Students read My Five Senses: A Lion's Tale. In this five senses lesson, students understand the relationship between their five senses and how they affect their food choices. Students write journal entries about their senses and the...

Observe the National Day of Service and Remembrance with a service learning lesson plan. After discussing the events of September 11, 2001, learners plan and implement their own service learning project in honor of American...

Students discuss ways the stories were alike and different. The teacher demonstrate how to draw a Venn diagram using Microsoft Word. They label the two circles and enter the likenesses and differences on the diagram.

Students work to develop comprehension strategies. Through modeling and guided practice they develop a series of questions as they read Where the Wild Things Are. They apply these questions to find answers about the text and make...

Students observe and demonstrate the process of summarization using the book "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. They silently read the story, and as a class discuss the five W's. Students then write a short summary of...

Students practice techniques and strategies for understanding the parts of a story to help them remember what they've read. They review and analyze the elements of a story and how to find them first in a paragraph and then in a book.

Second graders comprehend how to use two different kinds of graphs. They complete a worksheet with the help of the teacher and a bag of jellybeans and then another worksheet without the direction of the teacher. Students listen as the...

Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry while listening to Tropical Rainforest music. They name all the speaking animals in the book and list each of the reasons the animals gave for not cutting down the tree. They then...

In this literature instructional activity, students complete an activity at home as a response to the book Miss Nelson is Missing. Students read a statement on the card, decide what is real or imaginary and record their "yes" or "no"...

In this literature response worksheet, learners draw a picture of the Northern Lights. This worksheet is in response to the events in the Magic Tree House book, Who Turned the Lights On?

Students list at least ten things they have a hard time doing. After reading and discussing Be Good to Eddie Lee, Students, in cooperative groups, write at least six ways people can assist people with disabilities.

Young scholars observe the changes a class tree goes through as the seasons change and record observations in journals. They investigate changes in the weather, changes in the length of the day, and how that affects people. They create...

Students discuss natural resources and renewable resources with trees being considered renewable resources which need special attention. In this Earth science lesson, students write a list of reasons for why it would be good to stop...

Learners make a list of ideas on ways we can take care of our Earth and complete a class project planning sheet where they problem solve to help save the Earth. In this Earth lesson plan, students also play a conservation charades game.

Young scholars participate or listen to a reader's theater skit from "A Pocket Full of Seeds." Students identify Nicole's problem and create a solution to the problem. Young scholars may listen to a group of 5 read the skit, or may be...

Students discuss tolerance. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book A Very Special Critter by Gina Mayer and discuss the character's disability. Students role play how to be tolerant of a new student with a disability.

Students discover the importance of sharing. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book The Doorbell Rang and discuss how the character practiced sharing in the story. Students make cookies and practice the philanthropic concept...

Students identify the sequence of events in a text. In this literacy lesson, students read the book Miss Tizzy and sequence the events from the text. Students reflect and write about the philanthropic acts in the book.

There's much to consider when contemplating an intervention for students. Here's a list of considerations that should be taken into account, as well as questions that should be asked and answered during the planning stage. 

Your little learners listen to the story Chicken Little in order to explain how behavior affects interpersonal communication. They engage in a class discussion to determine the differences between truth and gossip.

Should primary graders have their own computers? Should animals be kept in captivity? Young writers learn how to develop and support a claim in this short unit on persuasive writing.

Explore a variety of fables to learn life's lessons through engaging stories. Add rigor to the learning process with activities that include matching a a fable to the story's moral, short answer exit slips, and a three-column graphic...