What do a pair of stinky socks and a toy hamster have in common? The third lesson plan in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl uses silly objects to teach about figurative language. Zany pranks and role play...

Looking to introduce some text-based questions into your ELA lessons? Practice the kinds of skills the Common Core demands with the seven text-based questions and the essay prompt provided here. Designed to be a three-day lesson, day one...

Students listen to The Important Thing About Quilt Design and rewrite an original version using geometric terms.

Third graders research turtles and the ways they have adapted to their marine environment. They work in groups and publish their findings using SiteMaker a web-authoring tool.

Young scholars create a mobile of various geometric designs to be usend to display information from a variety of texts. They add graphics as well as graphs and charts, color, design and artwork to express the ideas learned through the...

High schoolers survey flags of Europe. Students read news stories dealing with the European Union. They discuss the importance of symbolism and identity. High schoolers design one flag to represent all members of the European Union.

Students identify and describe the elements of art and principles of design by creating several different butterfly pictures that represent color, shape, texture, pattern or symmetry.

Students research the characteristics of toothed/baleen whales in books and on the internet. The students participate in whale projects, quizzes, and activities on the internet sites provided.

Students investigate and explore common objects to discover and identify their parts. They also are encouraged to discuss the need for specific parts and what happens when a part is missing from the whole.

Students review United States coins throughout history, and create shape books for their favorite coins. Each book contains text and illustrations created by Students.

Students find travel destinations and information on countries around the world, and use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represent the country they pick. They explore maps, weather, geography, languages, in their quest.

First graders listen to "The Listening Walk" by Paul Showers. They discuss sounds they heard described in the story and then take a listening walk around their playground. They return to the class and draw what they heard.

Second gradersincrease their reading fluency and expressiveness through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading, 2nd graders complete an initial read of a novel text without expression. Each student reads a...

Students choose and animal about which to research or compose a riddle. They organize and develop a slide show in which they create a background, import graphics, clip art, kid pix stamps, photos, and type their riddle.

Learners describe safe practice when doing field and lab investigations in a estuary or wetland. They create a model of an estuary and describe their value and function. They participate in field study in which they collect and analyze...

Middle schoolers work together to solve a classroom mystery. They collect and organize their information into databases. They educate the school on how databases benefit life in a democracy.