Students practice working with beginning letter sounds.  In this phonics instructional activity, students state the letter sound that their name starts with, read a book about beginning letter sounds and complete a worksheet.

Students make a compass.  In this magnetism instructional activity, students use the Internet to research magnetic fields and perform an experiment to find the magnetic fields around different magnets.  Students use the...

Students study the concept of numbers found in the natural world. They explore the wonder and necessity of the diversity of different plants and discover that plants have numbers hidden in them everywhere. They survey where they might...

Students identify patterns. In this pattern lesson students discuss what makes a pattern. They find a pattern hidden in the classroom. 

Students develop and present a power point presentation.  In this getting to know you lesson, students create a power point presentaion that describes themselves.  Students include information about what they like to do and...

Students complete a variety of Earth Day activities. In this recycling and the environment instructional activity, students listen to Earth friendly music, create a car out of juice boxes, use soda cans and bottle caps to create a...

Students research a biome.  In this biomes of the Earth lesson, students discuss what they already know about ecology and view pictures of different biomes.  Students work in groups to research a different biome.  Students...

First graders practice oral and silent reading using beginning  comprehension and decoding strategies. In this guided reading lesson, 1st graders take a picture walk and make plot predictions prior to reading the book Rain by Robert...

Second graders demonstrate understanding of symmetry and identify objects that have symmetry. They use a mirror to get a visual illustration of what symmetry is. They create a collage of symmetrical pictures they find in magazines.

Students create a book cover using Microsoft Publisher.  In this computer publishing lesson, students learn how to use the program Microsoft Publisher.  Students experiment with fonts, styles, formats and clip art. ...

Students play games.  In this comprehension and recall lesson, students play Give Me A Break, Bingo and Jeopardy to reinforce the knowledge they've learned about Lewis and Clark.

Students complete a diagram of sea horse body parts.  In this sea horse instructional activity, students review the story Sea Horses A True Book, complete a sea horse diagram using Internet sights to help, make new entries in their...

Students write a story.  In this critical thinking and writing lesson, students read a fable, answer the provided thinking skills questions, and write their own fable.

Students discuss the differences between boys and girls.  In this acceptance lesson, students view pictures of boys and girls and use a Venn Diagram to chart their differences.  Students discuss boy activities and girl...

First graders participate in a scavenger hunt. In this grouping activity, 1st graders search for pictures of objects around the room, then find the card with the name of that object written on it. Students also discuss the similiarities...

Students learn how to classify animals. In this animal characteristics lesson, students read Granddad's Animal Alphabet Book, brainstorm a list of different kinds of animals, and determine their characteristics; fur, feathers or scales....

Study history through photographs. In this visual arts and history lesson, students learn to analyze photographs to discover details about life during the Civil War era. Students write journal entries as if they are the African-American...

Second graders use their sense of touch to identify a variety of objects. In this sense of touch instructional activity, 2nd graders listen to a read aloud of Sandra Boynyon's, Fuzzy Fuzzy, Fuzzy. They talk about different textures and...

Students use the Internet to conduct a research project.  In this rain forest lesson, students work in groups to research different parts of the rain forest.  Students research climate, foods, house products and...

Young scholars create posters to raise awareness about endangered species.  In this endangered and extinct species lesson, students use the Internet to research endangered and extinct animals, record their findings on a chart and...

Students explore the food pyramid and how to eat a healthy diet.  In this nutrition lesson, students use pictures to make charts of food from the different food groups, record the food they eat throughout the day, investigate the...

First graders create symmetrical designs using a computer program.  For this lines of symmetry lesson, 1st graders review their symmetrical designs and discuss other ways symmetrical designs can be made.  Students work in pairs...

In this water flow worksheet, students complete 15 word puzzles, a word search, and 2 picture puzzles about the flow of water and erosion.

In this vocabulary activities worksheet, students after reading a story complete a variety of assignments including word completions, a vocabulary word search, take a quiz as well as the drawing of a picture of Biscuit and Puddles.