Students read one or two chapters from The Painting Ballerina, then pick a scene or idea from the story that is very vivid in their imagines and draw it. They display their finished works and talk about them as a class.

Second graders, in groups, write quilt reports.

Second graders create their own rhythm with a time signature. They examine notes, rests, and how many beats for ech type of note. Students clap in rhythm. They perform their own rhythm for the class.

Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...

Students write a story. In this writing and drawing lesson plan, students select one object and write about events from that object's perspective. Students draw pictures to go with their story.

Learners are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. After reading excerpts from "The Diary of Anne Frank", they discuss how two people can see the same event in different ways and write about the event in the journals...

Students read the book The Clever Stick and answer discussion questions about it. In this reading activity, students read the given book, and participate in answering questions based on the book. There are also writing, drawing, and...

In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "The Computation," by John Donne.

Young scholars explore the functions of simple machines. In this simple machines lesson, students evaluate the uses of simple machines as they dissect a machine and then design their own.

Students graph and solve equations and expressions. In this algebra lesson, students use simple factorization to simplify expressions. They review for an exam by doing basic algebra.

Learners compare two characters and role-play how they would perform various actions. They view and discuss a video, list opposite descriptions for the two girls in the video, and role-play the opposites.

Students study the season of spring and create stories about the season. In this spring season instructional activity, students read books about spring and discuss the season. Students then color and create a mini-book about Spring.

Pupils explore environmental issues. Using a newspaper, students scan headlines for articles related to environmental or sustainability issues. From the article title, pupils predict the article's intent and then read the article for a...

Students identify how animals adapt characteristics to help them survive or reproduce. In this animal lesson, students draw pictures of their animal and adaptation.

Learners write their own poem about immigration. They are asked to write a kind of "welcome to America" update of Emma Lazarus's classic verse.

Students role play the role of an alien who analyzes how the media represents the different social groups. In groups, they write their own story in which they add or revise a character to make it non-stereotypical. They share their...

Students study geometric images and polyhedrons. In this geometry lesson, students complete several activities to learn about geometric shapes and classify polyhedrons from polygons. Students watch a video, complete a web-directed...

Students conduct research and teach each other about the eruption of Mount St. Helens and identify the major components of the eruption, their characteristics and their effects. They simulate the eruption dramatically.

Middle schoolers participate in book club forums where they write descriptive, evaluation, analysis, synthesis, or inference essays. They take on the role of a character in their bok and publish a web page.

Students, in groups, create hypothetical financial plans for a colonial Maine family living on the frontier.

Students create a mobile of boxes and cubes that they made in a previous lesson that can be accessed from this page. They design the mobile using method that an engineer would use to balance the items based on surface areas and volumes.

Students hear the story, "The Old Man of the Tree. They review story details and answer a set of questions as a class. Students learn the song, "There is Beauty" then reinact the story, "The Old Man of the Tree," and work in small...

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