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Using KidPix

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover how to use a software program known as KidPix. They create a slideshow noting the differences between rocks and minerals. They share their slides with the class.
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Digital Portfolio

For Teachers K - 6th
Students work together using The Tool Factory Workshop to create memories for the entire school year. They (sixth graders) help the kindergarten with field day, grade level parties, local field trips, learning computer applications, and...
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Aesop's Fables

For Teachers K
Students read a fable about a lion and a mouse. They discuss the differences between the two animals. As a class, they discover the lesson of the story. Then they make puppets and reenact the fable.
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Letter A Word Search

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice their handwriting and word recognition. In this letter A lesson, students identify eight words with pictures as they use lowercase letters to complete an elementary word search.
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W Is For Wyoming

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars engage in a lesson plan about the state of Wyoming. They complete a worksheet looking for facts and identify some common symbols used to represent the state. The symbols are used to practice sounds and give context to...
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The Shape of Disaster - Current Event- Swine Flu/Hurricanes/Tornadoes/Wild Fire

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a disaster preparation book. In this disaster preparation lesson, students research disasters and use the kidspiration program to create a shape to represent each disaster. They create a page for each disaster.
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Alphabetical Order

For Teachers K
Students participate in a teacher lead teacher activity. They sit in a circle while the teacher places four ABC cards down and has a student identify the missing letter. After the demonstration, they are broken into small groups to...
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Visit My Class Wikis

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students visit the links on the blog site to learn about class wikis. In this technology integration lesson, students visit the links to view class wikis.
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Choosing Where to Act

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners work together to reach a consensus about an issue. They examine a list of organizations and determine which ones meet a given set of criteria. They write supporting sentences for main ideas to end the lesson plan.
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Hooper Dooper Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students play a rendition of tag. They use hula hoops to freeze and unfreeze players on the field. Complete rules included in plan.
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Evaluating Music

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners identify an object by drawing something that reminds them of how they feel when they are calm or at peace. In this music lesson, students depict a musical instrument making peaceful music, and then an instrument making loud...
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Sky Stories Curriculum

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the stories told by ancient cultures about the constellations. They listen to stories told by the Greeks and Romans. The classroom should have posters of constellations for the lesson and the teacher performs...
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Animals in Japan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast common animals children love and have as pets in Japan and America in this early elementary lesson. The culminating project is an original work of art by each student depicting an animal of their choice.
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Daddy's Big Shoes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create something for their fathers. In this daddy's big shoes lesson, students trace their dad's shoe to create a template.  Students fill the shoe with reasons why they think dad is special. 
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If You Give a Pig a Pancake - P is for Pancakes!

For Teachers K
Students read "If you give a pig a pancake" then write the letter P with pancake batter on a griddle tablet for a yummy treat to eat!
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How Many Buttons

For Teachers K
Help learners explore the concepts of more than, less than, and equal to. They participate in a button attribute activity, play a game using buttons and a die, draw the sets of buttons in their journal, and play button bingo.
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Easter Egg Surprise

For Teachers K
Young readers describe objects by using describing words. After reviewing the five senses, they use their senses to gain information about an object. Then as homework, they write three descriptive words about a mystery object and place...
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Fall Apple Unit

For Teachers K
1. practice numeral recognition 1- 10 2. practice counting a set of concrete objects and match it to the corresponding numeral 3. identify a digital camera and learn to take a picture;The students will: 1. Listen to the book, "Ten Apples...
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Toothpick Sculpture

For Teachers K - 5th
You'll be surprized at how much engineering, design, and creativity can go into a toothpick and a marshmallow. Learners make toothpick sculptures where they construct three-dimentional models by sticking marshmallows and toothpicks...
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Collecting Rocks

For Teachers K
Students examine how rocks are formed, used, and how to collect them. They listen to and discuss the book, Let's Go Rock Collecting, sort rock samples, and collect rocks from home.
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Prejudice and Body Image

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate our society's pressures to conform to standards of beauty - particularly to be thin - and the related prejudice against being "overweight."
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Tell Me A Story -- Feelings

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice using feelings as a way to reflect on past experiences. The poem The End and the text Tell Me a Story Mama are used to identify feeling words. As an extension, pupils participate in a service learning project and...
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Minerals - The Building Blocks of Rocks

For Teachers K
Students examine how rocks are composed of different minerals. They analyze rock samples, then examine cookies, sorting out the simulated mineral ingredients from the cookies and identifying the mineral ingredients.
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"Tongue Tangle"

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in a study of phonics that focuses on the beginning sounds with an emphasis upon varying types of genres that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They recognize the beginning sounds of words and make physical...

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