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Easter Treats
Young scholars celebrate Easter. In this current events lesson, students visit Fountains Abbey, Cadbury World, The Big Pit, Madame Tussaud's, and Natureland online or in person to participate in Easter activities.
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Friendly Poetry
In this activity, students will compile a list of the things they look for in a friend and use that information to create a simple poem. Using a familiar topic may make poetry a little less daunting for some children.
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Raising DrugFree Kids:: A Values Approach
Students describe the components of a drug-prevention program, explain the place of drug-prevention in raising students and in the school curriculum, and design, plan and implement the Drug Free Kids program.
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Responsibility
Second graders explore the concept of responsibility and the rights and responsibilities of citizens in their school and community. They brainstorm about the word responsibility, develop a list of how people make friends, and make a...
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Shadow Pictures
Learners discover the power of lights, shades, and shadows in this Art lesson intended for upper-elementary/middle-level Art classrooms. Older students may want to experiment by adding more than one silhouette to the Bristol board used...
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Birds, Bees and Butterflies
Students complete a variety of activities surrounding science, music and art. In this nature and animals lesson, students sing songs, color a picture of make a butterfly, listen and dance to music, make a butterfly, recite riddles...
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Springtime Flower Fun
Students study directional skills and participate in a scavenger hunt to find flowers. They compare, group and classify the flowers by their similarities and differences.
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Like A Good Neighbor
Second graders discuss the characteristics that make a neighborhood. As a class, they create a KWL chart assessing their knowledge about neighborhoods. Students develop a list of rights and responsibilities of good neighbors and...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Chapter 1 Questions
For this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 16 short answer questions pertaining to the characters and setting of the novel.
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Make a Tally
In this tally chart learning exercise, students read the word problems and use the information within the problem to make a tally chart. Students use the tally charts to help them finish and solve the word problem.
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Race into Reading
Learners create a career exploration experience for elementary students. In this career exploration lesson, learners select a career field d to read about to elementary children. Students then present the Career Exploration Day to the...
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Recycle Those CDs!
Students recycle unwanted CDs for art projects. In this art lesson, students can glue comic strips to the CD's creating Christmas ornaments or coasters with markers or paint.
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There's More To Sex Education Than AIDS Prevention
Young scholars are introduced to the views on sexuality in the United States. In groups, they research data from five countries and compare them with the United States. Using the information, they develop reasons why the teenage...
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Audrey Hepburn Activity Worksheet and Progress Test
In this Audrey Hepburn activity and progress test worksheet, learners respond to a total of 23 true/false, multiple choice, matching, and fill in the blank questions pertaining to Audrey Hepburn.
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The Secret Surprise
In this comprehension worksheet, students read a story called The Secret Surprise and complete multiple choice questions. Students complete 5 questions.
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Tattling and Telling
Young scholars identify ways to prevent bullying. In this character education lesson plan, students discuss the difference between tattling and telling and perform a puppet show to illustrate these differences.
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Successful Summarizers
Students review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they explore six steps/rules of summarizing. In groups, they read a short book and then, using the summarization rules and skills, write an effective...
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Make and Read Bar Graphs
In this bar graphs worksheet, learners make a bar graph about the sale of school supplies with the data presented in one story problem.
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Health Education: Self-Control
Third graders identify healthy methods of self-control. In this health lesson plan, 3rd graders take control of their own actions as they take part in a creative activity in which they learn healthy ways to monitor and control themselves.
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Past Real Conditional / Past Unreal Conditional
In this conditional forms worksheet, students, using the words given, complete the text with the appropriate conditional form, either past real or past unreal.
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Context Clues
Students develop vocabulary using pre -reading strategies. In this language arts lesson plan, students discuss the intended message from observing a picture. Additionally, students explore guessing the covered word within a text.
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Night and Day Talk
Students practice writing and saying the letter O. They examine pictures and discuss what is going on in them depending on the time of day. They write about what they do during the day and night.
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Immigration to the United States
Third graders search TDC database for images of immigration from other countries, maps, and diaries. They identify why immigrants came to the United States and engage in a role-play simulating an experience the immigrants might have had.
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Triangles and Quadrilaterals
Second graders explore triangles and quadrilaterals. They rotate to various centers in the room to identify and examine triangles and quadrilaterals. After presenting a picture to the class, 2nd graders locate right angles, triangles...