Drama Class {Halloween night}

Young scholars are read the story "That Terrible Halloween Night". Using their senses, they describe what it is like going into a haunted house for the first time. They write their own ending to the story and share it with the class to...

First graders discover life and death even in vegetables as they examine a dead pumpkin.  For this plant life lesson, 1st graders collect pumpkins after Halloween and examine the differences between a fresh pumpkin and a very old,...

First graders foster social skills. The children will read in unison and they will make motions to the noisy action words in the story. They will communicate by expressing, moving, pantomiming, and showing to their peers what they want...

Students perform humorous stories, plays, and poems in Twas the Night Before Thanksgivingusing eye contact, volume, and clear enunciation. In this early childhood language arts lesson, students perform for one another.

Students enter and experience the world of Sherlock Holmes and hard-boiled detectives in this unit on mysteries. They review and analyze the ""Whodunit Requirements" and the "Mystery Contract" that accompany this lesson. Each student...

First graders recognize the difference between fact and fiction, real and fantasy. After listening to Rip Van Winkle, retold by Lara Bergen and a version of Jack and the Beanstalk, 1st graders demonstrates their understanding of fiction...