Not a lesson plan, per se, this webpage offers some activities to help your young French language learners pose and answer the question qu'est-ce que c'est? My favorite: kids take turns choosing objects out of a box and guessing what...

Using cones and large hoops, have your athletes move the hoops around the gym using only their feet. They must do so within various parameters: both feet inside or outside the hoop, one in and one outside it, or twirling it around one...

Fifth graders identify, describe, and classify lines, line segments, rays, and angles. When given a diagram of a line, they classify the line as perpendicular, parallel, intersecting, vertical, horizontal, and/or diagonal.

Students read and discuss a list of Good Health Manners and examine how to avoid the flu. They complete a worksheet, and write why it is important to follow good health manners.

Students get their cans and their Popsicle sticks and glue a Popsicle stick to the can and continue around the can until it is covered. They paint the Popsicle sticks any color they want or decorate it any way they choose. When the can...

Pupils use their art materials to go outside and draw a picture of a scene. They can also write down specific notes in a small spiral notebook about the scene they want to remember so they can write their stories. They complete their art...

Students write a descriptive essay.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discuss what it must have been like for Anne Frank to stay inside for two years.  Students try to appeal to all five senses in their descriptions. 

Second graders investigate the concept of a celebration through the experience of music and culturally relevant conversation. They have a class discussion about thankfulness and tie it the tradition of celebration. Then students listen...

Students discuss the harvesting and production of pumpkins. Ingredients for creating a pumpkin pie are divided into 4 or 5 groups. Students follow the directions to make a pumpkin pie. Additional ideas for making a Pumpkin Ag Bag are...

Your young poets will jump at the chance to demonstrate their understanding of stanzas. Cue up “Seven Jumps,” a track on Michael Herman’s CD, International Folk Dances. Class members move to the music of each stanza and freeze when a...

In this adjectives worksheet, students match adjectives with descriptions of different types of stories. Students then read a news report and fill in the spaces with adjectives that begin with the specified letters.

Learners explore the concept of stewardship. In this service learning instructional activity, students discuss sharing and good manners. Learners create sharing posters and learn a manners song.

Students appreciate uniqueness and differences by comparing and contrasting fruit. In this differences lesson, students study fruits and analyze for similarities and differences. Students sort the fruit into five categories. Students...

In this grammar worksheet, students read sentences about Thanksgiving and choose the best word to fill in the 11 blanks. Students are given two choices.

Students complete a variety of activities dealing with the book "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge" by Mem Fox. They take a field trip to a senior citizen's home and conduct an interview, and complete journal entries having to do with...

Students earn money for a philanthropic organization. In this service learning lesson, students organize a snack market sale to earn money for charities.

Students reflect in journals how the Green Corn Festival compares to present day holidays and look for ways that the tribes celebrate it differently.

Pupils discuss the difference between harsh words and soft words, and how words feel. They feel various mystery materials such as sandpaper, or cotton, and decide if the materials would describe a word that is harsh or soft.

Students respond to a Keith Haring exhibit at a local museum. In this art criticism lesson, students create a postcard to send to the museum, sharing what they learned on their field trip.

Students role-play telephone conversations. They view a video of a telephone conversation and discuss the vocabulary used during the conversation. They practice conversations and substitute responses.

Students participate in a community service project. In this service instructional activity, students travel to a group outside the classroom such as a retirement home, hospital or day care. Students perform a song and read a book with...

Students determine how to use a scale and the importance of a scale model.  In this wind turbine lesson students use a method used to determine the visual impact of wind turbines. 

Students explore alternative energy sources. In this wind energy lesson, students will investigate the difference in the speed and smoothness of wind at different altitudes above earth. Students will use kites, helium balloons,...

Second graders role-play as members of the "Math Graph Detective Academy" and assist in solving a mysteries. Once they have watched a "top secret" video, they sort objects according to traits into five categories. Throughout five...