Fourth graders listen to a recording of a string quartet and ask questions about what kinds of instrument they think they are listening to and describe what they think the instruments look like. Then they discuss musical ideas such as...

Young scholars interview senior citizens. For this communications lesson, students read the book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and discuss how to be sensitive to people of a different generation. Young scholars develop interview...

Young scholars read a short story on baseball cards and reflect on Honus Wagner's decision to withdraw his card. For this baseball cards lesson plan, students study how children used cards in the 1930's and express their understanding of...

Tenth graders differentiate between positions, interests, and values.  In this current events lesson, 10th graders analyze, in a response to literature, the failure of a fictional negotiation.  Students demonstrate the ability...

In this literature instructional activity, students listen to folk tales and then discuss the main ideas and plot of the story. Additionally, students guess what story is being talked about when their teacher describes the main idea and...

Students read a newspaper article about Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB officer who was mysteriously poisoned in 2006. They discuss and define vocabulary words, complete comprehension worksheets and analyze the grammar and...

Fourth graders learn about musical patterns as they play a game called fudge. Students are assessed based on whether they were able to identify and play a steady beat, use the appropriate form, and clap the rythmic patterns.

Students assess their understanding of Twelve Angry Men. They create flashcards for vocabulary terms, summarize one of the acts, construct a diorama and complete character wheels. They choose from other activities including creating...

Students study the importance of clean hands and practice the literacy skills of listening, matching, auditory discrimination, vocabulary, and rhyming. They illustrate their rhyme chart with drawings or photos taken doing the different...

Students identify and describe polynomials and their elements, discuss simple parts that make up equations, inequalities, and exponents, take notes on definitions of terms and their types, including monomials, binomials, and trinomials,...

Students read a story called Teenage Golfer Already a Star and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events teenage golf lesson plan students respond to literature by answering questions, recalling...

Fifth graders investigate the origins of foods they eat while they consider social justice issues. For this food sources lesson, 5th graders play a game and then research food distribution, food security, and hunger in the world today....

Learners investigate rivers. In this geography activity, students work in cooperative groups to read about rivers from articles they have collected. Learners form questions using Bloom's Taxonomy as a guide.

Students explore the concept of understanding the effects of disturbances in an environment.  In this life science lesson, students use the game Jenga to help capture the idea of environment disturbances.  Students discuss the...

Learners explore how to spell words with the vowel digraph /oa/. They read and spell words containing the oa digraph. Students read Toad Makes a Road. They clap their hands when they hear the /O/ sound in the story. Learners practice...

Students engage in activities to gain a better understanding of endangered animals. In these animal lessons, students use vocabulary and comprehension skills to gain a better understanding of endangered animals. They also watch video...

Students read a story called Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks Diesand answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Rosa Parks lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, sharing...

Ninth graders expand their reading vocabulary in order to increase comprehension. They play a game using vocabulary from a novel.

Students read to discover the sequence of events of the LCROSS moon mission.  For this space science lesson, students read an article about the LCROSS moon mission and the events that took place.  After reading, students answer...

Learners discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Blueberries for Sal, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and learners...

Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Two Bad Ants, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice...

Ninth graders explore the meaning of the American dream and how it has been explained in various forms. After reading various immigrant accounts, 9th graders use poetry and writing to explain how different cultures view the American...

Learners read the book "Blueberries for Sal" and complete various computation math activities with blueberries. In this computation instructional activity, students complete number sentences, play guessing games, and solve story problems...

Third graders participate in a shopping spree after listening to Pigs Go to Market: Fun with Math and Shopping. After the story is read aloud, 3rd graders answer discussion questions and review key vocabulary. Students complete provided...