Students examine and defend various positions in the argument over a book ban in the Miami-Dade school system and then write a letter to the Miami-Dade school board expressing their opinion about the issues raised in the debate.

Students examine Australian folktales. In this folktales lesson, students read the Australian folktale, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tale. Students list characteristics of the characters from the book. Students act out these characteristics...

Students review the "ch" digraph in this activity. Students identify words that have the "ch" sound, and practice writing the digraph. Students then listen to the story "Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom" and identify the words in the book with...

In this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.  

In this primary source analysis worksheet, students analyze a letter from Herbert Hoover to a little girl collecting donations to help those in need during the Great Depression. Students respond to 7 short answer questions about the letter.

Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom lesson plan, students identify upper case letters of the alphabet while relating them to a selection of literature.

Students illustrate pages of a book.  For this famous historical icon lesson, students are read a story about Mohandas Gandhi, illustrate the pages in small groups, assemble a class book to read to younger students, and act out a...

For this book activities worksheet, students read a paragraph about the book Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, use sentence starters, write a song, use idioms, complete a spelling game, and complete a writing pattern. Students complete 5...

In this making words worksheet, students, utilizing the word chickadee, make at least sixteen words from the letters only found in chickadee.

Students explore the life of Johnny Appleseed. In this Johnny Appleseed lesson, students read the book Johnny Appleseed. Students complete worksheets that demonstrate their knowledge of letter names and sounds. Students put words in ABC...

Students write a story.  In this writing style and illustration lesson, students review elements of Dr. Seuss' writing and illustration style and read a few more books written by him, examining the writing style.  Students work...

In this word recognition activity set, students make a 5 page book of two letter sight words. They see 3 black line pictures of ice cream cones per page. They see words such as: as, an, be, by, do, and go.

In this spelling word visualization worksheet, students write 10 words from the book The Secret Life of Trees in boxes that represent the tall and short letters of each word.

In this alphabetizing worksheet, students cut out the 9 books at the bottom of the page. Each book has one letter on it, and students alphabetize the books on the shelf based on that one letter.

In this printing practice series of worksheets, students practice printing each letter of the alphabet on one page of an alphabet book. They trace dotted lines to form 3 upper case letters, and 3 lower cases letters before independently...

In this early childhood letter recognition worksheet, students assemble uppercase and lowercase letter booklets. Students attach letter squares to the appropriate letter pages.

In this C.S. Lewis worksheet, learners answer eight short answer comprehension questions and define six words. Students can define twenty extra credit vocabulary words.

Students present genres to the class.

In this literacy worksheet, students create the letters and words that correlate to each letter. The letters are formed with the help of the guide provided by the dotted lines.

In this alphabet garden book instructional activity, students cut out, color and assemble a mini book. Each page has an alphabet letter and a picture of a garden-related object. Example: Kk- K is for Kohlrabi.

In this literacy worksheet, students create the cover for their alphabet book and subsequently trace the letters on each page with the guidance of the dotted lines.

In this spelling instructional activity, students fill in the beginning consonant in each of 6 words that include bug, cherry, book, worm, and zero. They match the word to each picture.

Students gather appropriate information for simple statistical analysis. Then they will calculate probability working with a piece of literature that makes this lesson ideal for teaching across the whole curriculum.

Give a kindergarten resource sheet to the parents in your classroom to help them track their kids' progress. Activities that kindergartners should master include identifying letters of the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, and parts of...