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I Spy. What Do You See?
Students play "Veo, veo" (I Spy), a game from the oral tradition that incorporates the alphabet.
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Buckets of Fun
First graders practice their "vocabulary of school" by placing their word cards in the appropriate bucket. They may be asked to use a different locomotive skill as they move between the four buckets.
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Title Match-Up
Third graders are introduced to a game in which each card they receive will have half of a book title on it. They find the person who has the other half of the title and they sit down in a circle. Students when whisper what they know...
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Sound Stretching
In this basic vowel and consonant blending lesson, young learners are shown how to "blend" the sounds of different letters together in order to make a word. Simple words such as, "sun," "moon," and, "ant," are used in a whole-class setting.
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Dictionary Skills
Second graders use resources such as dictionaries and glossaries correctly to build word meaning and to practice all uses of their references; students also practice alphabetical order while locating information.
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Creaky Door E
Learners recognize the short vowel "E" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and fill in the...
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Scootin', Sounds & Sorting
Students work together while they use various locomotor skills to practice beginning sounds of words and the letters of the alphabet. They walk, run, skip, gallop (or any locomotor skill that the teacher requires be used) alongside the...
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Fun with Fish!
Students observe the phoneme and digraph /sh/ in spoken words. They discover a meaningful representation and practicie finding /sh/ in words. They read and spell words (using a letterbox lesson) that contain the phoneme /sh/.
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What Culture Game?
Students examine artifacts from ancient cultures. They compare the differences and some similarities that may exist . They decide on at least two artifacts per area for each of the three cultures chosen and explore diversity.
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Export-Import Game
Students recognize how international trade affects them as consumers and become familiar with basic agricultural crops grown in Kentucky. They identify items used in their daily lives and .heir place of origin and examine export/import...
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Scavenger Hunt for Adjective Images
Young scholars work in groups to create silent videos or still images that define or represent adjectives. They share their creations with the other groups in class to see if they can determine the adjective their project represented.
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Review Geometry Week
Fifth graders participate in a review game of geometry topics. In this geometry lesson plan, 5th graders use the "Eggspert" interactive classroom game system to review the geometry skills taught that week. Students work in teams to...
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What Is It? Tommy Tastes
Students complete multi-curricular to learn about senses and sensory words. In this sensory words lesson, students discuss the five senses and the anatomy of a tongue. Students complete a food tasting activity and find descriptive words...
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Cyberchase
Students participate in math games to learn to count combinations. In this counting combinations activity, students complete the 'Cyber Chow Combos Organizer' to practice counting combinations. Students then complete a combinations...
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Harry Hears!
Students explore ear anatomy and the sense of hearing. In this hearing lesson plan, students discuss the five senses and view a model of an ear. Students place cotton balls in their ears to simulate loss of hearing. Students use...
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Simple Sequencing
Fourth graders play a stand up version of musical chairs to find their sequencing partners. In this music and language arts lesson, 4th graders enjoy a game that requires them to organize a series of three pictures, then write sentences...
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Using Conjunctions-- Mix & Match Cards 1
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to use conjunctions to combine phrases in a complete sentence by cutting apart 30 cards. Students match the first half of the sentence with the last half which begins with a conjunction....
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Memory
Students participate in a Spanish/English matching game. In pairs, they take turns matching new vocabulary to its English counterpart. They are trying to match all vocabulary and receive a star when it is correct. They play the game...
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Express Yourself!
First graders work as a group to generate and play a game that displays an understanding of developmental level reading vocabulary based on a grade level checklist. This lesson plan really engages the creative side of your students!
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Let's Play Scrabble!
What do Alfred Mosher Butts, James Brunot, and Jack Straus have in common? They were all instrumental in the development of Scrabble. Class members will discover these facts and many more as they conduct a WebQuest to gather, organize,...
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Desktop Spelling
Students participate in a spelling drill. In this spelling instructional activity, students correctly spell the word that is called out and remain standing if they spell the word correctly.
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Four Corners Spelling
Second graders participate in a spelling activity using clapping and rhythmic patterns. In this ongoing spelling instructional activity, 2nd graders practice various spelling words in groups and using rhythms. Students then...
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Go Fish
First graders explore rhyming words. They listen to the book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and discuss the rhyming words. After being placed into groups, they play the game, "Go Fish" and find matching rhyming words. They...
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Rhymes
Students complete rhyming word activities. In this rhyming words lesson, students play an online game for rhyming words and recite a well known nursery rhyme as a class. Students pick out words from the poem that rhyme and brainstorm...