First graders use pictures and letters to create a rebus. In this writing sentences lessons, 1st graders analyze sample rebuses as a class and read a rice rebus independently. Students make three rebus sentences. Students play a...

Students read tall tales to identify story elements. In this story elements lesson plan, students read about Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill and use graphic organizers to record information. Students read in small groups,...

Learn how to calculate the length and midsegments of triangles. Young scholars differentiate between similar and congruent triangles. They create a spreadsheet with their findings.

Students practice dating fossils. They learn the concept of "deep time"--that earth was formed billions of years ago. They experience excellent hand-outs and virtual age tutorial links.

Students make recycled paper out of scrap paper, water, and leaves. In this natural resources lesson plan, students learn about conservation of the forest and how we can use recycled paper to fuel our paper supply.

Explore the vocabulary of the government process. Using a simple technique, learners discuss the meaning of the words majority, election, democrat, republican, and independent. This can be used as an anticipatory set.

Fifth graders study the national archives through both images AND visiting the site. This is meant to provide them with an understanding of what documents are important to the U.S. and why (i.e. Declaration of Independence, etc...).

An exercise in finding the approximate time that a name would be called at a graduation. Estimating time may be difficult for some of the class, so this resource would not be a good choice for learning this standard. It does end with a...

Pupils discover the role of God in Israel's government and create a timeline of the significant events during a given biblical era.  In this Israel's history lesson, students research seven major events of a given era and write them...

Seventh graders construct a historical timeline of events leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. They give a speech pleading the cause of independence and compare and contrast today's news media with the ideals of the...

Class members select a science fiction novel for independent study. To verify they have completed the reading, they write a summary, a critique, and an outline of the plot for a sequel or prequel. They then deliver a five-minute...

Designed for preschool through first grade students, this worksheet provides practice printing both upper and lower case letter t's. Included in this exercise are 10 traceable upper case t's and 14 lower case traceable t's. This resource...

Students practice writing the letter y with this printing practice worksheet. This resource includes 22 total traceable letters, 10 upper case y's and 12 lower case y's, but it does not include any independent practice. Also links to the...

Students, through teacher modeling and independent practice, discover the concept of silent reading. They read a selection aloud, in a whisper, silently, but with lips moving and finally silently without lips moving. They answer...

Take a chance on an informative resource. Scholars conduct probability experiments involving coins and number cubes to generate data. Compiling class data helps connect experimental probability to theoretical probability.

Learners explain the Patriot attitude toward the British monarchy, which helps them embrace the Founders' reluctance to have a strong executive under the Articles of Confederation as well as their desire to build in checks of executive...