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Graphing
Fifth graders create graphs based on climate in South Carolina. They read and interpret information in a chart and construct a graphy from the information in the chart. They create a spreadsheet using Excel and publish 2 graphs.
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Living in Water
Fourth graders perform a lab activity in which they examine the external structure of a preserved fish and find out why fish can survive and live in water. They perform a lab which is guided by a worksheet imbedded in this plan.
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Borders, Bindings, & Edges: The Art of Finishing Your Quilt
Learners explore a variety of methods used to finish quilts. They explore selection, planning, and the design process, color, proportion and scale when finishing a quilt. Students create corner triangle borders, narrow borders, pieced...
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Coordinates
Fourth graders explore plotting on a coordinate plane. They visit a given website and play a game called, "Billy Bug." Students use coordinates to guide the bug to its food. Afterward, they complete follow-up problems to reinforce the...
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What's an Ecotect?
Students develop creative thinking skills that will help them in future jobs. For this investigative lesson students select from a list of job titles, get into groups and make up job descriptions for them.
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Interactive Food Pyramid
Students participate in the game, "Talking Food Pyramid." In this nutrition lesson, students recognize the organization of foods in to five groups. Students conclude by physically classifying a selection of foods in two groups.
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Introduction to Song and Dance
Young scholars listen to music and learn different dances. After reading the story, "The Music for Max", students can draw their favorite instruments from the book.
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Describing Words
First graders brainstorm adjectives, recognize adjectives within text read by teacher, identify sentences that contain adjectives using Hyperstudio stack, and write two descriptive sentences for abstract image they create.
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It's Not Just a Man's World
Students demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process. They summarize information learned from their assigned text. They identify ways in which the actions of particular individuals influence their...
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Scrapbook
Students read a book and use the internet to find images to accompany it. After choosing one of the artifacts, they complete a full analysis worksheet and write a journal entry about how the artifact was used. To end the lesson plan,...
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To Be
In this verbs of being worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and read the question next to each one. From 4 choices, students select the correct answer. All will have a verb of being.
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Conjugating Verbs
For this verbs worksheet, students analyze 8 pictures. Students read the sentence next to each picture and from 2 choices, select the correct verb to complete each sentence.
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What Are They Doing?
In this verbs instructional activity, students examine 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students read the sentence with the missing verb and from 4 choices, select the correct word.
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True or False Body Parts
In this picture and word comprehension worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of body parts. Students read the question and from 4 choices, select the correct answer.
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Clothing
In this ESL clothing vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures of clothing. Students read the question by each picture and select the correct answer from 4 choices.
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Family Members-- Who Am I?
In this ESL family members vocabulary instructional activity, students examine 7 pictures that depict different members of a family. Students read the question by each picture and select the correct name of the family member from 4 choices.
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Body Parts
In this ESL body parts worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict different parts of the human body. Students then read the 7 questions and select the correct name for each body part from the 4 choices.
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Books for Teaching Dinosaurs
Students investigate dinosaurs through books. For this lesson about dinosaurs, students read a variety of books about dinosaurs. Students become familiar with dinosaurs through reading about them. Students learn that reading is...
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Poems that Tell a Story: Narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost
Students read and discuss poems by Robert Frost. Students collaborate in small groups to draw inferences about speakers' character and motives and to gather evidence supporting those inferences.
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Sir Cumference and the Dragon Pi
Geometry adventurers study circumference of a circle as they listen to Sir Circumference and the Dragon Pi, by Cindy Neuschwander. In groups, they use string to measure the diameter and circumference of circular objects and...
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European Union And Its Organizations
Tenth graders investigate the historical events surrounding the founding of the European Union. The teacher provides a handout to guide the lesson plan and research. They answer questions verbally in the form of a class discussion. The...
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Cloud Database
Pupils research information on the types of clouds. They create a database and use a formula. They create various reports and access electronic information to obtain accurate pressure and temperature readings from the National Weather...
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Aboriginal Physical Education
Students engage in p.e. activities that have roots in native Indian, Metis, and Inuit cultures. They practice the skill involved and listen to the significance behind the skill. They read relevant books and define new terminology.
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Can I Take Action?
Students create a solution to a problem related to the environment. They work together to develop the plan and pitch the plan to their class. They discuss the action steps taken in a story they were read.