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Everyday Study Skills
Students develop good study skills. In this lesson about setting and reaching goals, students come to understand the different steps to being successful in studying. Students are introduced to setting priorities, organizing their goals,...
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Animation Flip Books
Students investigate examples of animation made from a flipbook technique in order to learn how to create their own flipbook and to learn how this process looks like an animated cartoon. In this animation lesson, students will observe...
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Horticulture and Gardening
This 6 page information packet provides an overview of gardening and plants. Using this activity, learners could design their own gardens, using math, science and writing skills. There are 30 questions involved.
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Horticulture and Gardening
In this colorful packet, students engage in a variety of activities involving plants and seeds. After answering the 50 questions in the packet, learners can go on to delve into their own projects.
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4-H Line & Design Activity Page
In this 4-H activity learning exercise, students will select their favorite activities and projects from a menu of choices. Then they will work with their 4-H leaders and parents to create a project plan for the year. The activities...
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So You Want To Be A...
Students design Career Character Poster, research occupations of interest, write about their future career choices, and present a first-person narrative about their chosen occupation.
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SPACE CITY
Students learn the components of personal space by using hula hoops and role playing fire engines, police cars, taxi cabs, and cars.
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Screenwriter
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one paragraph text about screenwriters. Students answer one multiple choice question.
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The Changing Times of My Life
First graders discuss different milestones in their life such as bathing, dressing, eating, walking, etc. They brainstorm ideas of how the changes affected their life from the moment they occurred to the present. Students brainstorm and...
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Silly School vs. Super School
Students explore the importance of classroom jobs. They observe a puppet who is irresponsible and never gets her work completed and then discuss whether or not this puppet should be given a classroom job. As a class, they examine the...
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Community Helpers
Students bring in a tool that represents the work their parents do. They present and discuss the tool and write a story about how the tool might be used. They discuss what they would like to do when they grow up.
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Fossils
Pupils discuss the work of a paleontologist and examine several fossils and books on paleontology. They use clay and Plaster of Paris to create a cast of an object and compare this activity to the formation of fossils in nature.
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Is It Paella?
Young scholars observe a picture of a paella dish. Using a worksheet, they follow directions to explore international dishes. Afterwards, students play a similar game. In groups, young scholars describe dishes and play a vocabulary game.
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Office Secretary
Learners explore school secretaries. In this ELL vocabulary and language development activity, students look at pictures of school secretaries performing various jobs and give oral descriptions of what they see. Learners visit the school...
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Can We Draw Working People?
Students examine non-traditional careers by gender. In this guidance lesson, students discover career options are not limited by gender. Students identify a career of interest to them and illustrate themselves.
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Where Do I Belong?
Students complete a worksheet where they organize books on the book shelves. In this library lesson, students learn where each book belongs by using the order of numbers and letters. Students learn how to organize which is a life skill....
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Stakeholders Lesson
Students discover stakeholders in life situations. In this personal responsibility lesson, students ask and answer questions about real life scenarios, discussing who is at stake if things aren't handled correctly.
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Match the Trucks
Learners discover the many types of delivery work vehicles in the world. In this transportation lesson, students investigate how our local products get here, and where they come from. Learners solve a work sheet based on transportation...
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Career Paths in My Community
First graders study career opportunities in their local community. In this career exploration lesson, 1st graders answer 'Who Am I?' questions and study career path posters. Students list the skills they've learned at school and work in...
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Mandarin Mountains: Get a Job
Learners consider career options. In this career lesson, students use a selected Internet source to explore various jobs as well as the skills required for them. Learners also consider the contributions of workers to the communities they...
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Jobs
Students explore the importance of a job. In this career education lesson, students read the book Bear About Town and identify jobs in their community. Students draw pictures of a job they would like to have.
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Mother's Day Alphabetical Order: Jobs For Mom
In this Mother's Day learning exercise, students read a list of 16 jobs that can be held by mothers. Students alphabetize the list of words.
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Community Helpers
Students identify the different jobs of people in the community. In this careers lesson, students read Helpers in My Community and have parents come into the classroom to do a short presentation on their jobs.
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Verbs: Occupation Activities
In this verbs worksheet, students fill out a chart to categorize eight activities according to the careers listed. Example: directs traffic (a police officer).