Students demonstrate keeping steady beat through practice exercises and stepping to the beat using instruments such as conga drums, tambourines and rhythm sticks.

Students explore the parts of a flower and pollination of flowers. In this plants instructional activity, students use an interactive whiteboard to label the parts of a plant and the functions of each part. Students complete a worksheet...

Students explore caring for animals. They explore some of the key features of animal care and discuss the various events that horses can compete in. Students discuss the skills and preparation that is required when preparing horses for...

Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...

Young scholars explore new authors and genres they might like to read. The understand the ingredients of a book review. They write book reviews using persuasive language to recommend books.

Ninth graders expand their reading vocabulary in order to increase comprehension. They play a game using vocabulary from a novel.

Students participate in pre-reading activities such as looking at the graphics on the cover, reading the synopsis on the back cover, reading the dedication, and discussing the title. Students read the text aloud, stopping at strategic...

In this Language Arts worksheet, students complete a table about letters. Students include information such as what the letter is for and why it was written.

Student develop the importance of a healthy friendship. In this healthy friendship lesson , 4th graders participate in role-playing and enhance their interpersonal skills as well as their life skills.  Students...

Students observe how lava flows from a volcano by watching the teacher create a mini volcano with shaving cream.

For this grammar mistakes worksheet, students find the mistakes English native speakers make when using their own language. Students identify one mistake in each sentence below and write the letter of the category that it belongs to....

Students study the artist Wassily Kandinsky as well as his art and and music. In this art appreciation lesson, students view a variety of Kandinsky's work and circular color studies. Students relate the use of color to emotion...

Students work with the /sh/ digraph. They read and spell words that contain the phoneme /sh/. Students read Sh!Sh! Stop that Noise. They identify the words containing the phoneme /sh/ while reading the story. Students practice spelling...

Students explore the five food groups as well as the specific foods found in each of these groups.

Students listen to examples of fiddle music and violin music to determine the similarities and differences between the two musical forms. A video link is included in this introductory lesson to fiddle music (Part One of Two).

Students investigate the song of the "Oriental Festmarch" while listening to the march. They conduct research about the genre of the march in music. They answer some key questions in order to create the context for the lesson.

Pupils analyze the architecture of Louis I. Kahn. In this architecture analysis instructional activity, students analyze how a design is conceptualized and compare examples. Pupils complete image based discussion and two related...

Young scholars discover the history of the United States by examining the Great Migration.  In this U.S. History lesson, students research the immigration movement on the Internet and complete a worksheet about the large population...

Students explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Students create clay animal characters...

Fourth graders examine qualities of friendship. In this friendship lesson, 4th graders investigate responsible decisions and healthy relationships.  Students will role-play relationship situations.

Young scholars use educational software about different dinosaurs to determine what group of dinosaurs each belongs in.

Students refine their usage of past simple or present perfect. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs and utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them gain practice with time signifiers.

Second graders complete story maps in order to retell stories to the class.

Fourth graders make studenT books to share with elementary students that teach a universal rule that obeys both conscience and authority.