Scholars participate in chants, grand discussions, and complete practice pages in a We Can Do It! themed unit. Designed to provide extra support, the assortment of lessons cover topics such as r-controlled vowels, comparatives...

Young scholars read and compare Cinderella stories using a worksheet. They write and illustrate original tales with a twist.

Students organize picture cards of the sequene of how food gets from a farm to their home. They then sequence cards of how coffee grown in Colombia gets to their home comparing the differences.

Learners read a story and write math problems.  In this reading and math comprehension lesson, students preview and read the book "One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab".  Learners predict ways to get a sum of 11, write math equations...

In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book Froggy Gets Dressed by completing an activity at home with parents. Students cut out 3 articles of clothing depicted in the book and paste them in the chart by the correct caption.

Young scholars investigate the parts of a book by reading a story about a dog.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students utilize their memory to place pictures from the book Harry the Dirty Dog in order from start to finish....

Students are read the story "The Cat Came Back". Using Spanish, they communicate the context of the story with each other. They practice using new vocabulary, identifying main characters and putting the events into order. They use the...

Students make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson plan, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.

Students imitate action words in the story and engage in cumulative movement patterns.

Students are read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" page by page and discuss their favorite types of cookies. They predict what they believe will happen next based on what has already happened in the story. They practice putting...

In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book The Gingerbread Man by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students cut apart 6 picture/caption cards and then put them in order according to the sequence in the story.

In this reading worksheet, learners respond to the book Cookie's Week by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students cut out 7 scenes depicted in the story and paste them on the days of the week chart to show when they happened.

Nearly all students have seen pregnant women and may have questions about human development. Intended for secondary students with mild to moderate mental disabilities, this lesson defines the process of pregnancy  in a...

Here is a terrific lesson on teaching homophones to your upper graders! In it, homophone word cards and homophone bingo cards, which are embedded in the lesson, are used in a game format which reinforces this important part of speech....

Here is a good activity on butterflies and caterpillars. After listening to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, young learners put cards that depict the life cycle of a butterfly in the correct order. There are some good ideas for center...

Students investigate the house building process by naming building materials and sequencing the steps.

Students match pictures of barnyard animals with the sound that they make. In this barnyard animals lesson plan, students read books, and retell barn stories.

First graders read a story from their textbooks about women in the 1850's. They discuss what it was like to be a woman living in American during this time period. They brainstorm heroines of American history and then discuss woman...

Learners create a storybook using vocabulary from the topic "urban and rural life". They write about past events in a children's story. They present their story to the class at an author's tea.

First graders read a story from sentence strips and charts. Student pairs are called on to read their answer and move that strip to the top of the chart. One line of students moves down, giving each student a new partner. The activity...

Young scholars examine the lunar phases by locating and graphing the Moon phase of their own birthdays. They listen to and discuss lunar myths and create their own Birthday Moon Stories.

Students listen to a read aloud about African animals as they access a watering hole. They discuss the characteristics of Africa such as the temperature, it distance from the students, and lifestyle of the animals. They talk about how...

Students listen to The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and use a teacher created puppet for a listening activity.  In this Hungry Caterpillar lesson, students recall the order of events in the story with the puppet and cards of the...

First graders read a book with the teacher while encountering unfamiliar words and learning how to use context clues and visual clues to understand the material.  In this reading comprehension instructional activity, 1st graders...