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Where Do I Live?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the characteristics of communities. Students identify similarities and differences in communities. Students identify that all people have basic needs, understanding that these needs are met through the community. Students...
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States of Matter

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners study the vocabulary of the states of matter. For this states of matter vocabulary lesson, students investigate and study the meaning of the words solid, liquid, and gas. They experience demonstration lessons that give them...
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Keith Haring Lesson Series

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study Keith Haring by creating tee-shirts and a mural. In this art lesson, 2nd graders study the life and works of Keith Haring through his symbols. Students then make drawings reflective of Haring's style as music plays....
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students read the book The Grouchy Ladybug and answer study questions about the story. Students define a list of vocabulary...
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Give Me Five at Christmas Time

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study about senses by taking a walking field trip, creating a word bank, reading a story and singing a song.
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Wacky Web Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study the parts of speech and then review them. They identify each part of speech and place them on a tree map. Then they visit a website to create a "Wacky Web Tale" using information from the tree map. They print their tales...
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The Interesting Iguana

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice the representation of i=/i/ in correspondence and spoken words. They study spelling and reading words with i=/i/ in letterboxes, circling words in pictures that show words containing /i/, and view a chart with "The...
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Lincoln's Birthday

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students in and ESL classroom discover and discuss the importance of Abraham Lincoln and why we celebrate his birthday. They study vocabulary associated with Abraham Lincoln.
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Prepare to Read Nonfiction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students get an introduction to using KWL Charts as tools for reading nonfiction. They study unfamiliar words and share what they already know about the topic of the non-fiction selection and use this knowledge to help prepare to read.
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Using Contractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the use of contractions. In this contraction lesson, 2nd graders examine what contractions are and how to form them properly. They use a song to learn which words to change when forming contractions before writing 6...
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My Pile, Your Pile

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study words. In this fluency building instructional activity, students play a one on one game in which they read irregular words presented to them. They work with their teacher to keep as many irregular word cards as he or she...
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My Bones

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils integrate physical activity while studying the names of the bones in the body in a fun game form. They feel the bone in their body as the story talks about it. After doing this, they form a circle and sing the words to the song...
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Ohhhh Me, Ohhhhh My!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice identifying phonemes and recognizing letters in written words to become fluent readers. They study the phoneme /O/ in the tongue twister, "Oh No, my Nose needs an operation in October." Each student also interacts with...
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Shhhh...Something Is Fishy!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the consonant digraph /sh/. They listen to tongue twisters containing the /sh/ digraph and write words beginning with /sh/. They create words using Elkonin boxes that have the /sh/ digraph.
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Mushroom Prints

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students create a mushroom spore design on paper while studying the facts on fungi.
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Using Similes, Synonyms, and Antonyms

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Children study similes, synonyms, and antonyms and identify examples in the book Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood. They write short stories about themselves using antonyms, synonyms, and comparisons of themselves to animals. They draw...
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How Do You Say Hello?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students access an online resource to study how to say hello in Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic. They complete a worksheet telling how to say hello in these three languages before practicing the proper pronunciation of each.
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Worms And More

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars complete five center activities that in order to determine the attributes of length and area. They study the vocabulary associated with measurement of length and area. They use blocks, play dough, wrapping paper, and...
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Parts of Speech Museum

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students apply their knowledge of the basic parts of speech while studying them. They create display boards that show visual and written examples of the different parts of speech. The museum consists of project boards with pictures and...
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Moving with Music

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore and experience the basic concepts of crescendo, decrescendo, andante and allegro by moving with the appropriate signal in accordance to the music being sung. They study the words to the songs "Old McDonald,"...
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Songs And Stories About Bees

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study bees. In this nature lesson, students practice a busy bee song, read poems about bees, and discuss the concept of beekeeping.
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Apple: Bare to Pick

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate the seasons of the apple tree. In tree seasons lesson, students use a sun model and a globe to study the tilt of the Earth to create the seasons. Students discuss the tilt and the seasons. Students discuss...
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Geography: why is Arkansas a great place to grow rice?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with the geography of Arkansas and analyze why it is a good place for certain crops to grow.  In this rice lesson plan, 2nd graders list reasons Arkansas is a good place to grow rice. Students become...
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The Seed Match

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners study seeds and plants. In this science lesson, students explore seeds from various types of plants and complete a worksheet about seeds. Learners discuss plants that are fruits and vegetables and where they grow.

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