Students use the Internet to learn and/or review map and globe skills and will recognize the difference in perspectives as shown on maps.

Students create a classroom story quilt based on a story (or series of stories) read as a group.

Students play a variation of the Concentration game to practice math skills matching numbers with visual pictures. They have 20 cards, ten with pictures of items drawn on them. They other ten are numbered. They try to match correct pairs.

First graders solve one problem per day regarding the story of Three Little Pigs. In this math journals lesson plan, 1st graders solve problems on a daily basis using the story of the Three Little Pigs.

This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This simple activity will enhance the descriptive writing of primary aged children. By building upon each page of the flipchart over a period of several days, it makes the students more aware of nouns,...

The writer will first create an original imaginary friend, inspired by Ted from Tony DiTerlizzi's wonderful picture book. The writer will then think of an ordinary activity done on a daily basis, like feeding the family dog. The writer...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Here you will find all kinds of fun resources to celebrate the 100th day of school. Reproducible bookmarks, certificates for perfect attendance, coloring and dot-to-dot activities, math activities,...

In a writing workshop activity, students determine the specific dietary, habitat, and reproductive strategies of an organism through research and observation.

This activity assesses rather students know how to correctly write numerals. The teacher will ask students to write the number that is spoken. Extra tips for this activity are included.

Lesson plan makes use of weekly poems for young scholars to read, discuss, and study. Students compile a poetry portfolio to use for further learning in reading and writing, as well as engaging in interactive activities such as creative...

This site features a lesson plan for William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble." Come and check out this creative activity.

This Plum Landing activity from PBS Kids engages students in using imagination. Students will think about their environments and then write and or draw what visitors would see.

Contains plans for eight 50-minute lessons that use Ezra Jack Keats books to teach predicting, comparing and contrasting, and problem solving. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF...

Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.

This activity is a basic introduction to writing simple equations. Students are given a set of numbers and will pick two numbers that add to make six. They will write an equation that shows that those two numbers add to make 6.

Here is an excellent list of ideas for teachers to utilize in their classroom to accompany paragraph writing skills. These creative and exciting activities will sharpen your student's writing abilities.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the insect world using activities and lesson plans that emphasize cross-curricular learning.

Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.

Learners will be given double-sided counters/dots to complete this activity. They will take five counters in their cupped hands (or a cup), shake them around, pour them onto the desk. Next, they count how many counters are yellow and how...

Students will practice counting, adding, and writing numerals with this activity. This would be an ideal independent activity for centers. An example of student work is included.

Students will practice counting, number identification, and writing numerals in this competitive game. This activity lends itself to many variations.

The teacher will prepare number lines for the students to trace. These number lines can be taped to the desk to be used for number recognition, sequencing, counting, "number forward", and "number backward" activities. An example is...

Students will make their best guesses as to how many marbles are in a bag. After recording 4-5 guesses, the teacher writes the number representing the total on the board, and the students then help sort their guesses into less than,...