Students create and utilize a slide/tape presentation to enhance understanding of the nature of office work. They become aware of the skills, and knowledge necessary to be successful in the office environment.

Study the /o/ in both written and spoken words by reciting a tongue twister and making words using Elkonin letterboxes. Next, write a message about frogs using /o/ words. Finally, listen to a short book talk on "Doc in the Fog" before...

Students recognize the short /o/ sound in written and oral words in this lesson plan. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "The Big Top" and identify the words in the...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...

Learners review short vowel sounds. They complete a variety of activities as they discover how to say the short /o/ sound, write the letter 'o', and pronounce words with the short /o/ sound. They read stories with short /o/ words in them.

Students cut out a large rectangle from brown paper with scissors. They fold the narrow end up, leaving room for a flap at the top and have the teacher staple the edges of the pouch together. They then decorate their pouch with markers...

Learners engage in a lesson of emerging literacy that focuses on phonemic awareness. The phoneme for the letter "p" is chosen for the lesson and students must acquire the skill of letter recognition also.

Students investigate how: A single phoneme, which is a vocal gesture in spoken words, can be represented by more than one grapheme. Also how a digraph is the combination of two letters that make one sound (there are both vowel and...

Student read pseudo words containing the e=/e/ correspondence and recognize sounds in vocal gestures and words. They explore the e=/e/ correspondence, or short e vowel sound and complete a letter box lesson, reading words that contain...

Students identify the consonant digraph -sh in words and phrases. They practice recognizing the digraph /sh/ through tongue twisters and storytelling. Students read and spell words and pseudowords containing the -sh digraph.

Students solve word problems relating to economic choices. In this economic choices lesson, students discuss the importance of budgeting and how to save money. Students complete a economic choices worksheet.

Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this tier two vocabulary instructional activity, students read the book Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship and identify the use of specific...

Students explore simple machines and demonstrate thier acquired understanding by building a simple machine.

Students trace their bodies onto butcherblock paper and then add clothes, hair, eyes, mouths, etc. They use them to identify their body parts.

Students demonstrate knowledge of the phases of an interview. They explain the different types of interviews and see when these types be used. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them practice.

Students read the All American Success Story and answer comprehension questions. They write an essay about a person they consider to be a successful person.

Students examine Houdini, and his legacy in the world of magice. Also, they explore documentary techniques that help tell a story. In addition, they perform a magic trick and discuss what goes into a magic act.

Students research a choosen career on the internet. They gather pertinent and interesting information about their choosen career and construct a display for the career along with a written report which is displayed in class.

Students identify the various forms of personal identification cards available in their community. They explain the different uses for each form of identification using "this and that" vocabulary.

Students, while extensively reviewing the vocabulary list on the board, identify/examine/produce the proper forms of identification in preparing to obtain employment in the United States.

Pupils talk about the types of insects that you might see if you looked in the garden. They then brainstorm for ideas about how to solve the problem, sort objects into categories and display the results and count the objects in a...

Students guess the subject of the given problem by reasoning. Then they discuss the ways that the problem could be solved by keeping track of their counting in 10s and showing their work.

Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a short /i/ tongue twister, then spell words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book...

Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing the importance of fluent reading, 3rd graders complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...