This instructional activity is part of a week-long unit. It focuses on the pre-reading phase of guided reading. It aims to activate prior knowledge, preview vocabulary, and set a purpose for reading. This book deals with a very sensitive...

During this lesson students will learn about the sequencing of stories. Students will have the opportunity to retell stories using sequencing words they learn. They will also navigate an Internet site to reinforce the skills they learn...

Students will learn how to use better word choices by completing a cloze activity, listening to A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle, and completing a word web.

In this lesson student groups will research selected African American poets using the Alabama Virtual Library. Each group will present its findings according to a chosen format.

This lesson uses technology and literature to teach subtraction of three-digit numbers, including subtraction across zeros.

This lesson involves decorating a classroom door for red ribbon week with different kinds of candy. The door is a symbol for students to resist temptation and has several extension activities that help students discuss temptation,...

In this instructional activity students will reinforce their knowledge about Native Americans and their culture. They will also be introduced to Native American writing. The students will read The Legend of The Indian Paintbrush by Tomie...

Students will work in pairs to research online and/or in print a chosen state and create a travel brochure incorporating the information gathered.

Students are sent back in time to Europe during the Middle Ages. They will stay for five days. They are taking a camera and a journal with them. They will present their journals and their pictures to the class when they return.

This instructional activity is an inquiry into events that occurred during the Cold War era. It is a technology-based project on one event that occurred during the Cold War(1945-1991). The Cold War describes the tense and hostile...

During this lesson young scholars explore the 50 states through the Internet. Students discover important facts and information by navigating the World Wide Web.

After reading The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, by Chris Van Allsburg, students create their own stories about the pictures. By navigating the Internet, students learn more about the writing process to help them create their stories.

This lesson provides a variety of activities for the student to become aware of the regions in our country. They will learn the geography and natural resources and how these influence the way of life of the people living in a region.

This role-playing lesson plan enhances students' creativity and develops critical thinking skills. Small groups of students conduct Internet research on the skills necessary to survive when marooned on a Pacific island. Groups present...

This lesson focuses on enhancing students' vocabulary usage and spelling which, in turn, benefits reading. This lesson also includes keyboarding practice and computer usage.

Though teachers might use this student-centered, technology-based, one or two-day research project to introduce any author, English 12 teachers may wish to use the lesson to jump-start a unit on British literature from the Romantic...

This instructional activity will help young scholars learn about entrepreneurs in today's society and how they got started in the world of business and became successful at it. This instructional activity reinforces textbook chapters on...

In this lesson students will learn the body parts of a spider and write addition/subtractions sentences using spiders. The class will go on a nature walk to find spiders and spider webs. Finally, the students will complete a science...

In this lesson learners will learn interesting facts about skunks. They will also design a "nose guard" that people can wear to protect themselves against the smell of a skunk. Then students will have a chance to dramatize a commercial...

Through this instructional activity students will learn the history of juggling and how to juggle objects.

This lesson will provide students with an understanding of the literary elements of fairy tales. Students will compose original fairy tales using graphic web organizers and presentation software.

During this lesson, students will discover the differences in four types of weather disasters. They will collect information from selected Internet websites and create a multimedia presentation to demonstrate what they have learned.

This lesson provides hands-on activities that will teach students about the poles and the equator. Students will be labeling a globe, recreating a globe within the classroom, and researching information on the Internet.

Lesson introducing the seven essentials of tone production. Learners practice proper breath support by blowing up balloons using a section of their instruments.