Students engage in a lesson to measure body parts. They use the measuring tape to record the data of body measurements. Students must choose the appropriate unit of measurement and compare the data for the different parts of the human body.

Third graders develop questions they have about the solar system. After being read a book, they view and discuss different constellations in the sky. In groups, they are given a piece of butcher paper and glow in the dark crayons in...

Students discuss how to address poverty in society. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book Sam and the Lucky Money and discuss how they would handle hunger. Students role play situations and demonstrate philanthropic acts.

Students investigate types of trees. In this forestry lesson, students read the book The Mighty Oak and act out the story with a partner. Students discuss the types of trees in the book and plant an oak tree on school grounds.

Students participate in several plant-themed activities. They keep a food log, identify any plants they have eaten and then classify these foods by the part of the plant that is edible. Students sing songs about plants, make collages,...

Students integrate functions using u substitution.  In this integrating functions using u substitution lesson, students integrate functions by setting part of the function equal to u and the other part equal to du.  Students...

Students read various parts of "The Death of Old Woman Kelema". Next, they listen to the author's description of her writing process. In groups, they compare and contrast funerals in Mali with those in the United States. They also...

Pupils read the book Big Block of Chocolate and complete language arts activities associated with it. In this language arts lesson plan, learners read the book as a read aloud or shared reading, and can compete writing, reading,...

Students read the story The Little Engine That Could and read companion stories, predict in a chart, work with rhyming and word families, and more. For this reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.

Students practice sequencing. For this sequencing lesson, students listen to the book Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon. They put the story events in sequential order using a graphic organizer. 

Read Mary Ann Hoberman's book A House is a House for Me to introduce the idea that a library is a house for shelves of books. Young readers practice alphabetizing in the picture book (easy fiction) section of the library. They learn how...

Here is a wonderful lesson designed for students with special needs. This well-thought-out lesson uses Big Books, familiar stories, and has a lot of review learning built into it. The book, The Keeping Quilt is used in the main part of...

Bring writing to life with this lesson plan in which elementary and middle schoolers create a display of the imagery they identify in a series of Gary Paulsen books. They read the suggested materials, identify imagery and descriptive...

Students investigate the physical structure of an egg and the functions of the seven parts. They create a diagram and discuss each part of the egg while looking for the information, Complete instructional activity materials are found at...

Here is a great way to explore narrative writing! Learners review a previously constructed story map and identify the characters, setting, and main events in the book Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric A. Kimmel. They...

Students explore storytelling by participating in an image analysis activity. In this story structure lesson, students read the book Cookie's Week by Tomie dePaola and retell the story to their teacher in sequential order. Students...

Credit can be confusing for teens, some of whom are already using credit cards. Clear up misconceptions with this group research activity which has a solid outline with a lot of room to adjust to your needs and resources. Groups are...

Test your learners' Internet research skills with this scavenger hunt. Of the twenty questions provided, scholars research ten and provide the answer, the URL, the search engine, and the keywords they used. While some of the questions...

Students complete a diagram of sea horse body parts.  In this sea horse lesson, students review the story Sea Horses A True Book, complete a sea horse diagram using Internet sights to help, make new entries in their KWL charts and...

In this reading worksheet, students perform a short reader's theater script based on the book Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night. Students take a part in this 4 character play and read or perform it.

Students explore Vietnam and prepare a studenT book about Vietnam using the five themes of Geography. These books be used to teach a younger classroom about Vietnam, as part of a service-learning project in our school.

Learners examine ways in which humans have brought change to the natural environment. In this ecology and literacy lesson, students listen to the book Island Boy by Barbara Cooney. Learners observe and define map-reading vocabulary as...

Second graders examine the text elements associated with fiction and nonfiction texts. In this text elements lesson plan, 2nd graders listen to Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock by Eric A. Kimmel. They take formative assessments to...

In this language arts lesson, young scholars listen to the book "Many Luscious Lollipops," in order to become familiar with adjectives. Students create four comic strip squares, using five adjectives in each square, after hearing the...