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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Transportation and Travel
Students explore all the possible options and benefits of transportation/travel within the United States. An extensive list of options is listed for them within a vocabulary list on the board.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Time and Money
Students, while daily reviewing an extensive vocabulary list of terms on the board, explore/identify what checking/saving accounts are used for as well as the process of writing a check.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Concepts of Time and Money
Students, after reviewing the vocabulary words on the board and being shown several examples, in pairs practice naming the months, days of the week and their abbreviations in order.
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The Great Hunter Storytelling Lesson
Young scholars listen to and use resources to translate an old Oneida story told in the Oneida language by an elder in the community. They then develop an illustrated slideshow of the story.
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The Impact of Disease on our Lives
High schoolers explore infectious diseases. They analyze the effect of a disease on the community. Students develop a public health policy that addresses the containment of the epidemic. High schoolers create a policy and present...
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What's the Scoop on Casey
Third graders read "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest L. Thayer and create a newspaper article about Casey's infamous at-bat.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan
Pupils read words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy. They write and spell words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy.
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Misleading Graphs Lesson Plan
Students design and build water balloon catchers from random scrap materials, while taking into consideration a multitude of variables including: cost, maintenance, total capacity, etc.
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Number Prefixes
Students recognize the number prefixes used throughout the English language. They identify the shapes and the prefixes that are associated with them.
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Inuktitut
Students explore Inuit language. In this Inuktitut lesson, students listen to a lecture about the history and phonology of the Inuit language. Students create Inuktitut-English dictionaries with illustrations for...
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Writing with Alliteration
Students read Thank You for the Thistle and understand what alliteration is. In this alliteration instructional activity, students write sentences using alliteration. Students choose a letter of the alphabet and the class writes an...
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Haunting Music
Students discover music that was inspired by the spooky and bizarre. In this music of Hector Berlioz and Camille Saint-Saens lesson, students identify elements of music and listen to the Symphonie Fantastique and Danse Macabre....
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The Changing Me
Third graders study the human body. For this health lesson, 3rd graders discuss that everyone's body is growing, measure body parts using a tape measure, and color the body worksheet.
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Three, Two, One, Go!
Students work in teams conducting an experiment that demonstrates why the height of an inclined plane affects the speed at which an object travels. They record data on a chart and calculate speed to reveal the results of three trials at...
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Vivid Adjectives
Students review adjectives and play a game where students compete to see who can write the most adjectives for a given noun. They write a story about one topic and try to use a variety of adjectives in sequence tto describe a noun.
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Do You Haiku? We Do!
Third graders try their hands at writing Haiku, a form of Japanese poetry. Haiku is usually 17 syllables in three-line form. This engaging lesson has many excellent worksheets and website imbedded in the plan. They share their finished...
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Cinderella Stories
Students read and compare Cinderella stories using a worksheet. They write and illustrate original tales with a twist.
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An Introduction to Quadrilaterals
High schoolers explore the concept of quadrilaterals. In this quadrilateral instructional activity, students play with a floor tile applet to see that there are many types and characteristics of quadrilaterals including parallelograms,...
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Methods of Power- Solar, Hydrogen, and Electric
Learners examine solar, hydrogen, electric power. In this research based lesson, students will do simple investigations, view videos, discuss, and research how these three types of energy are used for power. They illustrate a...
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Identifying Mammals
Students investigate mammals. For this biology lesson, students use various websites to investigate mammals and their body parts. Students take notes the websites.
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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly
First graders, after listening to fictional and non-fictional literature about caterpillars, and observing caterpillars from egg to butterfly, write a "biography" of a caterpillar using appropriate vocabulary and time lines.
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Do They Play Sports in Costa Rica?
Learners use the Internet to discover what types of sports the people of Costa Rica play. They write a paper in English but must use at least one Spanish quote. In the paper they compare/contrast sports in Costa Rica and the United States.
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in the U.S.A.?
Students research the states, gathering information and creating questions and answers. They play a form of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? using the student-generated questions and answers.
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Novel Guide for My Brother Sam is Dead
Fifth graders explore the effects of war. In this American Revolution instructional activity, 5th graders read My Brother Sam is Dead and complete the provided comprehension, characterization, and vocabulary activities