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Arthur Meets the President
Students take a pre-test on presidential knowledge. In this president and Washington, D.C. lesson, students read Arthur Meets the President and discuss it. Students work in groups to brainstorm everything they know about the President...
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Express Yourself
Sixth graders write to Key pals. In this description lesson, 6th graders describe a place to their key pals and the pal has to draw a pictures based off their description. They also create a Fun Facts Worksheet about their country.
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Farm Life During the Great Depression
Fifth graders examine the plight of farmers during the Great Depression. In this Nebraska history lesson, 5th graders discuss the era prior to reading the novel Out of the Dust by Karen Heese.
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General Quiz #113
In this general quiz #113 instructional activity, students interactively answer 10 multiple choice questions about general knowledge, including vocabulary, analogies and math problems with immediate online feedback.
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Word Art with King's Words
Students investigate equality and racism by creating a word art project. In this civil rights lesson, students discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and create a word art project using the Internet site Wordle Web. Students...
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Cultures Around the World
Students explore the concept of culture. In this culture lesson plan, students discuss how clothing, food, celebrations, holidays, and travel contribute to the formation and perpetuation of culture.
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Water Cycle
Third graders observe the changes that occur in the water cycle after doing a water cycle demonstration in a plastic bag. In this water cycle lesson plan, 3rd graders reflect on what they see and identify the stages.
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English Exercises: Verb To Be
In this English exercises: verb to be worksheet, 4th graders interactively complete 18 sentences using am/is/are, then select the correct verb form to complete 12 sentences, fill in 17 words in a story and answer 8 questions about the...
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Present Continuous (advanced)
In this present continuous worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the verbs given in the correct form. Students complete 3 exercises.
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Effect vs. Affect
In this effect vs. affect worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with either effect or affect. Students complete 22 sentences.
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Building a Scale Model
Third graders create a model of the solar system. In this solar system lesson plan, 3rd graders create a scale model of the solar system. Working in pairs students solve mathematical problems to correctly measure the distance each planet...
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Green House Effect
Students read about the green house effect and how our environment is deteriorating and what we can do to help it. In this green house effect lesson plan, students conduct a home and school energy audit, and create a rap.
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How Animals Prepare for the Winter
Students study animals. In this hibernation lesson, students are read Stranger in the Woods and they discuss what various animals do in their habitat during the winter. They work as a class to create their own hibernation environment...
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Where Did the Science Experiments Go?
Hands-on science experiments are essential for student learning.
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Wind
Fourth graders are read a story and answer the comprehension questions about sound and wind. In groups, they make their own wind vane and how to determine the direction of the wind. To end the lesson plan, they make their own Anemometer...
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English Exercises: The Second-Term Exam for Primary School
In this language arts assessment worksheet, students complete a 25 question online interactive exam. Included are sentence completion, matching words with topics and vocabulary. Words used on this test are standard in the UK but may be...
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Dream! (Part One)
Students share with the class what they want to be when they grow up. As a class, they identify what they want to be for Halloween as well. They are videotaped stating their dream and photographed with their mask. Using the masks, they...
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ESOL Safety and Security
Pupils discuss preparation and procedures for natural disasters. They discuss safety procedures for each natural disaster and then share their own personal experiences with natural disasters.
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The Sound of Calm
Students examine the relationships that exist between ocean currents, wind and climate. Using those relationships, they discuss how they affect the oceans. They create their own music to represent the sounds of the ocean and share them...
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Sum It Up to Learn the Most!
Students review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they follow six given steps in summarizing a written passage. Then they read a passage independently and follow the same steps in summarizing the...
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Africa
Second graders explore Africa. They label the popular places in Africa on a map. Students label the different cities and monuments that are popular in Africa. They discuss the similarities and differences between cities in Africa and...
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Matter Matters
Second graders listen to a teacher read aloud introducing a unit about how water changes state. They investigate the state of water as it changes from a solid, to a liquid to a gas.
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Snowy Days
First graders investigate the concept of snow and how it is formed. They are given a variety of resources in order to make information available. Students use the information in order to provide the context for an essay. They use Kid...
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Trees!
Students are introduced to the parts of trees through discussion and participation in learning centers with hands on activities that focus on each part.