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A Growing Market
Students research plants and the bedding plant industry and then make a list of materials they need to plant seeds. In this planting lesson plan, students then plant their seeds, chart their progress, and write what they have learned.
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Reading to Your Child
Learners listen to a story and are encouraged to read. In this reading instructional activity students share tips on reading and complete a group activity.
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Circus Lesson
Students take part in group entertainment activities. In this circus lesson, students discuss their own memories of a circus and conduct several activities such as juggling scarves and creating balloon animals. Students discuss why...
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The Three Little Pigs
Students read the story The Three Little Pigs and complete language activities about them. In this The Three Little Pigs lesson plan, students research houses, draw houses, and write alliteration poems.
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Origami
Students, through active participation in Japanese origami, demonstrate their skills in this cultural art form and develop an appreciation for other cultures.
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Images of Slavery
Students analyze the ways slavery shaped social and economic life in the South after 1800, methods of passive and active resistance to slavery; escaped slaves and the Underground Railroad, and the ending of the Atlantic slave trade.
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Map Skills
Students examine the nations, battlefields, troop movement of the Germans through Belgium and the location of both fronts during World War I by creating a map. They visualize the strength of the Germans early in the war.
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - The Caldecott Award
Students engage in a variety of activities as they study illustrators, how illustrations enhance a studenT book, and the Caldecott Award. They write a report about their favorite illustrator.
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Investigation of Meiosis in Common Plants and Animals
Students witness various stages of mitosis through preparing onion root tip slides. With teacher guidance, they learn a great deal through the hands-on process of preparing the slides themselves.
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I Spy The Letter M!
Young scholars identify the grapheme and phoneme for M. They practice writing the letter M and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /m/. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify it in...
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Musical Alphabet
Students play a musical Alphabet game after listening to the book "Alphabet Letters" by Rolando Merino in this Language Arts lesson for early-elementary classrooms. The lesson includes an idea on how to evaluate student comprehension.
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Music in West Africa
High schoolers explore power and the symbols of power in West African music. They discuss the music of West Africa and compare it to African American music of today. In addition, they investigate musical instruments of Africa, identify...
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Health and Safety
Students identify the colors used in a preschool classroom, the set-up, the safety procedures, as well as the immunizations required for a preschool. They also engage in small activities that include a class discussion, note taking, and...
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Dolch Vocabulary Flashcards-Level 1
In this language arts worksheet, students learn 50 Level 1 Dolch basic sight words. Students cut apart the 8 flashcards per page and study the words, which are in alphabetical order. There are no directions for use of the cards.
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Count to the Number Five
In this early childhood counting to 5 worksheet, students count 5 watches shown on the worksheet and identify the appropriate number at the bottom of the page by coloring or circling it.
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Practice Counting to Ten
For this early childhood counting to 10 worksheet, students count 10 turtles shown on the worksheet and identify the appropriate number at the bottom of the page by coloring or circling it.
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Beginning Sounds
In this early childhood beginning sounds worksheet, students learn to recognize beginning letters of words as they look at the pictures of the ball, goat, money, octopus and zebra on the page and then draw a line to the letter each item...
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African Animals - Different Worksheet
In this early childhood recognizing differences learning exercise, students look at all the African animals in each row and identify the one that is different from the others by circling it.
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Reviewing the Rules
Students participate in a group discussion to evaluate rules that the class created together. In this early childhood social studies lesson plan, students condense rules into categories and reword rules to be stated in the positive.
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CyberHunt: Ancient China
Students participate in various web based activities about ancient China in order to discover the accomplishments of this extraordinary culture. In this history lesson, students explore the Chinese paper making recipes, and the special...
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Plant Parts
Students use "Kid Pix" to explore plants. In this science and technology lesson plan, students become familiar with plant parts and label them on a plant. Students tell the functions of each of the plant parts.
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Do Plants Need Sunlight?
Students investigate whether plants need sunlight to survive. In this plant lesson, students experiment with plants to learn about chlorophyll that plants get from light sources.
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The Conestoga Wagon
Learners research the Conestoga wagon. In this early transportation activity, students use primary documents to research how the invention of the Conestoga wagon improved transportation.
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Jamestown Journey Part 3
Fourth graders study the economy of Jamestown. In this early settlers lesson plan, 4th graders read about the trade between the English and the natives in Jamestown. This lesson plan is part of a larger unit and coincides with the novel...