Students recognize synonyms and antonyms. In this reading strategies lesson, students use the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett to make predictions, and correctly recognize synonyms and antonyms.

Students read "Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss. They complete a story map and write about the topic of prejudice. They role-play star-bellied and plain-bellied sneetches and write a persuasive essay about their experiences.

Students listen to the story, There's a Wocket in My Pocket, by Dr. Seuss. They discuss the rhyming in the book and then play a rhyming game.

Second graders analyze the proper form of a friendly letter and send flat Stanley letters all over the United States. In this letter writing lesson plan, 2nd graders read the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown and create their own Flat...

Students read a story. In this diversity instructional activity, students read The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister, discuss sharing and uniqueness, and decorate their own scale with information about them using pictures or words.

Students implement textures and patterns in creating an imaginary Wild Thing, using the book and illustrations in Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak serve as Inspiration.

Students complete various activities for the book, "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom." They listen to the story, construct a coconut tree, create paper letters for the coconut tree, and write about their favorite part of the story.

Students read the novel, Freak the Mighty and describe and illustrate the setting. They create a graphic organizer that demonstrates the major plot elements and character development.

Students review chapters 1-5 from the book, Where the Red Fern Grows. They complete/answer comprehension cards and create an advertisement for a getting a pet of their dreams.

Students read Where the Red Fern Grows and create a "story box" for the final project. They are encouraged to dress like one of the characters from the book as they present their story box to the class.

Students read Chapters 6-11 from Where the Red Fern Grows and, in pairs, answer comprehension questions on a worksheet. They share and discuss their answers.

Students observe and demonstrate the process of summarization using the book "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. They silently read the story, and as a class discuss the five W's. Students then write a short summary of...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter /s/ sound. As a class they recite an S tongue twister, then trace and write the letter S. Students then listen to the book "Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth" by Eric Carle,...

First graders explore watermelons and collect and sort their seeds. In this watermelons lesson plan, 1st graders read the story Down By The Bay and then weigh, measure, collect seeds, sort, and eat their watermelon.

Students listen to the story of Peter and the Wolf and answer comprehension questions. They then will name the beginning, middle, and end of the story using a graphic organizer. Students then individually illustrate each part of the...

Students engage in a lesson that is about the increase of reading comprehension. They read the book "The Mitten" by Jan Brett and then list the main characters of the story. They discuss some of the main ideas in the story like having...

Young scholars explore the rainforest. In this language arts and social studies lesson plan, students discover the importance of the rainforests as they read The Great Kapok Tree and complete an activity.

Students create a radio announcement after reading Strega Nona. In this visualization lesson, students investigate visualization strategies. After reading Strega Nona, students complete a graphic organizer and produce a radio...

Students create a radio announcement based on the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. In this radio announcement lesson plan, students discuss the type of language used in other announcements and create their own.

Students read and discuss the book Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett. In this author study lesson, students read the text and discuss the events in the story. Students make a connection to the text by baking cornbread, using the...

Students demonstrate reading comprehension by drawing a picture and writing a sentence about giraffes. In this early reading comprehension lesson, students listen to a read aloud and watch a video about giraffes before drawing a giraffe...

Students read the book Down By The Bay and sing the song that goes with it. In this Down By The Bay lesson plan, students also come up with other rhymes that could go with the song.

Students explore language arts by reading a classic story. In this oral storytelling lesson, students read the book The Three Bears and identify the characters and discuss how their voices would sound. Students practice retelling the...

Students explore political advertising. They discuss what informed voters should know about upcoming elections and identify the four main types of ads and view a video to identify the types of ads. Evaluating the ads, they identify...