After enjoying chapter 3 from Robert McCloskey's classic chapter book Homer Price young scholars will work together to expand upon McCloskey's description of how the donut-making machine works. Focusing on a variety of transitions,...

This is a hands-on lesson that will help students explore shapes in their environment. Students will work in diverse groups to complete this activity. Students will make a class book of their findings.This lesson plan was created as a...

In this activity, students will learn vocabulary related to a community. The class will create a class Community ABC Book as a culminating activity to show what they have learned about what it means to be part of a community.

During this lesson, students engage in a virtual game of "Twenty Questions" with another class. They will utilize textbooks, trade books, the Alabama Virtual Library, and other Internet sites for reference. Each team (class) will be...

In this unit from Hubbard's Cupboard, an elementary class will read several books together, each having a strong connection to the next. There are ideas for cross-curricular lessons, so this could be a site that shapes the next several...

Students will select a book from an assigned section in the non-fiction area of the library. After reading the books, students will write a paragraph that summarizes the content area of the book. Students will illustrate the book that...