Alabama Learning Exchange
Once Upon A Bear
Students study the characteristics and habitats of a variety of bears in this series of cross-curricular lessons.
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Guided Reading Lesson: Here Comes the Bus
Students discover basic concepts of print. In this early literacy lesson, students discover basic high frequency words. Students make predictions as they read. Cross-curricular activities provided.
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Game Shows in the Classroom
Students participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.
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Spark Activity: Counting Laps
Students move around a makeshift "track" set up by the teacher, moving around it as many times as they can before the stop signal. Students begin by power walking and slow-jogging, then build up speed as they proceed. Students call out...
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Students read The Tale of Peter Rabbit and make predictions through a picture walk before they read. For this reading lesson plan, students also color the pages of the booklet and put it in the correct order.
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Egg Carton Game
Students explore phonetics by participating in a word sound game. In this letter identification activity, students review the letters of the alphabet and discuss the sound each one makes. Students view a video tutorial of an egg carton...
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Letter B: Alphabet Fun!
For this letter B worksheet, students trace the upper and lower case letter B and draw a picture of something that starts with that letter. Students trace each letter 1 time.
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Letter C: Alphabet Fun!
In this letter C activity, students trace the upper and lower case letter C and draw a picture that starts with N. Students trace each letter 1 time.
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Letter D: Alphabet Fun!
In this letter D worksheet, students trace the upper and lower case letter D and draw a picture of something beginning with the letter D. Students trace the letters 1 time each.
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Letter E: Alphabet Fun!
For this letter E worksheet, students trace the upper and lower case letter E and draw a picture of something starting with E. Students trace each letter 1 time.
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Letter F: Alphabet Fun!
In this letter F worksheet, students trace the upper and lower case letter F and draw a picture that starts with N. Students trace each letter 1 time.
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Letter G: Alphabet Fun!
For this Letter G worksheet, learners trace the upper and lower case letter G and draw a picture of something that starts with G. Students trace each G 1 time each.
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Sorting Buttons
Students study sorting. In this classification lesson, students sort buttons into groups based on a common characteristic and draw two pictures illustrating the different groups.
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Bigger Flowers
Young scholars discuss flowers and their parts, examine works by Georgia O'Keeffe, and draw, color, or paint large flowers.
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Dad's Magnetic Personality
Students create a gift honoring Father's Day. In this Father's Day lesson, students examine the meaning of fatherhood and explore the history of this tradition. Students create a picture collage over a template of their father's initials.
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Telling Time, Clocks
Students practice their skills in telling time and reading clock faces by singing simple songs and reading two clever poems.
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Lunar Cycle
Students become familiar with repeating patterns in nature, namely the phases of the moon.
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Pollination Station
Students investigate why and how bees pollinate flowers and other plants. They define pollination, and read and sing along with the song "Yo, i'm a Flower." Students examine a diagram of a flower, simulate bees pollinating flowers, and...
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Water and Ice
Students explore the physical properties of water. In this water lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state. There are 2 extensions for this lesson that one can access via the Internet links provided.
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Alphabetic Acting
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Math: Collecting and Analyzing Date
Children count how many of an activity they can do in a row, such as ball tossing and record the date and count. Children track over a period of time and graph results.
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The Cheeto Walk
Students walk around numbered tiles on the floor as music plays. When the music stops, a number is drawn and if they are on that number they win reward (Cheetos or other snack.)
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Seeing Shapes
Learners discover different geometric shapes such as triangle, square, rectangle, and octagon. Students incorporate the use of technology by taking pictures of shapes around their school using a digital camera.
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Blotter Bugs
Students work with primary colors. They choose two primary colors, then put two drops of each color they chose on a white square paper. They fold the white paper in half and rub the paint around.