Third graders observe various pictures of rural communities and explain what they see in each of the pictures. They discuss what they believe a rural community is and write their ideas on the board, discover its defintion, and share...

Second graders discuss how their weather changes by examining temperatures, clothing needs, and plant life. They talk about the identifying factors of the seasons and complete a Venn Diagram about weather in a guided instructional...

Students research, explore and analyze the history of how American women journalists have influenced major social change in the nation and the world. They visit major institution's to examine the written legacies of Abigail Adams,...

First graders use an October calendar to trace numbers, trace letters, and identify dates as being in the past, present, and future. In this Social Studies lesson plan, 1st graders label events on the calendar in order to gain deeper...

First graders observe a spider and write sentences about what they see the spider doing. For this writing lesson plan, 1st graders draw what they see, then make an edible spider out of marshmallows and twizzlers. A fun, delicious lesson...

Second graders use cards to create 3-digit addition problems and add them together. In this addition lesson plan, 2nd graders add numbers with and without regrouping. Students use a deck of cards to play an addition game in pairs. A very...

Second graders construct the 3 types of clouds using cotton balls and write sentences describing them. In this clouds lesson plan, 2nd graders describe a cumulus, stratus, and cirrus cloud.

Third graders locate the states of Main and Kansas on a map. In this state location lesson plan, 3rd graders read the book Sarah, Plain and Tall and discuss what states she traveled through.

First graders explore American culture by participating in arts and crafts activities. In this Thanksgiving lesson, 1st graders listen to music based upon the Thanksgiving tradition and examine images of the first Thanksgiving. Students...

This math lesson focuses on coins - specifically the nickel. Students use plastic nickles in order to gain practice counting by fives, and adding amounts of cents. Students complete a worksheet where they tally up different amounts of...

Learners practice regrouping using the wonderful manipulative - unifix cubes. Once they have a tactile understanding of regrouping, students complete 5 worksheets containing addition problems that require regrouping. The worksheets...

Students utilize "Judy Clocks" in order to explore the concepts of time and elapsed time. In this solid lesson on time, students complete a worksheet on elapsed time, using their Judy Clocks to help them keep track of the time. A good,...

Focus on prepositions and prepositional phrases, is the goal of this game of charades. The clues are based on maps that they have drawn out of a hat, and describe how to get to a certain location in a town using prepositions. Note:...

Students read the story, "The Surprise Family," then draw a picture of their own family. Students engage in a class discussion about the differences of families. They describe their "family picture," and their "family job." Nice lesson.

Third graders discover that second graders have written them letters and are anxious to receive letters back. They read the letters and review with the teacher the proper ways of writing letters and then write return letters using words...

Students create a spreadsheet to chart favorite colors, then collect data, create appropriate charts, and use percentages to describe quantities.

Twelfth graders research how the constitution was formed and the reasons for its implementation. They form a class wide constitution that expresses the steps originally used while forming the original constitution. Students vote and...

Students receive a worksheet on music terms. As a class, they unscramble a couple before attempt them on their own. They then write the meaning of each to research the meaning of the musical terms.

Students research the Boston Women's Memorial. Showing their fifth grade buddies around the memorial, they examine the lives of Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley and Lucy Stone. They create scripts for a public service announcement while...

First graders examine the reasons for the Thanksgiving celebration in the United States. They research information about what type of items were used in the past and items that are currently used. They investigate life on the Mayflower...

Students listen actively to the teacher go over the note sheet and copy down other important information not on the sheet and ask questions about what they do not understand. They then use this information to help them complete...

Fourth graders write at least two ways to clean the water and two ways to prevent pollution with appropriate guesses, striving not to create any more pollution in the water. They understand how pollution affects water as well as the rest...

Fifth graders observe a map that includes where the land bridge was located and that its name was Beringia and look in the Social Studies books to read about the Land Bridge Theory. The class then brainstorms reasons why they think...

Sixth graders, after reviewing and studying the basics of recording, analyzing and presenting data, create on graph paper a bar or line graph to represent given data and then interpret the data. They answer questions about the given data...