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

First graders practice oral and silent reading using beginning  comprehension and decoding strategies. In this guided reading lesson, 1st graders take a picture walk and make plot predictions prior to reading the book Rain by Robert...

Students explore phonics by participating in a word sound activity. For this repeating vowels lesson, students identify the sound that is made from the letters "ee" and words in which the consecutive vowels appear.

This brief introduction to reading time on analog and digital clocks has learners examine two clock faces, one of each type. They determine the time (4:30 on the analog and 6:30 on the digital). An explanation on the bottom describes the...

It's warm-up time for your counters! Project this short worksheet, covering up the explanation as learners try to solve the number sequence. They are given the beginning and ending numbers (four and 10), but have to complete the middle....

Learners discover the threats to dogs by investigating dogfighting.  In this animal cruelty lesson, students read the state laws pertaining to animal safety and dogfighting.  Learners compile dogfighting facts into a poster and...

Young scholars make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking activity, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.

First graders practice identifying plants by singing a song.  In this plant life lesson, 1st graders sing the song "Parts of a Plant" which is based on the anatomy of sunflowers.  Students discover agriculture techniques while...

Students discover African musical rhythms by performing Ancestral Spirit Dances.  In this musical lesson plan, students research Willis "Bing" Davis and the abstract work he created.  Students listen to Yoruba drum music and...

Students investigate the idea of community by taking a field trip.  In this civics lesson, students participate in a supervised walk around their neighborhood while identifying characteristics and objects that make their home town...

The objectives in the resource allow students to explore the characteristics of simple solid shapes. Youngsters learn to recognize the face shapes, corners, and edges that make up 3-D figures by filling in a chart. Lastly,...

Children with special needs participate in several activities to reinforce shape and color recognition. They sign the word leaf, sing a song about leaves, and bounce leaves around on a parachute. They then help the instructor name...

Young athletes put together the athletic skills they need to play different sports in the eighth week of this physical education unit. First they work on basic skills like running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and catching....

The second instructional activity in a series from ReadWorks.org, this instructional activity continues to explore the difference between fiction and nonfiction texts. The instructional activity opens with the teacher reviewing a class...

Start communicating in American Sign Language with this handy app. Made up of a series of video clips, the app makes it easy to begin really saying something with your hands.

Young scientists learn that seeing isn't necessarily believing when it comes to the states of matter. After performing a fun class demonstration that models the difference between solids, liquids, and gases, children complete a series of...