Scott's Big Decision, A Look at the Decision Making Process

Strengthen your learners' relationship with Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel of a pioneer family with these materials. Multiple choice comprehension questions and a set of reflection prompts are provided for each pair of chapters in...

Scholars answer the question, What makes a good citizen?, with the help of a variety of stories that highlight different forms of active citizenship. After multiple engaging read-alouds, individuals discuss character traits observed, and...

Making decisions can be very difficult. Show your class one way to evaluate choices with this activity, which is inspired by the book Glo Goes Shopping. Learners practicing using a decision-making grid with the content of the story and a...

What does is take to be a role model? Through grand conversation, and the use of books and a graphic organizer, scholars find out and apply the requirements to identify a role model within their family. They then journey through the...

Get crafty this Groundhog's Day with a hands-on activity that combines creativity and making predictions. Scholars color, cut out, and put together a friendly image of a groundhog and showcase whether they feel the weather will be sunny...

Students investigate the use of maps and what type to use. In this map lesson, students explain what they know about maps: who uses them, their purpose, where to find them, and what is a map. They look at the choice of what type of map...

Pupils are introduced to the topic of scarcity. Listening to different scenerios, they discuss the choices they have to make. They also discover what they give up is their opportunity cost. They make choices between different types of...

Students discuss the importance of economic decisions. In this lesson on choices, students correlate decision making to economics. Students will discuss the limitations of money, scarcity of natural resources, and how people make...

Students investigate visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this collage lesson, students read the book by Keith Haring titled Big and discuss the themes and settings. Students discuss how adjectives are used to describe...

Students discover philanthropy. In this philanthropic lesson plan, students read Martin's Big Words and explore voluntarily being nice to people. Students discover how they may perform acts of service for others. Extension activities are...