Readers work to increase the speed of their out-loud reading to improve overall fluency.  They work with partners to time and record how far they read in one minute using the book Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type. The procedures...

Students sequence the events of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, after first being read a biography. The facts are on strips of paper, which are later glued end to end.

For some schools, character-counts lessons are a big part of the curriculum. This resource focuses on following directions and the importance of being a cooperative team player. Learners role-play a variety of situations by being...

Students understand that hunger causes many deaths a year and many children are trapped as slaves through watching a video. In this hunger and child slavery lesson, students write letters to call attention to the problems of hunger and...

Students research where their favorite ingredients come from. In this ingredients lesson plan, students pick 2 ingredients and use the Internet to research where those ingredients originated from. Students then record their findings in a...

Fourth graders investigate the idea that anyone who works hard makes a lot of money. In this cocoa farming lesson, 4th graders understand the processes involved in cocoa farming and the profits gained by doing it.

Students write an essay. In this comparison lesson, students read about a child's typical day on a fair trade cocoa farm in the Dominican Republic. Students write about a typical morning of a child in the US and make comparisons.

Learners understand what a cooperative is and how it helps people. In this cooperatives lesson, students interview a member of a local cooperative and record their responses on a worksheet. Learners share and gather their information on...

Students experiment with a situation as if they were farmers in a co-op. In this democratic decision making instructional activity, students role-play as farmers that are members of a co-op and a have a serious decision to make about...

Tenth graders research locations of biomes and their barriers. In this biomes lesson plan, 10th graders examine location, environmental conditions, and species of plants and animals that live in the biome. Students take notes and create...

Fifth graders explore ideas orally with partners or groups.

Fifth graders count, order, compares, and organize objects and numbers. Each student will contribute in writing a specified number of sets of decimals in correct ascending or descending order.

Fifth graders take turns explaining, orally and in writing, how to solve multiplication problems that contain no more than three digit by two-digit numbers.

Fifth graders brainstorm topics related to theme in order to see how they relate to each other. Each student will contribute concepts and details, and identify relationships between these to create a word web.

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.

Fifth graders add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers. While receiving coaching and praise from his/her partner, each student will multiply whole numbers (three digits by two digits).

Fifth graders describe the lunar cycle. develop an understanding of the order and phases of the moon. Each student in a team contributes orally in order to make a line up of the moon phases in order.

Fifth graders apply the Five Themes of Geography as they relate to the U.S., the world, and specific places in United States history. They recognize and label geographical locations on a map of the United States.

Fifth graders demonstrate reading and active listening by examining story elements. Working in teams, each student will develop and demonstrate an understanding of story elements by answering questions related to a given story.

After a class discussion about where their food comes from learners construct a farm from a print-out (embedded in the plan). They work in groups, and trace a food source from the beginning. For example, they discover how a farmer grows...

The goal in this activity is to maintain control dribbling one's own basketball while trying to knock away another players basketball. The last player standing, wins. This activity will definitely help young learners practice dribbling...

Students examine the distribution of wealth in the US. In this economic distribution lesson, students use math skills to apply real statistics to the students in their classroom making these facts more of a reality.

Students read stories about people making differences in the world and specifically the hunger plight. In this making a difference instructional activity, students read stories about people who impacted people and the plight of hunger....

Students will record their food choices for one week, noting calories, protein and vitamin content of foods using a given USDA website. Students will discuss whole class the important of proper nutrition and its role, and what happens...