Kelly's Kindergarten
May Daily Activities
Five weeks of daily activities for the month of May! With a new activity for each day of the month, your youngsters will utilize a variety of skills and practice everything from sight words and spelling to counting by twos or coloring...
Curriculum Corner
Curriculum Framework Forms
Sketch out weekly plans for reading, writing, math, and small group instruction, noting standards that will be addressed, materials to be used, and the lesson focus, on a one-page form. A great way to see the week at a glance. Eight...
Calendar Labs
School Month Calendars (Jun 2014 - Sep 2015)
At last! A template for an editable calendar that includes major holidays and permits users to easily design their own format. Key concepts to be covered can be indicated at the top of the template as can the course name and/or the...
Student Handouts
What We Did Today
Keep parents in the loop of what their children are learning in your classroom by sending students home with this quick printable. Learners note their in-class activities and work, homework assignments, and what to expect in the coming...
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Mitten Mania
Youngsters listen to the classic Jan Brett book, The Mitten, then gain strength in utilizing listening skills, developing vocabulary, practicing sequencing events, and expressing themselves through movement and art projects. This rich...
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Brain Breaks to Liven Up the School Day!
Short brain breaks increase engagement and encourage teamwork in elementary, middle school, and even high school classrooms.
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Spring Time Trees/Flowers
Plan ahead! Integrate science and language arts! Schedule your reading of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe to coincide with the arrival of spring. As pupils read Chapter 11 of the Lewis classic, they are assigned one of...
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Today is Monday Lesson Plan
Students practice the days of the week. In this week lesson, students listen to the story "Today is Monday" and discuss what food matches with each day of the week. The students put food cards out to match the story and draw these on a...
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Calendar Dance
Students name the days of the week and months of the year by engaging in an interpretive dance or other movement with their bodies.
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Which Word is Right?
In this days of the week learning exercise, students read the list of words for each example and circle the day of the week spelled correctly. Students then write a sentence with the word in it.
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Spelling For Homeschool
Learners use their spelling words in a variety of ways such as repetition, spelling puzzles, and spelling sentences. In this spelling lesson plan, students do a spelling activity for each day of the week.
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Days, Months, Ordinal Numbers (1-12)
In this days of the week worksheet, students write the days in order, list the months in order, finish abbreviations, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Worksheet 8- Days and Months
In this days and months worksheet, students read 10 sentences and fill in the blanks with the names of either the days of the week or months of the year.
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by Mark Twain
Students read in class the novel The Adventures of Tom Sayer by Mark Twain. They can choose to find song lyrics from any artist that they feel define one of the characters in the book, illustrate a scene from the book or create their own...
Manchester University
The History of the First Thanksgiving
First graders complete a project about the first Thanksgiving. In this history lesson plan, 1st graders read The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving, answer comprehension questions, and complete a booklet about the first Thanksgiving.
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Energy Conservation Lesson 1: Fossil Fuels and the Ticking Clock
Students explore energy production by participating in a class discussion. In this renewable energy lesson, students discuss the differences between solar, coal, wind and fossil fuel energy sources and why some are better for the...
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Lincoln and the War’s Larger Meaning
Students analyze Abraham Lincoln's view of the Civil War. In this American Civil War lesson, students read excerpts of Lincoln's speeches to determine whether he had a dual view of the war. Students respond to discussion questions about...
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1ST _ Measurement
In this first grade measurement activity, 1st graders answer 15 multiple choice questions that include days of the week, months, inches, feet, and liquid measurement.
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Months and Days Crossword
For this calendar worksheet, students read 20 clues pertaining to the days of the week or months of the year. Students fit their answers into a crossword puzzle.
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What Day Is Missing?
In this days of the week instructional activity, 1st graders cut out 7 cards with the days of the week and paste them in the proper space in a chart.
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Prepositions of Time
In this prepositions of time learning exercise, learners put a preposition of time in front of days of the week, months, holidays, times of day, and more. Students complete 70 problems.
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Calendar Challenge
In this calendar challenge worksheet, 6th graders identify and complete 20 different problems that include reading a calendar illustrated on the sheet. First, they identify the days of the week. Then, they determine the days for a full...
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National Counseling Week
Celebrating National School Counseling Week can develop communication for student's academic and personal support.
Minnesota Literacy Council
Grapes of Wrath and Pronouns
Many regard John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as the great American novel. The lesson plan combines a variety of strategies, including partner work, independent practice, creative writing, grammar instruction, and small group...