Imagine a packet of 365 colorfully illustrated journal prompt templates, grouped by month, that recognize themes, holidays, and events. Here 'tis, imagine that.

In this creative music activity from Scientific American, students learn about musical notation and then design their own notations. Great web resource links are alsp provided

If you can find the book Caps for Sale in the target foreign language, this is a great activity to accompany it! After reading and modeling the story, the teacher models a dialogue that would take place between a salesman and a...

Hit all the basics with this lesson, focusing on weather, greetings, and dates! Start by singing a weather related song ("Quel temps fait-il by Barbara MacArthur is suggested), and then read a story about getting ready for school. The...

Students explore the different themes and strategies of dancing by performing in class.  In this physical education lesson plan, students practice moving specific joints and muscles as they train to perform a dance.  Students...

Third graders demonstrate locomotor movements and define non-locomotor movement. They discuss a story and perform a "name" movement.

Third graders incorporate two formal music lessons into the core curriculum. They study whole notes and rests, syllables of the musical scale and practice singing.

In this spelling worksheet, 3rd graders learn how each syllable in a word has at least one vowel sound. After giving an example of each type of syllable, students write their own examples of open and closed syllables and words with more...

In this "of" with determiners worksheet, learners fill in blanks in sentences, either click on the word "of" to complete, or noting that the word of is not necessary by clicking on an alternate button. 

StudentS name and discuss facts of the characters in "The Prairie Dog that Met the President". They create a 4 to 8 beat chant about a character from the opera, play a percussion instrument with an assigned rhythm and identify a melody...

Students answer a variety of question about going to the beach. They discuss vocabulary words associated with the beach. They listen to some music of waves and seagulls while the teacher reads a short story. They pretend to pack a...

Learners research similar types of instruments. In this instrument group lesson, students are presented with a webliography and grouped to do research. Each group creates a poster on the family of instruments, i.e. the woodwinds, and...

Show your school spirit! Class members use instruments or sing along and employ what they have learned in the two previous lessons to perform their school's songs.

Students research the history of mariachi music. In this music lesson, students identify mariachi music and investigate it from its origins to the present. They compare it to country music. 

Young scholars listen to and examine a recording of the opera Don Pasquale and study the various musical instruments in an orchestra. They discuss the difference between a symphony orchestra and an opera orchestra. Finally they play the...

Third graders learn about the life of a young boy in Greece and all about his cultural heritage. Pupils gather information about the history, culture, and the many influences the ancient Greeks had on modern day society. Terrific video...

Beverly Cleary is the fabulous author focused on, in this author study. Students conduct Internet Research in order to find out as much as they can about Ms. Cleary. They then use their findings and the Garageband program to create a...

Students construct descriptive sentences. In this cross curricular music and descriptive writing lesson, students listen to classical music and pantomime actions that correspond to the music. Students write descriptive sentences...

Third graders explore the role of music in a variety of situations including life experiences, celebrations, functions and special events. They also identify ways in which the principles and disciplines taught in school are interrelated...

Students write songs about something incredible they have experienced or know about. They consider topics of events, dreams, ideas, feelings, or animals. They accompany themselves with small musical instruments while performing the songs...

Learners read a book and engage in three different activities. In this lesson about repetitive story patterns, students read a story, The Flea's Sneeze, and examine how the story has a rhythmic pattern of rhyming verse that sounds like a...

Students study Japanese folk tales focusing on the traditional values and key elements. They compare the Japanese values with their own. They discuss Japanese art before designing a set of kamishibai on which they write a summary of a...

Students explore Grandparents' Day. They interview their grandparents and select an activity to highlight their interview. They select a project including writing an essay, composing a song, creating a poem or scrapbook, or writing a...

Students are introduced to their new spelling words for the week which have the sound "ea". In groups, they brainstorm a list of other words with the same sound, draw them and write them on a worksheet. They share their new words with...