Students discuss skin cancer prevention. In this skin cancer lesson, students read a pamphlet that tells the causes of skin cancer and what you can do to prevent it. Students will choose from a variety of projects which focus on skin...

Students read the story A Sick Day for Amos McGee about a zoo keeper who visits all of the animals everyday. In this reading lesson plan, students also make a printmaking art activity that is connected to the story.

Students read passages and use phonics and context clues to self correct themselves while reading. In this reading lesson, students complete a worksheet which is embedded in the plan which has them choose the correct word to complete...

Students create a diagram based on rocks using a computer program. They use the program to put their thoughts in order and to have a sheet to reference to.

Students research products imported from Europe and use a map to show the routes the products might have followed to reach this country. They take a field trip to a store that carries imported products and take note of how many come from...

Students explore what young cranes need to do to survive.

Pupils identify physical and human characteristics used to describe a desirable place to live. They research and create a table comparing 5 Texas counties according to specific characteristics. Students evaluate the data and choose the...

Students review the concept of silent reading. They listen to a story and create a story map of what they hear. Then, they read their own story and map it the same way. This time, they use this story map to write a summary of what they...

Learners read an article on globalization in our lives. They explore current disease threats and how they are spread today. Students make an effort at making a connection between infectious diseases and economic development.

First graders explore how their bodies are similar and different from others after reading the book, In the Mirror.

Students work to develop comprehension strategies. Through modeling they discover how to summarize a written passage by deleting unnecessary information and using clustering or concept mapping for the most important items or events. In...

In this language arts instructional activity, students investigate words that end with "--tch." Students read a 2 page story about an angry wife who ends up at her own surprise birthday party. Students mark the "--tch" words. Then...

In this Language Arts worksheet, students write a description of a house. Students include information about the downstairs, upstairs, garden, and garage.

High schoolers explore the events that led to the stock market crash,the concerns of the Depression, and the effects of the New Deal programs on the American people and the American economy.

Learners, while silently reading the book, "Mr. Pilling's Pond," by Patricia Nikolina Clark, and "One Good Turn," by Bette Anne Rieth, discuss how to summarize each book. They review the five steps to summarization and write them down.

Students explore the benefits of summarizing and create their own summaries in this lesson. Students read the "Siberian Survivor" article from National Geographic Kids Online. Students then discuss the important facts mentioned in the...

Young scholars use information already gathered on a specific public health issue to create a public service message in the form of a bookmark. They consult multiple sources to compile sufficient information to create the public service...

Students participate in a reading literacy lesson plan that focuses on the skill of summarization that aids in comprehension. The goal of reading is comprehension which makes this type of lesson plan important.

Students illustrate an example of wildlife that is found in the African Savanna. Students write a paragraph describing the wildlife they chose to draw. 2. Students will write a paragraph describing the wildlife they chose to draw.

Students describe how the kings got involved in battle and how the kings developed their alliances. They explain how Sedom and Amora fell into the pits. They identify Biblical words meaning "to fight."

Students read excerpts from an autobiographical work and retell scenes from the book. They consider the ways Susie King Taylor's autobiography displays character traits including courage, creativity, compassion and determination.

Fifth graders identify the physical characteristics of the Earth and compare them to the physical characteristics of the moon. They produce a chart with Microsoft Excel to record the physical characteristics of both the Earth and the moon.

Students recognize that the other eight known planets, which revolve around the Sun, have characteristics and surface conditions that are different from Earth; and identify examples of those differences.

Pupils research one of the many urban race riots in U.S. history, from the New York City riots during the Civil War to the "Red Summer of 1919" or the hate-strikes of 1943. They present their findings in the form of a newspaper's front...