This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing tongue twisters. Examples of tongue twisters are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing headline poems.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing limerick poems. An example of a limerick poem is provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.

Contains plans for eight 50-minute lessons that use Ezra Jack Keats books to teach predicting, comparing and contrasting, and problem solving. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF...

Provided are three activities that help young scholars develop communication skills by using creative experimentation.

Many lesson plans with ideas for teachers and students, sorted by age and by type! Wonderful for thematic approaches.

For this lesson, the mentor text called Mathematickles by Betsy Franco is used. Learners will use the language of mathematics to demonstrate their understanding of the topics about which they write. Older students should use humor and...

Here's a creative lesson for students to examine various haikus, and Japanese culture, then write their own haiku poem, and illustrate it using watercolors! Provides plenty of links to more information, a thorough explanation of the...

Students will look at the work of Jackson Pollock as they learn about Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting. They have the opportunity to make their own dripping paint "action" painting.

An article about the US and Canadian zoos using apps to teach apes is a springboard for this creative activity. Pre-reading questions, the article from Reuters, and follow-up summary in addition to grammar exercises make up a complete...

After reading "The Squiggle" by Carole Lexa Schafer, students use their own creative vision and talent to turn a squiggle into a masterpiece. They use crayons to color background and details, anything that helps make their squiggle into...

It's fun to personify articles of clothing as a means of inspiring creative writing from your students, and this mini-workshop has students a) personify their shoes on a page in their writer's notebook, b) share their story ideas out...

Check out these creative ways to teach students about synonyms and antonyms. Features a great list of ideas for teachers to include in their lesson plans.

A lesson plan to show young scholars' understanding of the water cycle through illustrations, and their ability to write creatively about it.

The instructional activity uses the story, "Brothers of the Knight," by Debbie Allen, to launch a writing instructional activity based on a creative solution to the problem presented in the story.

Three learning activities to teach K-2 young scholars about poetry. Very detailed lessons with references and other suggested activities. Ways to individualize and academic content standards are noted. (Attachment may not load in...

Following a reading of the epic poem Beowulf and the contemporary text inspired by it, Grendel, students create their own monster. Lesson plans provide assessment criteria, extension ideas, and a list of resources.

For this lesson, 7th graders explore the proportional relationship between coffee and the cost.

In this lesson plan, 1st graders are given a graphic of a map and are to use addition and subtraction to solve the word problem.

In this lesson plan students are to answer word problems using addition or subtraction within 20.

This lesson plan allows students to explore proportional relationships using information from robot races.

This complete lesson plan has students solve word problems using addition and subtraction within 20.

This is a complete lesson plan that has students use paper clips to measure the length of blocks.

In this lesson, 7th graders determine the expression using properties of operations.