Students in and ESL classroom discover and discuss the importance of Abraham Lincoln and why we celebrate his birthday. They study vocabulary associated with Abraham Lincoln.

Students are introduced to the work and lives of 19th century lumberjacks through a living history slide show presentation. They compare and contrast life 150 years ago with the present. Students describe the history of logging in...

Young scholars record their daily physical activity in a chart. For this physical fitness lesson plan, students and adults exercise and see how many repetitions they can do in a given amount of time. They record this in a chart over a...

Students research the author David Shannon. In this author study instructional activity, students discuss their favorite David Shannon book and write their own story using his style of writing. Students share their stories with their...

Fifth graders write emails to a friend imagining they are traveling to colonial America.  In this emailing penpals lesson, 5th graders discuss appropriate language and topics in email communication, use correct format and write...

Young scholars cover a snowman with cotton balls to count down the days to Christmas vacation.

Students solve math problems by using a calendar. In this problem solving lesson, students review the days of the week and months in a year. Students complete a problem solving worksheet about the calendar.

Students work in groups to create a new head of the cell to take over for the nucleus.  In this cell  lesson students produce a campaign that will show the importance of the organelle to the cell.

Students reflect in journals how the Green Corn Festival compares to present day holidays and look for ways that the tribes celebrate it differently.

Students show the correlation between quadrilaterals, parallelograms, rectangles and squares.

Students examine digital images and how satellites orbiting Earth send information and pictures to Earth over the Internet. They use a digital camera to put pictures on a computer and decode a satellite image from space.

Second graders watch as volunteers divide large paper M&Ms on the board. They divide M&Ms into groups and write division sentences to show understanding of division concept. They eat M&Ms.

Learners read and complete activities dealing with the book "Afternoon on the Amazon". They create webs of words used in the book and write about what they have read.

Students research the history of a Spanish mission. They create a timeline showing the major events of the mission. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson plan.

In this sight word worksheet, students are given a calendar naming 4 weeks worth of sight words and their activities for each school day of the week. Activities follow on subsequent pages.

First graders discuss the importance of taking care of their teeth while viewing pictures showing good/poor teeth care. In this health and science lesson, 1st graders list 3 things to do to keep teeth healthy, creating a lis on chart...

Students create their own food chains on Kidspiration starting from the energy of the sun and what it creates. In this food chains lesson plan, students learn about how insects eat plants and so on.

Young scholars choose an explorer from a given list, create an original song or poem based on the life of their explorer, make puppets to represent their explorer and then present their original piece to the class while students take...

Students are introduced to the numerals zero through five. They associate the numeral with the correct number of objects. Students comprehend the quantities zero through five showing "How many?" by counting their fingers or using a...

Students discuss what they know of the events on September 11, 2001. They read the book September 11, 2001: A Simple Account for Children by Nancy Poffenberger and Vall Gottesman. They discuss how the events of that day makes them feel.

In this grammar activity, students choose the English word they use most often to describe fifteen English terms and fifteen multiple choice questions.

Students explore the concept of democratic freedom. In this service learning lesson, students investigate the freedom the Pilgrims sought as they moved from England and write a journal from their point of view.

First graders listen to the story, Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allen Ahlberg, then give appropriate responses to questions asked about the story. They investigate what compound words by participateing in a variety of activities.

Students decorate and use popsicle sticks to use as manipulatives to assist with their learning of fractions. They play learning games with their popsicle sticks with a partner.