroom story quilt based on a story (or series of stories) read as a group.
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Art in the Sky
First graders become familiar with four types of clouds by experimenting with cameras and exploring the web. They observe illustrators' renderings of clouds and draw their own representation of clouds.
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