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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice their reading comprehension while investigating vegetables.  In this children's literature lesson, students are read The Tale of Peter Rabbit in class and analyze the concept and themes.  Students complete...
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Beisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore Latin America by researching the favorite past time, baseball. In this Latin culture instructional activity, students identify the leaders in the Latin American baseball movement such as Felipe Alou, Jose Mendze, and the...
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday!

For Teachers K - 6th
Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and reading by participating in Read Across America day on March 2nd.
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Miss Nelson Is Missing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice identifying story elements and using vocabulary words from newly read books.  For this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book Miss Nelson is Missing, and complete several worksheets and a story map...
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Yum Yum: Making Vegetable Soup

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners investigate agriculture by reading a book.  In this plant life lesson, students read the book Growing Vegetable Soup by Louis Ehlert, and examine the ingredients used in the book's soup.  Learners create an...
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Let's Bowl!!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students demonstrate word fluency from the Dolch word list. In this word fluency lesson, students play a word identification game that involves a simulated bowling game. Students identify several words from the Dolch word list and color...
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Extra! Extra! Hear All About It!

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Young scholars summarize their weekly class activities by writing a newsletter.  For this journalism lesson, students create a multimedia presentation for their parents based on the classroom events that took place during the week....
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Glass Slipper Bullies

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners identify bullying behaviors through this cross curricular music and character education lesson. Learners read the story Cinderella and discuss how the stepsisters demonstrated bully behavior. Students create a new ending for the...
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Reduce Reuse Recycle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover methods that can save the planet by recycling.  In this sustainable planet lesson, students read The Berenstein Bears Don't Pollute Anymore, and practice memorizing the 3 R's.  Students write commitment...
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Introduce Compound Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice reading compound words. In this word identification instructional activity, 1st graders are introduced to several compound words and practice decoding the words by breaking them up into two parts. Students practice...
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Little Red Hen

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students thresh wheat. In this comprehension and comparison instructional activity, students read the Little Red Hen and retell the story based on the beginning, middle and end. Students get a wheat stem, predict the number of seeds in...
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Peace Calendar

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Young scholars discover ways to make the world a peaceful place.  In this humanity activity, students read the book Peace Begins with You by Katerine Sholes, then discuss how they can have a peaceful impact on their society....
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Picture Clues and Repeated Text

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Kids read The Grouchy Ladybug and predict what the outcome will be based on picture clues and repeated text. Next, they draw their predictions. A great way to use both prediction and context clue skills in your kindergarten class.
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Strategies for Determining the Meaning of a Word

For Teachers 1st Standards
What does that word mean? I can sound it out, but it just doesn't make sense. Teach your class a sure fire strategy to combat those pesky unknown words. You'll introduce the concept of context clues through metacognitive modeling,...
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From a Bill to a Law

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars explore government by participating in a role playing activity. In this legal system lesson, students discuss the tasks which needed to be competed in order to write a bill and have it turned into law by the President....
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Taking Care of a Baby

For Teachers K - 2nd
Caring for a newborn is harder than it looks! Elementary pupils learn more about taking care of babies with an age-appropriate lesson that addresses how babies grow inside their mothers, what they need to grow, and how members...

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