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The Sepoy Revolt of 1857
Students participate in a role-play activity. They examine the factors dividing colonial India. They examine how the British raj contributed to the formation of Indian nationalism.
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Transgenic Mammals
Students are provided with a real life example of research in the areas of genetic and molecular biology. Students examine ethical considerations and related issues such as patent laws and regulatory procedures.
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"All About Me"
Students perform creative movement to music, sing and improvise using the Solfege syllables do, me, so, and la, and recognize beat vs. no beat in this lesson for the Kindergarten General Music class. Emphasis is on a song called "All...
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All About Me - 2
Students recognize beat vs. no beat, sing and improvise on do, me, so, and la, and perform creative movement to music in this Kindergarten Music instructional activity. Emphasis is placed upon the Wiggy Wiggy Wiggles CD and creative...
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Measurement Mania
Second graders observe and demonstrate how to measure different objects. They listen to the book "Corduroy," and measure different aspects of a teddy bear, discuss how to measure using a variety of units of measurement, and complete a...
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Body Idioms
In this ESL idioms instructional activity, students read 24 common idioms that contain a body part reference. Students read 13 sentences that have a missing phrase. Students select an idiom that would make sense in each sentence.
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Shrek Christmas Cartoon
In this ESL Christmas activity worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions after they have watched a Shrek Christmas animated show.
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Sentence Structure Grammar on Noun and Verb
In this grammar activity activity, students rewrite sentences by correcting the punctuation mistakes. Kids also identify the nouns and action verbs in each sentence. Students complete 7 sentences.
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My Farm
Students explore repetition in music. In this music lesson plan, students discover the lyrics of a folk song from Argentina about farm animals. Students read about farms and the animals found on farms prior to learning the song in high...
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Charlotte's Web
Students compare the differences in insects and spiders and design a worksheet that teaches the differences. Students record on chart
organizing the information about the pet, its food, habitat, exercise, and other ways to care for...
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Who's Who? Integrated Core
Student discuss names and nicknames for human and animal families and complete a worksheet, matching pictures of father, baby and mother animals.
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Comprehension-"The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"
In this comprehension learning exercise, students answer a set of 9 questions about The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash. A reference website is given for additional resources.
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Math: Congruent and Similar Figures
Eighth graders use geo-boards to create similar and congruent figures and find their corresponding sides. Using the geo-board paper, they draw the shapes they create on the geo-boards. With partners,students create similar and congruent...
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It's Icky Sticky
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they decode.
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TOM (READING COMPREHENSION)
In this reading comprehension worksheet about "Tom", 1st graders are given 7 sentences and 4 multiple-choice questions to answer about the reading passage. Students are also given a space in which to draw a picture of their favorite...
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Purple Polly Platypus
First graders compare the /p/ sound to the sound of popcorn popping in the microwave and practice making the /p/. They try a tongue twister listening for the /p/ sound for the first time and then clapping when they hear the sound the...
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Icky Fingers
Learners are introduced to digraphs so they can match letters to their phonemes. They recognize the short vowel i=/i/ in both spoken and written words by practicing reading and spelling words containing /i/. Elkonin Letter Boxes are...
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A Peck of Peppers
Pupils identify the /p/ sound in spoken words and recognize the letter symbol in this instructional activity. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the /p/ sound. They then listen to the story "Patos Jam" and "pop" open...
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Icky-Sticky
Students practice recognizing the connection between phonemes and letters with an emphasis on finding the short vowel /i/ in words. They each receive a Elkonin letterbox and a picture card with icky-sticky gum on it and the letter i.
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The Atrazine Dilemma
Students understand how farming practices and the topography of a region can effect the health and safety of all living things. Students play a game which helps them understand how the chemical Azatrine has spread in the watershed.
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Nouns
In this nouns instructional activity, students review the definition for common and proper nouns. Students then circle the common nouns in the sentences. Students write the common nouns to complete each sentence.
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Would You Drink This?
Students examine how they affect water quality of those who live downstream after identifying rivers and river basins in Kansas.
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Silly Siggy
Students recognize the short /i/ sound in spoken and written words in this instructional activity. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /i/ sound. They then listen to the book "Liz is Six" and identify the...
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What Shape Is Money? Money Doesn't Have to Be Round or Rectangular
Students explain that many kinds of objects have been used as money. After identifying qualities that make a good currency, they design a nontraditional currency and decide on its value.