In these lowercase letters worksheets, students cut out the feet pattern printed with the alphabet lowercase letters a-z. Students place the feet on the floor and step on each letter in alphabetical order.

Young scholars examine fairy tales. As an introductory activity, students play the statue game. In groups, they write statements that tell the plot of the story. Using props, and without voices, young scholars retell the story by...

Students assemble different items onto large poster boards containing each letter of the alphabet. They use either pictures or words for each object. They also play the banana game where they complete a grid for each letter while...

Learners read a jingle about shamrocks to learn basic poetry and participate in a seasonal activity. In this seasonal jingle lesson, students' names are written on shamrocks to insert themselves into a jingle about shamrocks.

Students discover ways to surf the Internet while being kept safe from other web dangers.  In this web surfing lesson, students utilize several different web programs such as imbee.com, Disney's Surfswell, and Netsmartz, which allow...

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Strong to the Hoop. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...

In this word families matching worksheet, learners cut out 24 word cards. Students place beginning sound cards face down in one group and word family ending sound cards face down in a separate group. Learners turn over cards to make...

In this back to school worksheet, students cut out 3 pictures and 3 words with a back to school theme. then use them to play a matching or concentration. The words are "apple", "bus", and "school".

Learners practice decoding irregular words. In this irregular word fluency lesson, students read the irregular words from the word wall. Learners listen to the teacher read an irregular word and smack the word on the word wall with a fly...

Students explore how to choose and make friends through character cards that represent their favorite characters. They can drerss as their characters or use the cards as stick puppets to role play their friendly conversations.

Students explore religion by completing a cultural diversity activity. In this human compassion activity, students identify all of "God's Children" as their sisters and brothers. Students read the book Frederick in class and listen to...

Learners practice previously learned skills to the theme of "Dr. Seuss books".

Students identify types of teeth, tools for teeth, the people and behaviors associated with dental care. Then, they create a list of ways to take care of their teeth. Students also create a chart of dental care using key terms and...

For this capitalization interactive workhsheet, students read seven sentences and select the proper capitalization for each sentence.

Students discover ways to resolve conflicts. In this bullying lesson, students read a book about a boy who is having problems on the playground. Students discuss how the characters feel and what they do to stand up for themselves....

In this online/interactive activity about walking for exercise, students read about the benefits of walking their pets and answer multiple choice comprehensive questions. Students answer four multiple choice questions.

Young scholars explore Latin America by researching the favorite past time, baseball. In this Latin culture lesson, students identify the leaders in the Latin American baseball movement such as Felipe Alou, Jose Mendze, and the great...

Students explore English by identifying segments of words in class. In this phonetics instructional activity, students utilize flash cards which contain letters and mix them in order to create a "match" word. Students sound out the words...

Students will have fun learning about the letter "L" with the activities in this lesson plan. The author suggests reading "Lightning Bug" from the McGraw-Hill reading book. However, you may find other poems that are fitting for this...

Students write positive sentences about their classmates.  In this describing a classmate lesson, students discuss a picture presented by the teacher.  After the teacher tells why she likes this person, students write sentences...

Students read a story by Dr. Seuss and create characters from the story. In this lesson about reading a story, students will read I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories. Students make a tiger tail with a felt strip, attach it to...

Students construct a rainstick. In this music lesson, students investigate the history of the rainstick by reading the book Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. Students express their feelings about the rain and create...

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.

Students explore the five main components to reading fluency: faster reading, smoother reading, expressive reading, silent reading and voluntary reading. This instructional activity is designed to help children use expression as they...