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Monitoring Comprehension Progress: Story Retells

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils retell a story by filling out a record sheet. In this retelling lesson plan, students fill out a record sheet that gives them prompts about the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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Nanofibers: Why Go Small?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the surface ratio of an object.  In this surface area to volume lesson students construct a data table, make calculations and create a graph. 
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French Revolution

For Teachers 7th - 11th
In this French Revolution study guide worksheet, students read an overview of the conflict and examine pictures that accompany the notes.
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Literature Circles: Typical Discussion Day Structure

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders practice and facilitate a discussion.  In this literature lesson, 10th graders practice using effective discussion strategies. Students participate in reflection and self-assessment on their own discussion...
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A Day in the Life of Me

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars respond to the text, A Day in the Life of Me. In this literature instructional activity, students discuss the sequence of events in the story and write simple sentences with a sketch of each important event.
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Juliius Caesar

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss suggestive language and the use of symbols and foreshadowing in Shakespeare's plays.  In this Julius Caesar lesson, students discuss the idea that men control their own fates.  Students examine the words of...
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Create Your Own Sporting Event

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use their imagination and language skills to create and describe their own sporting event. In this sporting event instructional activity, students brainstorm sports related vocabulary and identify their parts of speech. Students...
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The Higher Power of Lucky

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities using the book The Higher Power of Lucky. In this literature activity, students read the story and identify the parts of the story. They create a wind chime like that found in the book. 
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A New Ending for Of Mice and Men

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students rewrite the ending of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.  For this Of Mice and Men lesson, students enter a fictitious contest in which they compose a new ending for Of Mice and Men in which Lennie is not killed.  The...
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Roaring Twenties: Prohibition and Organized Crime

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students take a closer look at the Roaring Twenties. For this Prohibition and organized crime lesson, students watch "The Untouchables," and respond to the provided discussion questions about the film. A permission slip is provided as well.
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K
Students describe and state the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle lesson plan, students copy words and pictures from the life cycle and then identify each stage.
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Elements of Biology: The Cell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study tissue engineering and its risks and benefits.  For this biology lesson students take a stand on a side then research and support their position. 
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Interative History Notebook Mini-lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils respond to Holocaust literature. In this interactive history lesson, students select quotes from chapter 1 of Elie Wiesel's Night and reflect on their meaning as they record their thoughts on poetic, prose, comic. or picture form.
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Where Did My Lunch Come From? A U.S. Regional Tour

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the five regions of the United States. In this social studies instructional activity, students discuss the regions and the states located in that region. Students discuss the types of food produced in each region and...
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Pebbles Sand and Silt

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate soil, sand and silt. For this environment lesson, 1st graders discuss how changes occur in the environment and the effects of weather. Students perform their own investigation and record their predictions,...
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Unit Lesson Plan Template

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book The Story of Sand and make predictions about an investigation based on soil, sand, and silt. For this sand lesson, 1st graders work in groups to discuss their observations about sand and answer higher...
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Earth to Saturn, Earth to Saturn!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students compare and contrast the characteristics of Earth and Saturn. They practice writing analogies using those characteristics. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Divide and Conquer

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders analyze responses to different types of problems. Using pictures and diagrams, they explore and model the division of fractions. Students examine situations that call for division whether with the whole numbers or with...
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Introducing Poetry

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore poetry. In this language arts lesson, students discuss the elements of poetry and young scholars rewrite a lyric or poem.
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Living Longer

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students relate health information text to themselves and society.  In this health information lesson, students answer questions using the 5 W's based on the health issue they are reading about.  Students discuss life...
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The Bill of Rights Today

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss the Bill of Rights and how the Bill of Rights relates to everyday life. In this Bill of Rights lesson plan, students identify and explain each amendment.
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Tuck Everlasting: UDL Team Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a differentiated lesson about Tuck Everlasting. In this Tuck Everlasting lesson, students work on comprehension strategies that are leveled for their reading ability. They focus on the ability to tell the main...
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K
Students read books about animals and describe their structures, how they grow and change, and their life cycles. In this animals lesson plan, students also make animals out of pasta.
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Addition Stories

For Teachers 1st
First graders incorporate language expressions, such as first, then, and together into a story and write the math equations that they represent. Concepts for the process of addition are developed using manipulatives, modeling, and...

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