To foster concept development and auditory discrimination skills, learners with visual impairments listen to identify a variety of common sounds. The teacher makes recordings of various sounds, including those found in the home, at the...

Students identify family members in English. In this language arts lesson, students use English to identify family members and draw a family tree based on auditory information.

Students practice identifying different sounds. In this auditory skills lesson, students listen to items that make different sounds. Students discuss the sounds of different items and try to identify the sounds they hear.

Student practice decoding skills and phonological awareness. In this vocabulary development lesson plan, student identifies new vocabulary through word association and flash cards. Student also reads How he Chick Tricked the...

Reading is reading, whether it's for drama or English class. Boost reading fluency, accuracy, intonation, and comprehension while fostering creative acting skills. Kids read the provided tale of "The Lion and the Mouse" several times in...

First graders develop skills in reading music notes. In this reading music instructional activity, 1st graders clap and chant rhythm patterns and learn music vocabulary. Students also match patterns by listening to the teacher perform...

First graders compare the /p/ sound to the sound of popcorn popping in the microwave and practice making the /p/. They try a tongue twister listening for the /p/ sound for the first time and then clapping when they hear the sound the...

Students demonstrate proper hand washing techniques. In this personal hygiene lesson plan, students listen to included rhymes about cleanliness and identify the rhyming words. Students share situations where hand washing is essential.

Use circle time to work on counting. Kindergarteners practice the months of the year, say the full date, chart the day's temperature, count to 100, and sing the alphabet song. This kind of daily routine cultivates deep roots for...

Students explore critical thinking by conducting a reaction time experiment. In this human brain lesson, students utilize a timed Internet worksheet activity to research how fast their brain works when answering questions. Students share...

Sixth graders work independently and with a partner to demonstrate proficiency of steady beat, meter and basic note values while creating written rhythmic patterns for class performance. State and National Standards are addressed.

Students identify and name different geometrical shapes. In this math instructional activity, students distinguish odd from even numbers. They describe the properties of 2 and 3 dimensional objects.

Students identify rhyming words from the book A Fly Went By by matching words written on index card with same endings, eliciting word when prompted by teacher, and by identifying rhyming words in the text.

High schoolers design, compose, and present short musical compositions for keyboard in this lesson plan meant for the high school choir class. This lesson can be adapted to any time frame, but the author suggests a considerable amount...

Students discover the Internet by participating in on-line educational activities.  For this educational technology lesson, students utilize interactive story books, podcasts, and games to help expand an understanding of phonics....

Learners draw a pathway and create a movement phrase along that same path using specific movement vocabulary. The phrases are performed in class and rubrics are used for assessment. Meets State standards for the arts.

Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. For practice they become more comfortable with a short vowel phoneme, which can often be the most difficult to identify, by learning it in isolation.