Students create presentations to discuss a book they've read using a video format. In this reading and speech lesson, students video tape a presentation about a book they've written a summary for. Students then produce an in-house...

Students inquire about visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this Keith Haring instructional activity, students examine the book Nina's Book of Little Things and create their own drawings based on their personal life....

Students practice telling time by reading a children's story.  In this time keeping lesson, students read the book The Very Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carl, and create a schedule for the ladybug to complete certain activities....

Students practice memorizing the seven days of the week and keeping them in order.  In this calendar lesson, students read aloud the book Today is Monday by Eric Carle, and create their own calendar style book using educational...

First graders collect classroom data (such as mode of transportation used to get to school) and prepare a pictograph to interpret the information.