Classroom Assessment Lesson Plans

Students explore values that unite Americans. In this government lesson, students recall the symbols of America and discuss how to create a "Classroom Constitution." Students form rules and write their own Constitution.

Students generate ideas and then categorize them to make the classroom environment better. In this classroom environment lesson, students write paragraphs to detail their ideas. Students use Inspiration software and word to go to create a personal behavior statement. Students help others reach their personal goals.

Fourth graders complete several lessons in order to gain an overview of various facets of business. They read books about business, identify business careers that are of interest to them, write letters to local business leaders, listen to classroom presentations and create maps that document the history of a particular business.

Third graders explore the tenets of science class safety. In this science procedures lesson, 3rd graders determine their body parts that need to be protected in various classroom situations. Students observe safety equipment and complete a safety table worksheet regarding their safety practices discussions.

Students in a special education classroom are introduced to how the universe and solar system was formed. Using the internet, they research the characteristics of Earth that support human life. In groups, they compare and contrast Earth's characteristics and other planets. To end the lesson, they discuss the possibility of traveling further into the solar system.

Students investigate how to count to ten. They use money to count up to ten cents using different combinations of values. Students label items in the classroom with price tags and estimate the value. Then they create money strips and attach coins to them.

Students work cooperatively to measure objects using an inchworm ruler and a standard ruler. In this measurement and reading lesson, students read the Dr. Seuss book, "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" and use the characters as the basis of this measurement lesson. Students write "If I were one inch I..." Students are assessed on their ability to measure with a standard ruler and inchworm ruler.

Students celebrate party politics. In this American politics lesson, students discover what the 2 main political parties in the country are and discuss their functions. Students then participate in a classroom simulation that requires them to hold a mock convention.

Students analyze physical science by completing an on-line interactive project. In this light properties activity, students participate in light observation experiments which take place at different stations in the classroom. Students utilize the data they acquire from the experiments to complete a Web Quest regarding light and reflection.

Students simulate the workings of Congress by bringing the lawmaking process into their own classroom. They role-play congressmen and women attempting to pass a bill into a law through the appropriate steps.