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Rhythmic Expression
Learners discover movement and expression to music/sound through a series of teacher-led exercises and role plays. This lesson is ideal for the middle school drama class with possibilities for adaptation to any level of drama or general...
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Music- Found-Object Orchestra
Students construct simple musical instruments. For this music lesson, students read the text Max Found Two Sticks and construct their own instruments from classroom materials.
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the Little Red Riding Hood
Students respond to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. In this Red Riding Hood lesson plan, students retell and discuss story elements. Students practice phonic sounds. Students role play, make predictions, use picture...
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You've Got Infected Mail!
Students use New York Times articles to trace the causes, effects, and predicted impact of the Melissa e-mail virus. In small groups, students create diagrams of the information about the virus that serves as ongoing timelines of this...
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Great Expectations Character Adoption
Students write a detailed character analysis by adopting a character from the novel, Great Expectations, and become an authority on the character.
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The Taming of the Few
Students consider the cultural, historical, and social implications of domesticating animals as pets. They create informative posters of various animals, illustrating their histories as pets.
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Working Like a Dog
Students consider ways animals help human beings with certain chores, then research more specific tasks dogs are trained to do. They create a help wanted ad enumerating the traits a dog should have before applying for a particular position.
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Beanie Friend Vacation Stories
Young scholars write an adventure story about their vacation with a Beanie friend. They select a city, research its vacation possibilities and write about the places that they would like to visit.
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The Call of the Wild
Students read The Call of the Wild, noting its theme of survival. They investigate the book's concepts with word webs, spider maps, or graphic organizers. They conduct a panel discussion on dogs and wolves. They write a letter to the...
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Ecosystem Tumble
Students create visual representations of ecosystems. In this ecology lesson, students discuss the interdependence of plants and animals in various ecosystems. Students cut pictures from magazines and glue them on sturdy blocks. Using...
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Anansi and the Tug O' War
Students read the book Anansi and the Tug O' War. For this folktale lesson, students read the book and discuss the sequence of events from the text. Students create a written response to the story, focusing on their favorite part.
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Scenario Challenge: Farenheit 451
Students choose books to preserve for future generations. Students are given a scenario in which they are allowed to save only five books for future generations. Students write a persuasive letter in which they try to...
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Kindergarten Kids- Exploring Illustrations
In this interactive illustration analysis learning exercise, students view illustrations of Winnie the Pooh and friends and complete a 16 questions true or false exercise.
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Hector's World Cyberbullying: You're Not Alone
Learners watch an episode of Hector's world regarding cyber-bullying and begin to understand what hurtful actions are in relation to someone's feelings. In this Cyber-bullying lesson, students are introduced to the idea of good character...
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Family Shield
In this family shield worksheet, learners design a family shield. Students include the greatest accomplishment of their family and three things they are good at.
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Movie Genres
For this grammar worksheet, students match twelve movie genres with their appropriate definitions and examples from two answer banks and then translate the titles into Chinese. Students answer six questions regarding personal movie...
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Haiku Poems
Eighth graders study haiku poems. In this poetry lesson, 8th graders write two haikus containing the standard 5-7-5 syllables content about things they enjoy within nature.
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A Sip of Aesop From the Web
Third graders answer specific questions by conducting an Internet scavenger hunt. They write their own fable after reading many different fables on the Internet. They questions that they answer are included in this instructional activity.
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Computer Mysteries
Who has been messing with my trampoline? Young writers choose local events as the basis for their own “Who Did It?” mystery. They then devise a plot, problem, and cast of characters and write an introduction explaining the problem and...
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Adopt An Animal
Learners view slides of pictures of rare animals and make predictions about them based on the characteristics they see. In this animals lesson plan, students then research one of the animals and present their findings to the class.
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Animal Encounters
Students use their visualizing and interpreting skills to produce original writings and artwork.
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What is an Animal Group?
Pupils discover that people live in groups and animals live in groups or alone. They list ways that families cooperate and work together as a group. They create a large dinosaur made out of geometric shapes.
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Cells are 3-D!
Students design three dimensional models of plant and animal cells. They identify the cells parts, and compare animal and plant cells.
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Living Things Depend upon Each Other
Students research animals. They identify the animals' struggle for survival, and internalize the importance of preserving an ecosystem with animal life.They collect information and write a report on their findings. Additional cross...