Students explore sale items.  In this money and percent math lesson, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts.  Students...

Students listen to Arthur Meets the President and participate in Internet activities.  In this Arthur Meets the President lesson, students become familiar with the work of the President.  Students create a KWL about the job of...

Young scholars read a story and respond.  In this caring and helping others lesson, students read Arthur's Halloween making predictions as they go.  Young scholars write a report on caring, create a caring journal where they...

Third graders study the human body. In this health instructional activity, 3rd graders discuss that everyone's body is growing, measure body parts using a tape measure, and color the body worksheet.

First graders describe the characteristics of a tree. In this science lesson plan, 1st graders create predictions about a book they will be listening to, Have you Seen Trees. Additionally, students describe their trees using their 5...

Students listen to music while creating flowers with a partner. They decide on a philanthropic act related to flowers. They recognize the difference between private property and common resources. They use a problem-solving model to...

Four lessons, each following the same routine, explore the careers of a teacher, nurse, electrician, geologist, plumber, and police officer. After listening to a read-aloud and thoughtful discussion, young scholars construct puppets...

Third graders read Ann Tompert's book, Grandfather Tang's Story, and complete math word problems based on the story. In this word problems lesson plan, 3rd graders use tangrams in the word problems.

Third graders create pictures using ordered pairs after listening to a piece of literature. In this ordered pairs and literature lesson, student listen to and discuss The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. They participate in...

Students examine living and non-living things in their environment. They identify trees, plants, and grasses in their neighborhood and those that originate in Illinois in this unit of lessons.

Fifth graders recall the major plot points of a chapter book. After reading the chapter book "Stone Fox," they students describe the plot framework through use of a worksheet. Students are then divided into group to act out selected...

Fifth graders read "My Side of the Mountain." They create a pantomime using vocabulary words from the story. Students create three questions about the reading. They discuss the passage they read and act out words to help them better...

Students watch a Reading Rainbow video about the book "Uncle Jed's Barbershop". They discuss the movie and book and then write a poem about a dream of their own.

Third graders, after reading and discussing the book, "One Fish Two Fish," by Dr. Seuss, practice matching pairs of antonyms together with an accuracy of 12 out of 15. They make flashcards in the shape of fish to study with and play a...

Fifth graders look at the levels of the rain forest. In this rain forest lesson, 5th graders choose a rain forest animal and explain which of the four levels of the rain forest they think that animal lives in. They also complete a word...

Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 

Third graders read and analyze chapter two of the book "The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Skene Catling. They compare and contrast a box of chocolates with the chocolates in the book, and write the sequential steps of opening a box of...

Second graders read the book Gingerbread Baby, identify local features and cardinal directions on a map, and then construct their own map. In this mapping lesson plan, 2nd graders construct their own map in groups based on where the baby...

Students add and subtract polynomials. In this polynomials assessment, students calculate ten questions using addition and subtraction. Students use Lego manipulatives to create their own worksheet on polynomials.

Students investigate rhyming words. In this literacy lesson, students evaluate word pairs to discover rhymes. Students use a picture deck to rhyme words supplied by the teacher.

Third graders write about a photograph they have that represents friendship. In this friendship lesson plan, 3rd graders also read a book about friendship.

Fourth graders use motor imaging to remember the definitions of words. In this vocabulary lesson, 4th graders work in groups to make a pantomime to help them remember a word. Students document the experience in their notebooks.

High schoolers complete problems on normal distribution equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students complete 11 problems out of their text book.

Second graders listen carefully to the story, "Duck for President" and then write and illustrate a new ending to the story; focusing on spelling sight words correctly and use complete sentences. They also work on forming letters...