As a creative way to have students practice vocabulary and reading skills, they can participate in this job advertisement activity. Students use a fill-in-the-blank format to answer 6 questions relating to an advertisement. At the bottom...

Students discover characteristics of a good friend. In this social skills lesson, students read Clifford's Manners and discuss ways Clifford used his manners in the story. An activity that rewards students for modeling being courteous...

Students participate in various activities which address Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In this holiday lesson, students are exposed to Hebrew songs and construct Haiku poems about Yom Kippur.

First graders create a book about themselves and their world. In this All About Me book lesson plan, 1st graders complete prewriting activities, along with sharing their books with others.

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book The Jones Family Express. For this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have...

Students construct Valentine's Day cards. In this holiday lesson, students use felt, construction paper, markers, and glue to create unique Valentine's Day cards.

In this shape recognition learning exercise, students trace the circles in the caterpillar and color them each a different color. Students then trace the 6 circles at the bottom of the page.

Students practice using free association as a pre-writing technique as they list things that they are thankful for. They share the lists of words and apply them when they write a descriptive essay or poem after identifying commonalities...

Students take photographs of themselves, animals, and objects and used these photos as springboards for writing stories, plays, photo captions, comic strips, ads for products, and greeting card messages.

First graders view an animated picture on a Web site. Creatively they decide which objects to add to the picture for flair. In addition, sentences are written to describe what they see and hear in the picture they helped to create.

Students look at pictures of the US president, his job, family and the White House. They draw and write about the new rules and laws that they would make if they were elected president.

Students create The Very Hungry Kindergartner books. In the books, students will write in and illustrate a page for each month they are in school.

Students learn how to sort #1 and #2 plastics and how to weigh and read a digital scale. The bags are then collected and weighed on a digital scale and the information is used to make bar graphs. They also write in their journal about...

First graders choose a community member, show how to resolve a conflict, and trade writing with a classmate. They match symbols that might represent the community members they have chosen.

Students copy a memorized nursery rhyme on to writing paper. They illustrate their writing and the finished piece is posted for conferences or Back-to-School night.

Students create a cookie that is inspired by their holidays. They write a paragraph explaining why the shape represents their holiday.

Students develop their reading and writing skills in this year long activity. They discuss the physical traits that they have in common and those physical traits that make them unique. Students draw a portrait of their partners and write...

Students create their own plants and write about them using digital cameras, AppleWorks, and the educational program Kid Pix. Emphasis is placed on the creative process and reflective writing.

Students create a rainforest poster and move to music learning about the rainforest. For this rainforest lesson plan, students express themselves in a variety of ways using their knowledge of the rainforest. Activities include creating a...

Learners write a poem by choosing a word and then creating a poem out of the individual letters of their word. They brainstorm words for each letter of their poem then create it and publish it using a word processor.

Students investigate Woody Guthrie's beliefs. In this citizenship activity, students research and discuss the beliefs of Woody Guthrie and write down several facts that they learned.

In this shape worksheet, students trace a large oval, then trace the word oval beneath the shape. Worksheet is part of a site with links to additional activities.

In this shape worksheet, students trace ovals and color them blue, then trace and color ovals on a picture of a crown. Worksheet is part of a site with links to additional activities.

Students complete an getting to know each other activity. In this personal names lesson, students play a name game, read a book about names, and then discuss why names are important. Students design a name card on oak tag rectangles and...