Learners examine the sources, location and availability of local food, develop mapping skills, interact with Elders to gain pertinent information, and examine subsistence issues of the past and present.

Students explore American flag and its symbols, and create an original flag that represents what they see in their own lives.

Students study the westward movement through examining stamps. In this westward movement lesson plan, students draw conclusions, determine cause and effect relationships and examine the westward movement of the United States by...

Students make a weather turtle puppet and use it to respond to weather-related questions. They manipulate the turtle to show basic weather vocabulary such as: sunny, windy, rainy, snowy, etc.

Students review Mexico's location and language and learn to pronouns 10 new Spanish food words. Students listen as the book, Corn is Maize is read, touching and passing around an ear of Indian corn. Students discuss the contribution of...

Students prepare a list of questions about the past and present in regards to dealing with waste and the natural resources. They conduct interviews with tribal Elders and record their statements.

Learners examine traditional Native American weather/climate knowledge. They keep a weather journal and research cloud cover.

Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They are shown the book, This is the Way We Go to School. Afterward, they learn the phonetic principle of rhyming words.

Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They attempt to sing the song again, but change it for a tractor. They watch the book, A Visit With Grandma, through a projector, LCD panel, or big screen television and develop their...

Students explore transportation and transportation related jobs as they improve their vocabulary.

Students examine and identify the similarities and differences of two-dimensional shapes. They play an I-Spy shape game, participate in a classroom Shape Search, and create illustrations of shapes for a shape collage.

Students are assigned to shape groups and explore three-dimensional shapes. They review math skills and two-dimensional shapes.

Students design a geometric garden. Shapes to be included are squares, triangles, and hexagons. After reading a book together about shapes, students get to use construction paper to cut out and design their own shape garden.

Students study the characteristics and habitats of a variety of bears in this series of cross-curricular lessons.

Learners contrast the traditional Cinderella character with a modern, independent and socially conscious Cinderella. To activate prior knowledge by eliciting from the students some of the familiar story elements of the traditional...

Students predict and explore to discover which objects sink or float in fresh and salt water, predict how salt affect objects, write predictions on T chart, discuss difference between man-made and natural waters, and graph results.

Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.

Students research an African American person of interest to them. Once the research is complete, they share the information with the class. They also create a visual or written portrait of the person to show their character and...

Students identify and label parts of a plant. They will construct a plant from art material and describe the purpose of each part for the plants survival. Students author a book with pictures and words or a story about a plant.

Students identify oviparous animals. They brainstorm a list of animals that lay eggs, read "Chickens Aren't The Only Ones" by Ruth Heller and then add to the list. Students complete a booklet that shows an egg and an oviparous animal.

Teaching resources, lesson plans, study guides, and other resources cataloged for easy access by language arts teachers. The majority of resources deal with reading and literature, although there are also sections on grammar, writing,...

Teaching resources, lesson plans, study guides, and other resources cataloged for easy access by language arts teachers. The majority of resources deal with reading and literature, although there are also sections on grammar, writing,...

This Web English Teacher site features links to some of Don Freeman's work. Use this online resource to learn more about "Corduroy," and "Dadelion," through the links provided.

A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of Aunt Charlotte's Stories of English History for Little Ones by Charlotte Mary Yonge, a nonfiction book for children.