Students creat owls through the use of slabs of clay with pinched beak and tufts. They use a clay tool or nail to add shape to mak wings. Students use shells, and other items to create texture. After the creations have dried, students...

Here is a good game to play with your charges. Pairs of pupils roll a die and choose the corresponding numbered card. They read the card and perform the action verb written there until the teacher calls out time.

Young readers are given twenty groups of words and asked to circle the misspelled word. They are encouraged to sound out the words, specifically focusing on vowel sounds.

Students create wiggly bunny puppets using thick paper or oak tag, brass fasteners, crayons, and other basic supplies in this Art lesson for elementary classrooms. A "wiggly bunny pattern" is included to aid in the construction of this...

Students are introduced to the purpose behind the Chinese New Year celebration. As a class, they examine different traditions focusing on the Lai-See envelopes. After watching a PowerPoint presentation, they make their own envelopes...

We are All Alike…We Are All Different is the springboard for the creation of an illustrated book in which young writers record their impression of themselves, their families, and their interests. Sharing the completed books in circle...

Students increase eye-hand coordination as they create decorative snowflakes out of recycled packing peanuts.

Did you know that Green Eggs and Ham is written in iambic pentameter? Model the rhythm of language using Dr. Seuss’s tale. Direct class members to march about the room tapping their right foot on the first syllable and stomping their...

Introduce primary graders to the writing process. After reviewing the steps, they practice using the process by writing a book report. Before writing the draft, they complete a graphic organizer. The completed draft is reviewed by peers....

Read high frequency words and rearrange scrambled sentences in order to make proper sentences with pupils. They will also practice oral fluency by reading a word assigned to them. These activities reinforce reading fluency and vocabulary...

Students discuss the lines, shapes, and patterns used to decorate a 19th-century chandelier that was made to look like a hot-air balloon. For this art lesson students discuss the chandelier and then create a papier-mâché sculpture of a...

Young scholars look carefully at two photographs by Dorothea Lange for elements of art and narrative content. They use descriptive language when speaking and writing about Lange's photographs of studenT lives.

Young scholars practice reading and writing in this cross-curricular lesson plan for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on daily practice, individual improvements, and positive reinforcements for jobs well done during...

Students create "marshmallow bunnies" using marshmallows, toothpicks, pink construction paper, and cloves in this quick and easy early-elementary level Art instructional activity. The 30-minute instructional activity is ideal for holiday...

Students create "toilet paper tube" turkeys in this Thanksgiving Day art lesson for the early elementary classroom. The lesson suggests using toilet paper tubes, construction paper, googly eyes, scissors, and glue to create each turkey.

Students practice their handwriting and word recognition. In this letter A lesson, students identify eight words with pictures as they use lowercase letters to complete an elementary word search.

Students develop a class alphabet book. In this visual arts lesson, they draw a letter of the alphabet that is illustrated with animals or objects in the style of medieval illuminated alphabet books. They write a sentence about an object...

Students will examine a manuscript page from a Flemish bestiary and discuss how it was used to teach ideas about Christianity. In this Christianity lesson plan students study the given manuscript and then compare the stories from the...

Students discover how everyone is special in his or her own way. For this character traits lesson, students demonstrate how they are special by drawing a picture or writing. Students listen orally to the book We Are All Alike...We Are...

Young scholars create "Beeswax flower candles" in this early-elementary classroom Art lesson plan. Materials needed include foam pieces, straw, a glue gun, clay pots, beeswax, and popsicle sticks. This activity is ideal for the students...

Students trace body parts to create a deer in this excellent Kindergarten lesson that teaches basic Art skills and cultural awareness. The lesson includes a materials list, vocabulary used, a bibliography, and is best suited for use...

Young scholars describe their feelings through writing, art or music.

Students listen to an alphabet book. They explore initial sounds throught the creation of a classroom ABC book. This instructional activity requires a program application, "Pixie."

Students use technology to improve their knowledge of literary terms, math, and technology skills. In this technology storytelling lesson, students learn about character, plot, and setting in various stories by using technology like...