The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs Lesson Plans

Students use Jack and the Beanstalk to explain economics and money. In this money instructional activity, students read the fairy tale and answer questions on the online website. They see how money is accepted as a medium of exchange and beans are not and complete activities. 

First graders participate in home and school based literacy activities in this unit. They examine fables in school and practice the literacy activities at home.

Take your class to the theater! First graders will examine characters that actors play such a villians and heroes. Then participate in creating plays and performing in them. They will also research what it takes to create scenery, props and costumes and take a unit assessment.

Young scholars practice skills at various activity centers, including: weight measurement, money, art, nonstandard length measurement, problem solving, music, reading and writing.

Students engage in a lesson that is about chicken. They cover the history and conduct a science activity using the bones. They find the wishbone of a chicken and make wishes. Upon finishing they write using metaphors and similes for a chicken. The lesson includes abundant background information for the teacher.

Pupils complete activities where they identify and decipher common phrases that are related to poultry and then cook drumsticks as a class. In this poultry lesson plan, students also read the history of the chicken and create idioms.

Students study how to use prepositions by using manipulatives based on the story "Jack and the Beanstalk" to retell the story orally. After the oral retelling, which includes the proper use of prepositional word, they write the story in their own words. Also, the students discuss the story elements. In an assessment, the match prepositions to the corresponding illustrations.

Pupils list the roles and functions of money. They apply the definition of money to various alternatives to money. Describe the role of banks. They explain that money has evolved over the course of time.

Young scholars examine Thomas Jefferson's view of slavery. In this slavery lesson plan, students watch segments of the video "Slavery and the Making of America." Young scholars respond to discussion questions as they watch the video and make inferences regarding Jefferson's position on slavery.

Sixth graders explore the four kinds of folklore in this seven instructional activity unit. Through reading a variety of legends, muths, fables, and folklores the concepts pf the lessons are synthesized byStudents.