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History Through Picture Books and Photographs
First graders become familiar with historical figures central to the Underground Railroad and anti-slavery.
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Sunny Sunflowers
First graders, after assessing how plants grow in relation to light, create models of sunflowers within a game to help them remember their science lesson plan. In addition, their visual models serve as a demonstration of photo tropism in...
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Valentines Wreaths
Students cut different sizes of hearts out of red and pink paper. In this art lesson, students create a valentine wreath by cutting the middle out of a paper plate and gluing the heart shapes to the plate. Students make bows out of yarn...
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A Baby is Crying...Aaa!
Students explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /a/ (short a). Students read and write words containing the phoneme /a/. They identify /a/ in written and spoken words. Students recognize the letter symbol for /a/ and find words with...
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Spiritual Qualities We Wish to Have
Students begin with identifying the meaning of each word and how to say a prayer with their whole body. They create something with clay to make a nice gift for someone or something that would help someone else. Finally, the students...
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Creation and Our Creator
Learners consider the creation. In this creation lesson, students observe nature and relate natural things to the creation. Learners watch a Christian video about the creation.
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50 States: New England States
Learners discover where certain states are located and what the look like. They look for their information on a web site. Each student is assigned a state which they must research then present to the entire class.
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Earth Day
Learners complete a variety of Earth Day activities. In this recycling and the environment lesson, students listen to Earth friendly music, create a car out of juice boxes, use soda cans and bottle caps to create a Halloween...
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Country Flags Quiz
In this online interactive country flag quiz learning exercise, students examine the 20 pictured country flags and try to name all of the countries represented in 4 minutes.
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Johnny Appleseed
Students investigate Johnny Appleseed. For this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students listen to Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg, and dictate important events in his life as the teacher writes them on index...
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 1, Grade 4
In this 4th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, 4th graders read 2 fictional selections and respond to multiple choice and open-ended questions regarding the pieces. Students also read 2 non-fictional...
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Family - Mish-pa-cha
Students review and practice Hebrew vocabulary for family members, listen to and sing the "Mishpacha Song" as a class, create vocabulary flash cards for each family member, and introduce family members in Hebrew while incorporating...
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"Once a Jolly Swagman" (Australian vocabulary)
Students listen to the song "Waltzing Matilda" in order to become familiar with some Australian words.
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Note Names and Note Values-An Interactive SMART Board Lesson
Students discuss note names and symbols. In this music lesson, students identify note names and values. Students play a game using the SMART board in which they identify note names and values.
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Johnny Appleseed Theme Unit: Day 2
Students participate in a variety of activities surrounding a thematic unit on apples and Johnny Appleseed.
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Owls
Students read books, learn about the letter o, and sing nursery rhymes all to learn about owls. In this owls lesson plan, students also make owls out of their hand prints.
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Reading: An Honest Boy
In this George Washington reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a paragraph about the first president and respond to 12 multiple choice questions regarding the paragraph.
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Holiday Algebra
Students use expansion and properties of power to identify the given initials of songs. In this word problem worksheet, students write the initials out using the exponents to find out how many words there are. There are 17...
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Why is It That Johnny Can't Read?
Students listen to and discuss Don Henley's song, "Johnny Can't Read" and the 10,000 Maniacs song, "Cherry Tree." They research reading literacy and find statistics, evidence, stories, facts, and sources which will support their beliefs...
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-s word accuracy
First graders practice reading words with s endings. In this word accuracy lesson, 1st graders view index cards containing various words that end in the letter s. Students practice saying these words and how adding any s makes...
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Bird Feeder
Students make bird feeders In this spring craft lesson, students follow the provided instructions to make peanut butter bird feeders. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Beaver Ecology
Learners explore the lives of bgeahvers. They identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that help beavers survive in their environment. Students compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and aquatic...
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Why Do Birds Sing
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a passage about why birds sing. They then answer the 10 questions about the reading.
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Penny, Nickel, Dime
Second graders recognize and compare the value of pennies, nickels, and dimes. They review counting pennies, nickels, and dimes.