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Sorting Data
In this sorting shapes worksheet, students categorize 10 shapes as squares or shapes in a venn diagram organizer by writing the shapes corresponding number in the correct position on the graphic organizer.
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Have Respect
Students learn the value of respect. In this Clifford the Big Red Dog lesson plan, students read the story, discuss respect, and experience a mini-international festival.
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Who Will Help?
Students analyze the characters in the book The Little Red Hen. In this character study lesson plan, students discuss the behavior of the characters and write about positive ways to work together for a common goal.
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The Little Star: Learning About Christmas
Pupils listen to the story, discuss how Christmas is celebrated, and construct a nativity scene. In The Little Star lesson, students hear the story showing Christmas as a religious festival. Pupils act out the story and...
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Kindergarten Mural
Students trace their bodies, color them in, outline them in black, and hang them on the wall to create a mural. In this mural lesson plan, students base their mural on the work of Keith Haring.
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Family Unit
Students read the story, "The Surprise Family," then draw a picture of their own family. Students engage in a class discussion about the differences of families. They describe their "family picture," and their "family job." Nice lesson.
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Give Me a B: North Dakota Quarter Reverse
Young scholars examine the North Dakota quarter reverse and note the bison. and Badlands displayed on it. After practicing as a group making the B sound, they explore the classrom for more words beginning with that letter. Working in...
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A Fun Alternative Way to Teach Children Keyboarding
Learners in the lower grades use words to remember the keyboard positions and fingering. In this keyboarding lesson, students work in a circle around a floor keyboard to learn word cues for the positions of the keys. Teacher calls out...
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Hunter Model 2
Students produce the long sounds in the initial position of words making silly soup.
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P.E. Bees
Students learn daily positive social living skills and manners using 2 large bee pictures and 36 or so small bees with diferent sayings on them.
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Learning Rhymes
Students 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 the...
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Lindsey Loves Lollipops
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for L. They practice writing the letter L and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /l/. They associate the phoneme /l/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Introduce /A/
Students say the sound for the letter a, reviewing the position of the mouth and voice box. For this phonics lesson, students brainstorm other words that begin with the /a/ sound and choose the letter from a set of 12, continuing...
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Reintroduce /G/
Students say the sound for the letter g, reviewing the position of the mouth and tongue. In this phonics lesson plan, students brainstorm other words that begin with the /g/ sound and choose the letter from a set of 12, continuing...
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Reintroduce /E/
Students say the sound for the letter e, reviewing the position of the mouth and voice box. In this phonics lesson, students brainstorm other words that begin with the /e/ sound and choose the letter from a set of 12, continuing...
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Literature and Interactive Writing: "Plenty of Penguins"
Students listen to and discuss the story elements of the story "Plenty of Penguins." They discuss the elements of reality and fantasy, and as a class write two sentences on small dry erase boards in the form of a letter to the teacher...
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The Easter Celebration
Students read a short story about Easter. They recognize and point to pictures of the key words (egg, chicken, rabbit, basket, flower). They make an Easter basket and count how many chickens can fit inside. They also practice identifying...
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Balloon Round-Up
Students practice using paddles to hit objects. In this striking skills lesson, students use wooden paddles to round up balloon farm animals without touching the balloons with their hands.
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Name Game
Student select a name card from the envelope and class will then sound out the name of the child on the card. They then will spell out the child's name chanting "Give me an A...", "Give me an N...", etc. The teacher then says, "What does...
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BEE a Part of Our Community
Students reflect how to form a respectful classroom community. In this communities lesson, students construct a "community web" of positive comments and predict what happens to the web when negative comments are made. Students discuss...
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Traffic Light
In this traffic sign worksheet, students color a picture of a traffic light. Students can figure out what color goes in each position on the light. There are no word labels.
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Plan a Meal Fun
Discuss helping with the family grocery shopping. View a teacher drawn map of a grocery store and discuss where the breads, meats, and dairy products are located. Practice categorizing foods as breads and cereals, fruits, vegetables,...
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Nurturing Green Thumbs at School
Incorporating a school garden into the curriculum cultivates many benefits.
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Lessons for Young Children with Autism
Here are a variety of lessons geared for young children with Autism. There are 12 short activities intended to build attention, imitation, communication, independent living, social, motor, and literacy skills. Each skill is geared toward...