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Listen, Look, and Move!
First graders are introduced to the movement and singing game "Skip to My Lou". They identify several locomotor activities to perform with the song.
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Process This
Students chart the steps, including the problem-solving tangent, and discuss the idea of procedures serving to give us a "road map" or guide to help tackle tasks with preparation and forethought.
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Guided Reading: Jump Rope
Students blend phonemes to decode words. In this guided reading lesson, students evaluate different comprehension strategies to aid reading. Students make predictions based on picture clues and use patterned sentences to facilitate...
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Solving Algebraic Expressions
Students simplify equations and expressions. In this algebra lesson, students add, subtract, multiply and divide as they solve expressions. They relate factoring to solving polynomials.
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Louisiana: a Jambalaya of Nationalities
Middle schoolers write letters of protest outlining the reasons why abolishment of the Code Noir was going to have an adverse affect on political tensions in Louisiana.
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Los Artistas Hispanos (Hispanic Artists)
Students research Hispanic artists. They complete a handout about their artist. Students brainstorm a list of vocabulary relating to the theme of art. Students choose one work of art by each artist studied, and copy these for the paper...
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A "Real" Picuture of a Scientist
Students share their own stereotypes when they talk about scientists. In groups, they draw a picture of a scientist where they are working and the tools they most commonly used. Using the internet, they discover how archeolgists use the...
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Yearbook Project for ESL Students
High schoolers in an ESL classroom are introduced to the American tradition of creating a yearbook. Using previous yearbooks, they note the various components and practice using new vocabulary. They brainstorm a list of items they would...
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Abraham Lincoln
Students brainstorm different names of presidents and reflect upon the importance of the role in government. They demonstrate a knowledge of the important events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Students conduct research into the founding...
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Language Arts: The Three Appeals
Young scholars are able to identify and describe the persuasive techniques used in editorial writing. They are able to label persuasive techniques with the logos, pathos, and ethos terminology.
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AN INTERNATIONAL MENU
Middle schoolersl expand vocabulary through word study, literature and class discussion (e.g. word origins, roots and affixes, meaning in context, levels of usage, etc.). They recognize food-related words that have entered the English...
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Berlitz Spanish
High schoolers use a CD-ROM that offers a combination of listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities for the beginner Spanish student using a repertory of learning strategies.
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Project 1
Learners are given a coin to observe and make inferences about. Using a worksheet, they make two columns to list their observations and inferences in an organized manner. They develop a hypothesis based on one of the inferences and...
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Early Humans
Eighth graders work together in groups to examine the earliest civilizations. After reading two stories, they compare and contrast the facts with those stories with other ones they have read. They discuss the different hypothesis on...
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Hawaiian Monk Seal Jeopardy
Students explore the Hawaiian monk seal. In this science lesson, students read about the monk seal and participate in a game in which they answer questions about the Hawaiian monk seal.
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The Story Tree
Students create dialogue that relates to a Florida Archives silent film clip. They research the Florida Memory Project and view a film clip. They record their dialogue on index cards and review and revise the dialogue as needed. They...
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Kindergarten Holocaust Unit
Students determine that we are the same. They discuss that we have differences and realize our differences make us special. They recall the ways in which human beings and Sesame Street characters are alike. They create a second...
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Me Gusta
Young scholars draw pictures to illustrate their likes. The pictures are collected and, as a class, students practice talking about the pictures in Spanish.
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Chanting
Students use pictures and text to gain meaning from written materials by connecting text. message heard, and/or material viewed to prior knowledge and experiences. Finally, students recognize and name upper and lower case letters and...
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Discovering Demographics
Young scholars analyze demographic data including a statistical overview of India. Students synthesize their findings and create an informational poster about India.
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Advances in Civilization: A Car or a Horse?
Fourth graders investigate the ways in which horses made transportation, hunting and agriculture much easier for the native peoples. They then compare advantages of a horse "back then" to the ease transportation (mainly cars) make on our...
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Animals and Me
Students develop skills needed to use the Internet. They demonstrate scrolling, links, and the back arrow. Students read a book and explore the web for their favorite animal. They create a Venn diagram comparing their body parts to the...
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Newspaper Weather
Students use their knowledge of the weather to evaluate information from the newspaper. They also take this knowledge and construct a weather map predicting the next day's weather.