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Making Nests

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the lives of birds by researching their natural habitats. In this nest building lesson, 2nd graders investigate the craft of making a bird nest and discuss their useful qualities for the animals. Students utilize...
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The Flower Garden

For Teachers 1st
In this counting and coloring activity worksheet, 1st graders color 3 flowers red, 4 flowers orange, 5 flowers purple, and 2 flowers yellow.
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Scientific Images & Animations

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students view a variety of scientific images and animations. They explore the world of science and visual art. Students enrich their knowledge through animation examinations of thoughts and feelings and awesome color rainbows of...
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The Groundhog Came Out of His Hole

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students sing the song "The Groundhog Came Out of His Hole". In this music lesson plan, students sing a song and come up with matching hand motions. They use the same tune to make their own song. 
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Activity Three: Diary of a Driver

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore and document historic elements of Horatio's journey by creating a fictitious journal in Jackson's voice.
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Daily Language Exercises - Seasons

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners examine how to edit sentences daily as well as answer questions in complete sentences about the topic; in this case, seasons using the sheet provided. They practice editing skills to help them become better writers.
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Study Guide for Lelavision's Physical Music

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete activities for physical music analysis. In this physical music lesson, students read the biography for Lelavision musical sculptures, complete a sound and motion activity, and a making music activity. Students also...
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Farm Babies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use flash cards to match the mother names to the baby names for farm animals. In a designated "barn" in the room, students simulate being mothers, fathers, and babies. The baby must find his mother and father. Students visit...
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Puppetmania: Using Puppets in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students create puppets to teach concepts such as history and weather. In this Puppetmania lesson, students manipulate their puppets to show a range of emotions, facial expressions, and actions. Students design puppets and learn about...
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Prejudice and the Navaho Indian Long Walk

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read Scott O'Dell's book, Sing Down the Moon, and answer questions about the forced migration of the Navahos from Arizona to Fort Sumter, New Mexico. They conduct research and describe a tenebrae service and its importance.
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Haiku and Beyond: Exploring Genres of Japanese Literature

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and contrast the literature of Japan as they study the culture, history and geography of the island nation. They read various genres of literature, describe geographic and landform features of Japan, and find...
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Environmental Risk Management

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars are engaged in cooperative learning strategies and critical thinking activities to introduce topics of analysis, probability, assessment, and management as they apply to environmental risk. They choose a risk from the...
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The Princess Easter

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this holiday reading worksheet, students read a short story about the Easter holiday. Students then answer 5 questions about the story.
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The History and Poetry of In Flanders Fields

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the inspiration for the John Mc Crae's poem, In Flanders Field. They study sonnets and the use of tetrameter before discussing is considered to be a sonnet although it does not follow the pattern. They discuss the...
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Using Best Newspaper Writing in a Journalism Class

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the genre of journalism. In this journalism lesson plan, students examine newspaper articles and identify reporting techniques. Students collaborate to identify excellent pieces of newspaper writing.
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"The Block": Romare Bearden's and Mine

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study Bearden's style of collage and create their own collage that reflects their neighborhood. They are read "The Block" and poems about neighborhoods and write one about theirs.
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Todd Hido

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners do many activities and study one of Todd Hido's photographs to investigate composition and a sense of place.
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How To Stay Creative

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of creativity and how an artist maintains it. The positive influences to maintain it is the focus with the awareness of the negative influences that can possibly stifle creative thinking is also presented.
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Sneetches

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students engage in a lesson that uses guided questions in order to help create cultural awareness among students. The use of gender is considered and the students reflect upon the answers of questions to learn social skills.
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Corrugated Cardboard Relief Print Project

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use corrugated cardboard to create a printed relief project. Using the cardboard, they review geometric designs, shapes and discover how to use vertical and horizontal lines. They practice relief printing with different materials.
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Sentence Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students focus on sentence structure, and how to construct the necessary elements for a sentence to be considered complete. They practice diagramming sentences, focusing on the independent and dependent clauses.
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Everyone's an Author

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine variety of written pieces of quality fiction, discuss what different story elements are present and how those elements make stories as effective as they are, and create a class story.
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So You Want to Be A Poet?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study different types of poetry and then write examples in this unit. They write, among others, free verse, Diamante, Clerihew, and color poems.
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Teaching Acting Technique and Building a Character Through Cinema

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars review the style techniques related to the American Method Acting and practice using them in groups. Using various scenes from films, they try to recreate the scene using props. In groups, they discover the proper way to...

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