Young scholars evaluate various approaches to spending money.In this spending money literacy lesson, students broaden their financial goals by reading "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" and "A Chair for My Mother."Young scholars...

Students understand that temperatures in Alaska can be negative numbers. In this temperature lesson, students recognize the temperatures above and below zero. Students compare temperatures using the greater than and less than signs....

Students use real life experiences for writing. In this identifying details lesson, students use information such as colors, numbers, sizes, shapes and locations to write sentences about the zoo. Students position the words from...

Students use streaming videos, web sites, and hands on activities students to explore matter. They focus on how temperature affects matter and what the particles look like in the states of matter.

Students examine character traits to find the most positive behaviors.  In this getting along activity, students identify behaviors that are beneficial to getting along.  Students evaluate their own behaviors and target three...

Students design and build a pedestal or platform that holds a toy animal. In this building lesson plan, students use knowledge from a prior lesson plan as they build a platform or pedestal for a toy animal using on index cards. They...

Learners access prior knowledge and locate the North and South Poles on the map. In this mapping lesson, students understand the position of the United States relative to the poles. Learners answer questions about the globe.

Students define the characteristics of a hero by creating their own fictional superhero.  In this film making lesson, students write the background of a superhero character and storyboard scenes from a movie they would like to make....

Learners practice using reference and other materials to identify and define related to a selected topic. They practice keyboarding skills while preparing definitions and senteces. Students participate in the use of FIRN to send and...

Sleeping, dozing, snoozing. Five different ways to say sleeping are introduced in this presentation designed to preparing kids for a reading of The Napping House.

Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, watermelon, corn on the cob, lemonade. Travis the Train introduces foods and drinks that may be taken on a summer picnic.

Earth is sick and needs our help! Read the children's book Planet Earth Gets Well to explain the various problems facing the planet, discussing what young conservationists can do to heal the planet along the way. A great Earth...

Just as you've lined up the class to go to recess, it begins pouring rain and all chaos breaks loose. What do you do? It's time for silent ball! The rules include no talking, and you must catch the ball. If you talk, drop the...

Hang out at the beach and listen to some relaxing tunes, all while developing basic math skills. An endless source of fun and learning for young children!

Set up your class with a strong foundation by creating a clear set of class rules. This document provides suggestions for phrasing and distributing class rules as well as list of rules you might try out.

Students use Powerpoint templates to practice sequencing terms. They match words such as before and after with appropriate slides. Students explain why each picture is matched with the word and print their activities for mine books.

Students participate in a unique version of the game Mother, May I. They play the game to explore how to positively communicate their needs, wants and feelings, and to demonstrate how to react to problems.

Students use maps and globes to locate and describe locations, directions and scale. Using the maps, they identify man made or natural features of different environments. They practice using geographical terms to describe a specific...

Students watch an episode of Mickey Mouse's clubhouse, "Daisy Bo Peep". As a class, they are introduced to the proper words to describe location. They also identify the circle, square and triangle shapes and end the lesson plan by...

Students observe and demonstrate the concepts of over, under, and on. Using a cutout of a flower and a butterfly, they identify if the butterfly is over, under, or on the flower. Students complete a worksheet along with the teacher, and...

Students practice giving compliments and using words of praise. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students listen to the parable Yettle's Feathers and determine ways to use speech in positive ways instead of through rumors, tattling and...

Students increase their production of the target phoneme /b/. Production increase in isolation, syllables and the initial position of words. They utilize video, and worksheets and websites which are imbedded in this plan to gain practice.

Students practice writing and working with the letter T from the alphabet in order to recognize the letter in words that have it in them. They assess the book, "The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist," view picture cards and then...

Students practice positive social skills and manners in this short lesson that is used to start each session of P.E. class. They identify a positive behavior, such as be on time, written on a bee cutout pasted among others on the gym...