Young scholars observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with more expression. They observe a demonstration of wishing happy birthday with and without expression, and in pairs demonstrate reading with expression using...

First graders listen to the book Happy Birthday Martin Luther King and sing a song about him. For this reading lesson, 1st graders develop listening skills as they listen to the book. They also discuss their feelings about the laws that...

In this happy birthday writing prompt stationary worksheet, students look at a clip art picture of a little girl with birthday cupcakes. They write a story about their birthday on the line stationary.

In this word search worksheet, students locate and circle the names nine words related to happiness that are hidden in the puzzle. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.

Primary learners will embrace diversity and celebrate multiculturalism through these engaging activities. Which include reading the story Martin Luther King and singing the song "A Man Named King." They will also explore the...

Map this! Help your young mathematicians draw a circular island on a map. Given specifics of the location and size of an island on a map, pupils transform a circle to meet the given requirements. They then determine the location of the...

Shelves filled with heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. Bouquets of red roses. Racks of romantic cards. Stores are preparing for Valentine's Day. Has the holiday become too commercialized? That is the question asked by a lesson designed...

How many people do you need in a room before two likely share the same birthday? Scholars consider this puzzle by analyzing a set of data. They ponder how to divide the data and determine the proper size of a group for this event to...

Celebrate Father's Day this year with a fun math and coloring activity! After counting all of the dad-related pictures and graphing their frequency, learners color a Father's Day card to give to their dads.

What ideas and philosophies guided the Transcendentalist movement in America? Scholars explore the topic, reading texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Additionally, they write essays comparing the authors' structural...

Build a complete house in just a few days. Learners create floor, roof, deck, and landscape plans for a two-story house. Scholars then use their knowledge of area formulas, trigonometric ratios, and the Pythagorean Theorem to determine...

Clear water does not mean clean water. A collaborative lesson has groups play a board game to identify sources of water pollution and develop strategies for improving water quality. Their investigations include reference to the water...

Learners examine what makes them happy. In this self-esteem lesson, students work together to create a flip chart about what they think happiness is and discuss their reactions to the list. They create a name tag about who they are and...

These activities promise to provide a day full of fun for young learners as they explore feelings and emotions. Learners participate in two sing-alongs with the songs "Smile" and "If You're Happy", they color emotion masks, and finally...

In this family emotion worksheet, students draw a picture to illustrate something they do to make someone happy in their family. They complete a sentence by listing who their activity will make happy.

First graders study each other's birthdays in graph form.

In this Happy Birthday worksheet, students complete a word search on birthdays, unscramble six scrambled words associated with birthdays and fill in the blanks in a crossword puzzle.

In this "Happy Birthday, Moon" home-school literacy connection worksheet, students cut out a picture of a teddy bear and mountains, which they glue to straws to make stick puppets. They listen to an adult read words on sentence strips,...

In this language arts worksheet, students use the letters in HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to begin each line of an acrostic poem about fathers.

In this "le" ending sound activity, students complete sentences with words that have the same ending sound as the word apple. They complete the activity, which has a "Happy Birthday" theme by filling in 5 blanks, and coloring the picture...

In this word recognition instructional activity, students trace the word 'happy,' write it independently, and identify it in a group of other words.

Students love to test their knowledge, use this game to see what your students know about landforms and other basic geographic terminology.