Young learners explore what it means to be respectful. This resource includes a two page chart depicting rules for different settings at school such, as the cafeteria and the playground. What does following the rules look like? What does...

Students create a family shield for themselves as part of the Montague or Capulet family.  In this Romeo and Juliet lesson plan, students divide into the two warring clans.  Students each create a shield representing themselves...

Learners explore kind behavior. In this values development and literacy lesson plan, students listen to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, then generate a class list of ways the tree helped the boy and ways in which the boy helped the...

Students investigate healthy snack foods. In this healthy snack foods lesson, students discover what good snacks consist off and how healthy snacking can improve health. They design the perfect snack machine using the associated...

Ninth graders research the effects of methamphetamines on the human body. They create a poster showing their campaign to prevent its use.

Learners participate in a service learning project. In this philanthropy lesson, students volunteer their time at a local soup kitchen and reflect upon the experience in a journal.

Students explore recycling.  In this ecology lesson, students sort classroom garbage into items that can be reused, reduced, or recycled.  Students brainstorm ideas for reusing items and discuss ways to celebrate Earth Day at...

Students explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Students also make art projects, dramatize the stories,...

Students create a visual display that highlights friendship and kindness. They read and discuss a poem, and design and create a large poster or banner that emphasizes kindness, anti-bullying, and friendship.

Fifth graders use metric measurement to study the amount a bison eats. In this measurement lesson, 5th graders watch a video about bison and discuss the amount of food they eat. Students weigh their food trays at lunch and complete a...