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Get in Shape: Exercise Daily
Young scholars do four different exercises followed by a one lap run and four minute aerobic dance.
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Sense of Touch
Students explore the sense of touch. They listen to and discuss the book, I Can Tell By Touching, observe a demonstration of cold, and create a touch book using candy buttons, pine needles, cotton, burlap, and wax paper.
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Storytelling
Students study and participate in a Native American traditional learning experience--storytelling. They read legends and choose a legend to tell and illustrate.
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Wild Thing!
Students read Where the Wild Things Are. In this language arts lesson, students read the story and retell the story. Students tell a version of the story in which they turn themselves into wild things.
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Flying To Fluency
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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Ancient Story Problems
Pupils research ancient civilizations, and develop story problems using symbols and coins from those times. They retell these story problems using modern terms and coins.
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Separate Lives
Students read a New York Times article to explain apartheid and its legacies. They examine prejudice in their own lives by looking a the perception of discriminatory traits.
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Subtraction Action!
Students work together in teams to create subtraction problems based on the numbers their teacher gives them. They solve the problem in question. They complete timed tests to practice their skills more.
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What Do Monarch Caterpillars Eat?
Students use the scientific method to discover what monarch caterpillars eat. They observe the caterpillars for 2 minutes at a time and make observations.
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Castle Builder
Fifth graders discuss the importance of castles in medieval times. Using the internet, they research the parts of a castle and design their own using the components. They use everyday materials to build the castle to a specific scale.
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Learning About Honesty
Students read a short story about honesty, a character skill. They then answer comprehension questions and discuss the story with their classmates as well as study about the consequences of not telling the truth.
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Cultural Exploration In The Magazine
Students discuss how various cultures spend their work and leisure time through identifying activities in magazine photographs. With proper grammar and usage, they list the activities noted in the photos and describe their cultural...
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Speedy, Speedy Students Reading Fast
Students review basic reading decoding. Given books at their independent reading level, they read independently and with several different partners to increase reading fluency. They see how many more words per minute they can read after...
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P.E. Bees
Young scholars practice positive social skills and manners in this short lesson that is used to start each session of P.E. class. They identify a positive behavior, such as be on time, written on a bee cutout pasted among others on the...
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Philanthropy in Literature
Students define the term philanthropy and find examples of it in everyday life. In this philanthropy activity, students try to define philanthropy and illustrate it. Students then work in groups to define the term and create a web for...
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Character Education: Fairness
Students discuss issues related to fairness and the music industry with a variety of partners. In this character education lesson, students sit in a round formation and discuss five topics for one minute at a time before changing...
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To Cut or Not To Cut
Students examine the pros and cons of animal dissection and discuss various case studies in animal dissection. They research various perspectives of using animals as learning tools and write a position paper which tells their opinion on...
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Action Potential: A Student Project
Pupils demonstrate their knowledge of action potential by creating an analogy and explaining this analogy to the class. They illustrate the action potential on paper by creating an analogy to demonstrate action potential and write or...
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My Caring and Sharing Book
First graders read the book Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They consider when they have shared with someone or expressed caring. They write, illustrate and compile a fish book that tells of their caring and sharing experiences.
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What's in a Name?
Students examine how name-calling is a part of their lives and how it affects others. They write reflections of times in their lives when name calling and slurs have been involved. Also, they read articles that discuss the use of slurs...
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The Panama Canal, The World's Most Important Shortcut
Students, through teacher lecture and online activities, study the Panama Canal. They discuss how it was made and the hardships the workers encountered while building it. Through the eyes of one of these workers, they write a short...
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Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom
Students make tortillas. In this tortilla lesson plan, students add the ingredients to a bag, mix the ingredients, roll the tortillas out, and cook them. They spend 3 minutes coming up with as many round things as they can.
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Art as Storyteller
Learners examine how paintings tell stories. They read biographies about artists, analyze paintings, research and write the art history of a painting, write a creative story based on the painting, and create a painting in the artist's...
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Portable Sundial
Learners work together to identify the accuracy of sundials. They track the position of the sun and create a shadow plot. They discover the difference between real time and clock time.