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Inner Planets
Students create a booklet about the inner planets after researching the characteristics of each planet. Students research the following items for each planet: moons, size, rotation, orbit, atmosphere, an interesting fact. Their final...
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All About Me Museum
Pupils investigate the concept of self-esteem and image with the creation of a personal display of items of significance. They put together a project composed of pictures and writings to describe themselves and are assessed according to...
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Hands That Touch The Heart
Learners create Valentine's Day hearts in this variation of a classic activity for the early-elementary classroom. The "hands that touch the heart" is a great gift that can be given to family, friends, or fellow students. A materials...
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Shh, Do Not Wake the Baby!
Students explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They use letterbox manipulatives to spell 'sh' words and identify /sh/ words as they read a story. They 'fish' for 'sh' words to practice writing at...
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Food Web Chasey
Learners work together to review the concepts of food webs and food chains. They describe the role of plants and animals when dealing with the cycling of energy. They identify any behavioural strategies to help the animals survive.
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Easy Easter Crafts
Pupils make different crafts to represent spring and Easter. In this crafts lesson plan, students make cookies, nests, and bunnies out of their hands.
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Place Value Partners
Pupils practice place value. In this place value lesson plan, students partner up and place their numbers in the correct place value position. One student creates the number, while the other student receives the number. They switch...
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Give it Back from a Snack
Students conduct and analyze a survey about snacks. In this graphing lesson, students ascertain which snacks would be the best choice for the community. Students hold a sale and decide how the money could best be spent for the school...
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Valentine's Day - February 14th
In this Valentine's Day themed worksheet, students will solve a 13 question crossword puzzle with clues related to Valentine's Day words.
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Hole Mole
Second graders read the book Hole Mole and complete activities that teach them about Mexican culture. In this Holy Mole lesson plan, 2nd graders complete cooking, drawing, writing, and other activities.
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Civil War Narratives found in a Trunk
Students consider how the American Civil War affected Northerners and Southerners. In this primary source analysis lesson, students read the provided narratives of the war and respond to questions about both of the narratives.
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Triangles in Architecture
Learners find triangles in the real world. For this geometry lesson, students analyze and identify properties of two and three-dimensional objects. They differentiate between similarity and congruence.
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Animal Top Trumps
Second graders evaluate different animals. In this animal parts lesson, 2nd graders create a game that compares animals based on five concepts- attack, defend, agility, speed and size.
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Science
Third graders study light and shadow, participate in mirror activities, and build a periscope.
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Fossil Evidence
Students evaluate each other's fossil imprints and they try to identify the original object. They comprehend the importance of accuracy in identifying a fossil imprint. Students create an answer sheet that has space for the names of the...
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Alphabet Activities
In this literacy learning exercise, students complete a variety of activities involving the alphabet. They also practice putting words into alphabetical order.
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Itty-Bitty Teeny-Tiny Word Books
In these worksheets, 1st graders will construct two itty bitty word books. Students will create a book of words pertaining to the zoo and the farm and color the pictures in each.
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Tell Me a Train Story
Second graders write a short story based on train track safety and make a train-shaped class book.
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Barrels, Casks and other Curvy Containers: Math, Geomety, Art
Students construct a barrel or other curvy container and then estimate and gauge its volume.
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Presidents of the United States
Students gather data using the Internet to create products related to technology.
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Growing Up
Students examine the definitions of philantrophy and common good. They identify non-profit organizations in their community and research organizations that existed in colonial times with the same goal in mind. They create a timeline for...
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When is Ed Fed?
Students recognize the short vowel "E" in written and spoken language. Through listening and writing activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Protecting the Herd
Students explain how immunizing a significant proportion of a population against a disease prevents epidemics of the disease (herd immunity). They list factors that affect the proportion of a population that must be immunized to prevent...