Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the skill of unit planning. They practice developing multiple lesson plans based upon one unifying theme that becomes the unit. They practice a Jeopardy Game lesson plan to model the...

Students discuss Huck Finn's decision about whether or not to turn Jim in to the authorities. In this language arts instructional activity, students are reading Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. After reading chapter 31, students discuss...

An important concept for youngsters to learn is that there is a difference between facts and opinions. Use Kirsten Hall's Animal Touch to introduce the idea that an opinion is how one feels or thinks about something and that others are...

Explore fact and opinion through higher level thinking and literacy. Kids listen to the beginning of A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler and identify facts in the text. They follow along as the teacher models how to form an...

Give your class a strategy they can use when trying to identify cause and effect relationships in text. You'll model, and they'll practice using signal words to quickly identify cause and effect. They focus on signal words such...

Students explore outlines. In this nonfiction comprehension and study skills lesson, students complete a traditional outline for the book Animal Homes by Ann O. Squire following guided instruction as the teacher models gathering...

Explore the characteristics of realistic fiction by reading and then analyzing the book, Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber. Using the I do, we do, you do model, learners practice identifying realistic fiction...

Centered around the book Pink and Say, by Patricia Polacco, the lesson plan presented here should help your class tackle cause and effect. The teacher reads the first few pages aloud and models in a think-aloud style how to identify...

If you are working on a research project, consider this resource. First, model how to use notes and text features to create an outline. Next, allow individuals to choose a topic and complete the same process that you showed them....

Stories from Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street provide sixth graders with an opporltunity to identify the elements of a short story. After several modeling exercises, readers use the provided worksheet to recording information...

Sixth graders watch and listen as teacher models how to contrast and compare perspectives in a story. In this language arts lesson, 6th graders engage in guided practice to compare and contrast perspectives in a selection titled "No...

Students explore word fluency by participating in a language arts game. In this vocabulary identification activity, students collaborate in two small teams, each armed with a fly swatter, in order to swat vocabulary words spoken by their...

What do Sherlock Holmes and geometry have in common? Why, it is a matter of deductive reasoning as the class learns how to justify each step of a problem. Pupils then present a known fact to ensure that their decision is correct.

Pupils play a game with coins and then use reasoning skills to develop a strategy for winning the game.

Students practice exercising the phoneme/digraph that makes the /ch/ sound. They drill on the tongue twister, "Charles chatted while he waited on his chance to win a check," and encounter Elkonin boxes along with the book, "Chad Checks,"...

Students define potential and kinetic energy and explain the relationship of height to potential energy.  In this roller coaster lesson students construct a model of a roller coaster which will allow them to see the basic physical...

Students design a program to make an automated vehicle perform a specific task. In this robotics lesson, students play the role of scientists competing to win a factory's contract. They present their algorithm to class.

Learners take turns matching the appropriate shapes (listing coin values) to those with numerical values listed on them. When students are successful, they win a blank shape for their collection.

Students practice their drawing skills using a variety of stories as sources for their inspiration. Crayons and pencils are utilized to model different line widths, textures, and shapes.

Third graders identify explicit information and draw conclusions from text. In this instructional lesson, 3rd graders review models of each question type (explicit and conclusion) and practice reading a passage to answer questions.

Eighth graders review concepts in cellular biology. For this biology lesson, 8th graders play an interactive game based on the idea of winning money. They discuss misconceptions about the topic.

Middle schoolers debate one another. In this pollution lesson, pupils work in teams to debate which is more serious, air or water pollution. They research their topic to come up with valid points to justify their side of the debate.

Students solve addition and subtraction of mixed numbers. After a teacher lead discussion on the stock market, students use addition and subtraction to model the stock exchange. In groups, students participate in a "Stock Up and Win"...

Studnets participate in a trading simulation game in which they experience the effects of trade and how trade can increase wealth.