Teaching job skills to your learners with special needs before they enter the workforce is a great way to ensure that they will gain employment. For this lesson, your students will become the school's very own mail or delivery people....

Students create a valentine mailbox. In this holiday lesson, students celebrate Valentine's Day and create a mailbox for valentines.

Any preschool teacher would be thrilled to have a resource like this one. It includes activity ideas, discussion leads, book suggestions, and a glossary for learners ages 2 - 5. The entire booklet focuses on ways to teach young children...

Middle schoolers solve the mystery of the kidnapped teacher by analyzing a ransom note using paper chromatography. They carefully prepare ink samples from the note to known ink samples to determine the kidnapper.

Students view several different types of triangles. They discuss attributes of a triangle with a partner. Students use a straw cut into pieces to create a triangle. They complete a Triangle Hunt worksheet (teacher created). Students...

Students view a concrete example of the size of assorted dinosaurs.

Youngsters learn about community through exploration of their own neighborhood.In this lesson about community, learners create a community in their classroom. Students think about what their community looks like by making a map. Learners...

Students complete a variety of activities exploring the joys and science of bubbles. They listen to the book "Bubbles Bubbles" by Mercer Mayer, create a bubble picture using Kid Pix, and explore blowing bubbles. Students experiment...

Students explore and react to the painting The Road to Santa Fe. In this interacting with art lesson, students locate various objects in the painting.  Students copy the angle of objects by using their bodies.  Students discuss...

After hearing the Passion, Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection, through an account of the gospel writer St. Mark students will comprehend the saving story of our Christian faith. They comprehend their language skills by writing and...

Students practice the alphabet using a variety of songs, books and activities.

Third graders participate in classroom game to practice place value skills. In this place value lesson, 3rd graders recognize matching digits of the same value. Students record their numerals and their value by writing in standard...

Second graders research penguins. In this all about penguins lesson, 2nd graders identify facts from their readings and write an expository paper using proper capitalization and punctuation. 

First graders explore the importance of balanced meals. They play a fishing game to help them select foods to make up a balanced meal.

Second graders practice identifying the four cardinal directions. After locating a compass rose on a map, 2nd graders explain each point that corresponds to a direction. Using a toy ship as a manipulative on a map, students observe its...

Students study direction as they listen to the stories of Little Red Riding Hood and The Jolly Postman. In this cardinal direction lesson, learners create a map to show the path Little Red Riding Hood took in the story and label the path...

Pupils review the food groups and their placement on the food pyramid. Using the internet, they research the nutritional guidelines for different age groups and compare them. To end the lesson, they identify reasons for choosing the...

Student complete a number of activities using computer based resources and primary sources to research the fur trade. They answer questions using the computer research.

Students explore the five Native American regions. They compare and contrast the dwellings, clothing, and tools of the Native American groups. Students research one group of Native Americans. They build totem poles, pueblos, weave...

Students are read the book, "Dear Mr. Blueberry". They collect pennies to adopt a whale from a foundation. They write letters to their whale asking it questions about what they would like to know about him.

Fifth graders design a cultural recipe book that promotes cultural development and an appreciation of the students' ethnic backgrounds. They research on the Internet, the historic perspective of specific cultures. The project concludes...

Students explore the concept of leadership and identify leaders from the past and present. They brainstorm qualities of effective leaders, research a leader from the past and develop a presentation on their findings and choose a local...

Learners cut and fold envelopes and address them themselves. In this envelopes lesson plan, students follow 8 sets of directions on how to make and send an envelope with a letter inside.

Fourth graders us a Weather Log data chart to record the date, time, day, and weather. They discuss different instruments and charts needed to record the information. Students turn in their weather logs at the end of two weeks and...