First graders investigate what causes water pollution and conduct a water pollution experiment. They listen to the story "What Polluted the Potomac?," and during the story pour small containers of dirty water into a large container at...

First graders listen to a read aloud of Linda Williams, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" before discussing Halloween. They measure pumpkins using chains of paper clips to find their length and width. Once they open the...

First graders examine the life and goals of Martin Luther King Jr. They listen to a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. from the "Let's Read Biography" book series and discuss discrimination and Dr. King's goals. Students complete a...

Fourth graders examine and demonstrate the steps of long division. They discuss why we use long division, and observe the teacher draw an illustration of a division problem. Students then solve a variety of long division problems,...

Second graders examine how a timeline functions and create a timeline of important events that have occurred in their own lives. They read and discuss a timeline made by the teacher, and using baby pictures and written descriptions,...

First graders examine the food pyramid and how healthy food effects the body. They discuss what they ate for breakfast and identify what makes a food healthy. Students analyze the food pyramid, and cut out magazine pictures of food and...

Fifth graders investigate the relationship between math and art by examining patterns and polygons.They examine how polygons make up the patterns that form tessellations, and determine tessellations that occur in nature. Finally, they...

Third graders examine pond water samples using hand lenses while working in small groups. They find specimens of living organisms in the water samples. Finally, the draw a picture of the organisms and label them using descriptive...

Students listen to the book, TOPS AND BOTTOMS looking at different vegetables from the story that they have tried in class that week. They then focus their attention on a graph called, "What is Your Favorite Vegetable?". They place a...

Third graders dicsuss germ. They discuss how they can't see them (germs), but they're everywhere! Students are asked if germs cause disease? They discuss some types of illnesses they get from germs. Students discuss ways inwhich...

Third graders develop predictions in preparation for a "Bucket Buddies" pond water project. They listen to the book "The Pond" and discuss the different life forms in the pond from the book. Students then read online poems, and draw a...

Students examine the similarities and differences between rural, suburban, and urban communities. They read about type of community in their social studies textbook, analyze the differences between Tokyo and Chicago, and complete a chart...

Third graders read in their textbooks about how water affects habitats and discuss vocabulary and pictures from the instructional activity. Then in groups of two, they observe the teacher's example of a headline. They are then assigned...

Student select a name card from the envelope and class will then sound out the name of the child on the card. They then will spell out the child's name chanting "Give me an A...", "Give me an N...", etc. The teacher then says, "What does...

First graders examine what a timeline is and how it shows a sequence of events. They look at a timeline of the teacher's life before they design a timeline of their own based on major events in their lives. Finally, they right one event...

The teacher reads the story "If I Were An Ant" by Amy Moses. The students then each create a page in a classroom book about what a small object would look like if he/she was an ant. The student writes about their chosen object and then...

Fourth graders explore endangered species and extinction. They discuss and write three reasons why it is important to save animals from becoming endangered or extinct. They discuss The Great Kapok Tree and write a letter discussing...

Fourth graders write down multiplication facts that are given orally by the teacher and then place playing pieces on the correct number of a bingo chart when a multiplication fact is stated. The winner is the one to fill a row...

Fifth graders work in small groups of five or six to conduct a series of investigations. While recording the results using pencils on individual tally worksheets rotating to different stations and comparing results with the other...

Students listen to and discuss the story elements of the story "Plenty of Penguins." They discuss the elements of reality and fantasy, and as a class write two sentences on small dry erase boards in the form of a letter to the teacher...

Fifth graders learn of how genes transfer information from one generation to the next. They flip a penny and circle traits to create an offspring. Next, they will draw a picture using the traits circled with colored pencils on the "Who...

First graders understand the importance of rain in our environment by writing a sentence about something in existence that would cease to be without rain. They use describing words to describe the living thing's color and draw and color...

Fourth graders write a sentence for the verb on the index card they receive to increase their knowledge of action verbs. They then orally identify the verbs in the sentences from the index cards when read aloud and complete the Action...

First graders examine the relationship between numbers and number families. They listen to the poem "Kangaroo and Toad" by Shel Silverstein and create a list of the largest animals they can think of. Students then order the animals...