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Patriot Women
Students explore the significance of women's roles in the American Revolution through reading selections and brainstorming.
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Rainbows
Second graders investigate how a rainbow is made. They listen to the book "What Makes a Rainbow," and discuss how a rainbow is created. Students then conduct an experiment involving pouring a cup of milk into a bowl and adding drops of...
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Weather Tracking
Second graders use the internet to locate weather reports. They present data collected to the class through poster presentation. They read aloud the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and answer questions about...
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Quilts Galore
Students explore patterns. They observe a video, "Math Monsters." Students determine the next item in a sequence. Students read books about patterns. They discuss patterns in quilts. Students visit a specified web site and design...
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Yummy Apples!
Students discuss apples and how they are grown. They listen as the teacher reads "Apples," by Gail Gibbons. Students discuss the story. They view several different types of apples and compare their characteristics. Students taste several...
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Ice Cream Cones
In this reading activity, learners color in 9 ice cream cones. Students use specific colors for each cone according to the directions.
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Personal Space
Students explore the meaning of personal space. In this social skills instructional activity, students are taught to respect others personal space by discovering their own personal space, and reading a story to identify when that...
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Venn Diagram: Beatrix Potter Books
In this using a Venn Diagram worksheet, students read two Beatrix Potter books and summarize their differences and similarities on the Venn Diagram. Students answer 3 questions.
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The Science of Sleep and Daily Rhythms: Sleeping in Space
Learners write about strange places that they have slept. In this sleep science lesson plan students read about astronauts sleeping experience in space. They reflect on unusual places that they have slept and write about it.
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Eating Our Way to a Healthy Body: Classifying Foods
Learners examine the major food groups. In this classifying foods lesson plan, students discover the 5 food groups as they read books and play games. Learners then sort foods into the appropriate food groups
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Making Big Cats' Web Pages
Students investigate the lives of big cats by creating a website. In this web design lesson plan, students examine web authoring software in pairs as they read books on big cats. Students share their web page creations with the class...
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Rainforest Pamphlet
Students read The Kapok Tree and write about the story. In this rainforest story, students write a book in the genre of The Kapok Tree. Students research their animals on the Internet and find facts about the importance of rainforest...
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Ahimsa in the Real World: Truth, Love, and Nonviolence
Second graders create an abstract painting that conveys feelings of nonviolence. In this visual arts lesson plan, 2nd graders read "The First Step of Jainism" and discuss honesty, watch a digital story, discuss feelings after watching...
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MLK: using Nonviolence to Make Positive Change
Students read about Martin Luther King and discuss the rights and responsibilities of citizens. In this Martin Luther King lesson, students recognize the vocabulary words associated with freedom and nonviolence. Students view a digital...
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Something from Nothing
Students identify opportunity costs. In this resources instructional activity students are read the story Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman. Students list the things Grandpa makes Joseph. Students state why people make choices.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Students read Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding events of the story. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library connections.
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Poetry Immersion
Students explore the genre of poetry through centers. They listen to the sound of poems being read aloud, visualize individual poems and observe and apply line breaks in poetry.
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Gingerbread Baby v. Gingerbread Boy #7
Students read two stories. In this comparison lesson plan, students read "The Gingerbread Baby," by Jan Brett and the original "Gingerbread Boy." Students use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two stories.
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Bible Lesson on the Christian Walk and Flight
Young scholars explore organized religion by reading excerpts from the Bible. For this Christianity lesson, students listen to their instructors praise Jesus Christ and describe "The Christian Walk." Young scholars view images of flying...
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Witch of Blackbird Pond
Students utilize their reading comprehension abilities by discussing a story in class. In this story analysis lesson, students read the story Witch of Blackbird Pond and answer questions in their reading journal. Students discuss the...
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The Making of a Holiday: MLK, Jr. Day
Students explore the life of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. They discuss the events surrounding his death and the significance of the federal holiday honoring Dr. King. As a class, they read about Dr. King's work for...
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The Wh Spelling
Review the wh sound with your class. This series of slides shows a picture of an object that begins with this sound and displays the word above. It is a quick and easy way to discuss this topic. It could be used as a review during a...
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Animal Habitats
Young scholars explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Young scholars create clay animal...
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Desert Tortoise Tale
Students listen to a reading of the "Desert Tortoise Tale" and complete a maze that highlights the different threats the baby tortoise faces along the way. They discuss the reasons the Desert Tortoise is becoming endangered.
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