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Tall Tales Folded Envelope Book
Students create a book using art, problem solving and language skills. They illustrate and write a tall tale. They sculpt a character from their tall tale.
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Determining Authority and Accuracy
Students determine the authority of any source of information including books, web sites, and individual "experts". With an activity worksheet, they are guided through the activity, evaluating the authority and accuracy of one web site.
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Determining Point of View
Students examine web sites to determine point of view and bias in information sources. They determine the usefulness of information based on these biases or limitations.
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Highlighting
Students locate and identify the relevant information that answers a research question. They read an article, and identify the key phrases that answer their research questions, differentiating between relevant and interesting information.
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Picasso; Comparing Blue and Rose Periods
Third graders research Picasso's art career. They use a word processor to create a Venn diagram which compares Picasso's Blue and Rose Periods.
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Grizzly Habitat
Students find areas on playground where they would live if they were a grizzly bear, share their reasons for their choice, talk about habitat areas, and choose their sites again, based upon new information.
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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Third graders read the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Using the internet, 3rd graders research weather conditions, plants, animals and foods from different countries. After sharing information, they discuss similarities and...
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Autograph Story
Students write narrative essays about getting a famous person's autograph (a classmate) and then combine their work with pictures to enhance the stories. This technique can be used with any writing project.
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Alien Story
Students practice correct punctuation when writing a conversation by using clip art "characters" and the Inspiration or Kidspiration educational computer software. This great language arts instructional activity is intended for an...
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Daily Journals
Students develop writing skills by writing in computer-based journals throughout the schools year. This lesson plan for the upper-elementary classroom uses the Timeliner educational software program and can be adapted for a variety of...
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Discovering Dinosaurs
Students research facts about dinosaurs and practice effective speaking strategies by creating a Keynote or PowerPoint presentation in this Science and Language Arts lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. It includes one lesson...
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Making Books
Students make a variety of books using the computer program iPhoto and digital images of their choosing. This lesson for the upper-elementary classroom includes an example of student work and four possible lesson extensions and...
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Personal Timeline
Students interview family members, find seven important life events, and arrange these events in chronological order using the educational computer-based program Timeliner. This lesson includes a Timeliner example of student work.
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Poem Movies
Pupils create iMovie presentations that represent favorite poems chosen by the students in this language arts lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. The lesson includes resource links to find poetry and requires computers and movie...
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Mother Earth - Father Sky
Third graders research and write about Cyrus Dillan. They explain one of Dillan's sculptures. Students locate six constellations and two planets. They research and write about the daily life of the Pawnee.
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The End
Students listen as the teacher reads a story. Pictures are displayed as the teacher reads the story. Students jot down ideas for the story ending, and create an illustration to compliment their story. Student story endings and...
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If I Had as Robot...
Students design a robot of every day objects and name it. They write about things the robot could do for them using the "If I Had a Robot" activity sheet using the robot as a visual aid to add to their creative writing.
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Read It and Remember It!
Students describe and draw a picture about what happens in the book they are reading. They work in groups and read an assigned chapter. Students discuss the chapter and draw a picture to show what happens. They discuss the chapter with...
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Read it and Remember it!
Young scholars are divided into small groups, read a section from an assigned book, and draw a picture of what they read. They list the main characters, theme, setting, and plot of the book. They share their information/drawings with...
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Recycling Rapping
In this recycling worksheet, learners read facts about recycling. Students complete a word scramble and a maze for the recycling activity.
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Re-telling The Tale
Students retell a fairy tale by writing on the computer. In this writing lesson plan, students draft, revise, edit, and publish their retelling of the story.
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