Students use their books and the Internet to explore and find specific information about the Native Americans that were in Florida during the 1500's.

Learners investigate the characteristics of a community. They investigate the characteristics of the Omaha community through internet research and discussion. Students create books about their community.

Eighth graders listen Steven Kellog's, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Raymond Briggs, Jim and the Beanstalk. They use a Venn diagram to compare the two elements of the two stories. They write and publish an original contemporary fairy tale...

First graders complete a variety of experiments with solids, liquids and gases. They read books about matter, identify the characteristics of solids, liquids and gases and the sort and classify a variety of matter. Students make...

Fourth graders exercise the strategies of silent reading and summarization to acquire new and important information from a text. They silently read and summarize page eighty-two in their "A History of Alabama" books. A review of...

Pupils collect information about themselves and their favorite things. Each month they add information in the form of reflections demonstrating growth in self esteem and self evaluation. At the end of the sachool year, students compile...

Students describe the decision-making process by listening to books being read aloud and completing worksheets. They write journal entries, complete motivating activities, and participate in a 5 Square Activity. As an assessment, they...

Students examine the life of Louisa May Alcott. Using the Internet, they examine the types of books and plays she wrote. In groups, they compare and contrast the types of covers used on the various publishing's. They design and color...

In this letter sounds instructional activity, 1st graders find words that end with the letter 'k' sound. Students color the pictures that end in the letter 'k' and glue them into the book. Students find four words that end in 'k'.

In this probability worksheet, students are presented with how a scientist calculated the chance that God exists. References to scientists, mathematicians, and books are made.

Fourth graders discuss the story "Hatchet" after the story is read. In this literacy lesson plan, 4th graders explore various habitats researching the characteristics about each, complete a Venn Diagram comparing their habitat with the...

Students explore photos they find desirable. They read the section of the book, How to Take Great Photographs With Any Camera, by Jerry Hughes, on Composition. They discuss, the Rule of Thirds, Hot Spots, Framing, and Cropping.

Pupils read a book about Matthew Martin who wants a new computer program. He has no savings, and he's in debt to most of his classmates and his parents. His parents share their experiences of buying on credit and getting out of debt.

Learners examine the book, I Wish I Didn't Have to Sleep, and examine Haring's work. They create stories about Keith Haring's pictures.

Fourth graders brainstorm and research to find information that fits with their assigned letter. They decide with their group which items to be used in their book page. Students participate in the illustration of the group page.

Fifth graders identify the parts of a print catalog record as a way to find information and the location of a book in the media center. They complete a worksheet about decoding a catalog record, complete a Mad Libs activity online, and...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the /ai/ correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ai/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students then...

Students read different letter blends to improve their reading fluency speed. They discuss decoding, and observe the teacher modeling different decoding strategies. In pairs, they take turns reading the book "Pat's Jam," recording...

Learners practice letter and sound recognition of the vowel o=/o/. They study the tongue twister "Tom got a frog from the pond" and the book, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," by Laura Joffe Numeroff with an accompanying worksheet to master.

Students practice writing, sounding out, and listening for words with the /sh/ digraph. Students participate in a chant Sh! Sh! Stop that Noise. Then they listen to "Book Shadow" and identify the words with the /sh/ digraph.

Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ sound. As a class they read and recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letters ch. Students then listen to pairs of words and identify the word that contains the...

Students research cultural and social issues in the areas of Westward Expansion, Immigration, and Civil Rights. They use their research to create a PowerPoint electronic book to be used by other students.

Fifth graders collect artifacts of their fifth grade school year and make a technology based Memory Book.

Students research life in Plymouth during the Civil War. Using the internet and other resources, students examine the historical effects of the Civil War. In groups, they publish a newspaper explaining the events of the day.