Students read an article at CNNfyi.com about Mad Cow disease. They identify and explain bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. They formulate ways to combat mad cow disease.

Looking for a fun and interactive way to explore bovine biology? Learners read a brief informational text (included for printing) before participating in several cross-curricular activities. First, grab their attention with a hilarious...

Act out the African folktale Abiyoyo. Kindergartners listen to the tale and discuss the characters, dressing as their favorite characters in order to retell and perform Abiyoyo using props. They will gain an understanding of...

First graders read a story from sentence strips and charts. Student pairs are called on to read their answer and move that strip to the top of the chart. One line of students moves down, giving each student a new partner. The activity...

Students explore folktales. In this folktale instructional activity, students listen to a story from another country and discuss the characters. Students retell the story using puppets and do coloring sheets. Students do a sequencing cut...

Fifth graders write and perform stories on mammals. They review the parts of a narrative story and write stories. They rehearse their stories and present them to the class. They make mammal cookies after their peformance.

Students explore language arts by reading a story book in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Circus is Coming and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define the selected vocab words...

Students define common English idioms which they find in books and book excerpts. They use an idiom dictionary and constuct a database of five idioms along with meanings and sentences. They beam this information to classmates.

Students get moving in this activity. In this early childhood music and movement lesson plan, students develop their listening, gross motor, and language skills as they imitate animals.

Students explore possible causes of stereotyping. In this multicultural awareness lesson, students participate in activities in which "conditioning" affects responses. Students compare their conditioned responses to possible community...

Students listen to the story Mrs. Wishy Washy and practice retelling the story. In this tell me a story lesson plan, students become familiar with all of the characters in the story, then use character pieces to retell the story....

Students write and perform a scene using Elizabethan language. They study the language of William Shakespeare.

Pupils create a news broadcast after studying example broadcasts about disaster relief organizations. In this broadcast news instructional activity, students research disaster relief organizations and then write a news broadcast related...

Students explore the concepts of intuition, insight, imagination and the reasons not to ignore it, but to enhance it in one's lifestyle. In doing this, one increases the ability to draw deeper meaning from art, poetry and symbolism. In...