Students listen to the poem Fall Colors and find their favorite Fall color.  In this Fall color lesson, students recognize the Fall color words.  Students make leaf prints with their favorite colors. Students talk about their...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. They create a scrapbook of the characters in the book, play a reading comprehension maze game, and participate in an online...

Young scholars read and compare and contrast a variety of books by their favorite authors. They sort books from various authors and identify themes and patterns in writing and drawings. They also create their own book in the style of...

Students examine fractured fairy tales before responding by writing in many different genres including a persuasive essay, a personal narrative, a letter, an advertisement, and a resume'. They create a pop-up book with their written...

Students examine the consequences of time travel through the analysis of the short story "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury. They watch a PowerPoint presentation, conduct Internet research on endangered ecosystems, and create a...

Students examine a variety of ways that families celebrate winter holidays. They complete a graphic organizer comparing Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, and write a five-sentence paragraph about one of the holidays discussed. Students...

Learners examine their own family heritage and share family stories with the class. They differentiate between primary and secondary sources, and bring in and write about three artifacts from their family. They conduct an interview...

Students create a graphic timeline depicting who they are, where they've been and where they think they are going in their lives. They analyze and reflect upon the important events of their lives, and then use this as a starting point...

Students explore the properties of electricity.  In this electricity lesson, students construct an electric game board circuit using their knowledge of a series electrical circuit. Students develop game ideas based on current...

Students read Everybody Cooks Rice and discuss birthday celebrations around the world.   In this cultural differences lesson, students discuss the Chinese symbols by birth years.  Students create a graph by symbol. ...

First graders investigate the proximity of objects in space. In this proximity lesson, 1st graders place a felt spider in different locations on a teacher made book, and they describe its proximity to certain items in that book. Students...

First graders listen to Shapes and The Greedy Triangle to identify and describe examples of geometric shapes.  For this geometric shapes lesson, look for geometric shapes in real world places.  Students make a mobile of shapes...

Second graders create their own water treatment system. In this water treatment instructional activity, 2nd graders create the water treatment system and record how it works. Students list materials they used and write about what they...

Fifth graders make predictions of the resulting colors when colors are mixed.  In this colors lesson, 5th graders discuss vocabulary related to mixing colors.  Students are asked to paint a picture of five colors from two...

Students are introduced to news writing being a concise, factual, and informative type of writing. They assess that publishing an article in a newspaper style utilizes a word processing program. Each student researches the Titanic and...

Students preview the novel, "Dragonwings," by Laurence Yep, make connections between the novel previewed and their prior knowledge, other texts, and the world. They utilize graphic representations including charts, graphs, pictures, and...

What is technology and how can it help us? Using a activity, students read a list and choose practical applications of scientific knowledge, brainstorm examples of home, school and hospital technology, graph answers in a pie chart, and...

Students experience Colonial life and explore the customs of the 17th century. In this colonial America lesson plan, students play dress up, barter items, author pledges, and review 17th century etiquette.

Students read a cumulative text. In this Shoes from Grandpa lesson plan, students examine language usage, different media sources, and literary devices.

Students enjoy Leo Lionni's illustrations in Frederick and watching how Frederick uses his imagination. In this Frederick lesson plan, students practice dramatic techniques as they retell traditional literature.

Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students learn the importance of recycling as they explore how things can be reused or recycled again and again.

Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students explore the mouth, where digestion begins.

Learners examine the attributes of stories. For this literary elements lesson, students discuss the characters, plots, and settings of books they read in class.

Students examine the concepts related to stereotypes. In this stereotyping lesson plan, students define the word "stereotype" before working in a group to develop stereotype statements. They determine if the statements are fair. They...