Pupils create their own girandoles using common art products and Model Magic in this cross-curricular lesson suitable for the Art or Social Studies classroom. This lesson includes a short vocabulary list.

Teach young learners the benefits of repeated readings. Practice the strategies of repeated readings, timed readings, and one-minute reads to become fluent readers that retain what they've read. They receive a copy of If You Give a Mouse...

Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...

High schoolers organize information and prepare a visual interpretation that enhances an oral presentation using pictures, graphics and sound.

Students explore the frontier wars of the 1790s. After researching one battle, teams of students prepare a presentation for the class. Students compare and contrast the Columbian Tragedy with "broadsides" that were printed to announce...

Students create a KWL chart on a selected nonfiction topic using a variety of strategies. They infer the answers to four questions, identify a purpose for reading, list four or more things about the topic, and list four or more answers...

Students remove heat energy and determine how it causes a phase change.

Pupils become familiar with the main events of Darwin's voyage. They comprehend the importance of geographic distribution and geographic isolation on the formation of a new species. Students analyze how living things can change over a...

Students conduct an experiment to determine what happens to heat energy during a chemical reaction. They examine an endothermic reaction by observing a chemical reactions.

Students imitate, sing, move, and discuss musical techniques in this exciting kindergarten music lesson. Emphasis is placed on the song "Hop Oh Bunny", call and response, rhythms, tempos, and the direction of pitch movement.

Students construct a paper moon clock to determine the moon's position. In this lunar position lesson, students use the provided printout to create a moon clock. They use the clock to determine the moon's position in the sky based on its...

Students explore earth science through concept mapping, discussion, and self-discovery.

Learners investigate basic information about dinosaurs. They listen to the book, "My Visit To the Dinosaurs," explore various websites, take an online quiz, and play an online dinosaur game.

Fifth graders study Anne Frank's life during the Holocaust using various Internet sites to answer a questionnaire with facts from their research. They examine background knowledge of the Holocaust and World War II before completing the...

Students practice singing with complete vocal warm-ups in a unified tone. They perform sections of the following songs: "Lamentations of Jeremiah," "Soonah Will Be Done," and "Fairest Lord Jesus." As students sing, they practice...

Students explore the reasons why the United States entered into World War I and how that conflict effected the United States and Europe politically, economically and socially.

Students write the steps needed to germinate bean seeds, make predictions and observations and keep an experience journal and complete a chart.

Learners examine the differences between weathering, erosion, and deposition as it pertains to mountains.

Students demonstrate their knowledge in using latitude and longitude measurements to find locations on a map, especially places in Hawaii.

Students collect and examine rocks. They record information about the rocks they have collected in their notebooks. They compare and contrast different rocks and complete a class chart at the end of the activity.

Students write poems based on words and phrases found in an obituatuary. They write autobiographical obituaries that imagine their own lives and future accomplishments.

Students develop summarization strategies by asking themselves questions as they read. They devlop these strategies help them develop better comprehension. Students goals for reading is comprehension. They explore helpful...

Sixth graders complete the magazine template in the Macmillan "Writer's Journal" available through the basic skills department using word processing, spreadsheet, graphic, and electronic resource (i.e.-Internet) skills

Second graders study the use of contractions. In this contraction lesson, 2nd graders examine what contractions are and how to form them properly. They use a song to learn which words to change when forming contractions before writing 6...