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Time, Talent, and Treasure
Students look at how time, talent, and treasure are parts of stewardship and philanthropy. In this stewardship and philanthropy lesson, students complete a Time/Talent/Treasure Survey before discussing the answers in a whole group...
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Stories of Hope: Dragonfly and Mosquito
Students identify and interpret the value of the dragonfly as a predator of the mosquito. They create their own folktales using the dragonfly or a creature of their choice to solve the malaria problem or another issue. Students also...
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Greek Mythology: Cultures and Art
Students examine literary arts. For this Greek mythology lessons, students read Greek myths and select characters from the myths to study. Students create watercolor illustrations of the characters, write short stories about the...
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The Civil Rights Movement
Students learn about the civil rights movement and create a timeline to understand events in chronological order. For this history lesson, students work in groups to choose one activist from the Civil Right era to research. Students then...
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Much Ado About Illumination
Students analyze the language and characters in the Shakespeare play, Much Ado About Nothing. For this Shakespeare play lesson, students read section of the play and discuss the speech of Benedick and Claudio. Students record the speech...
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Language Arts Lesson: Printing and Publishing
Learners listen to an African folktale about an animal character that can walk and talk and retell the main events of the story in their own words. They illustrate the folktale utilizing a relief printmaking method as a replica of an...
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Hands Poem
Learners create a "Hands" poem for the author/character in a reading selection.They make inferences for reading selection and back up inference by citing specific lines in text. They relate author's or main character's experiences to...
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The Wind Blew
Students look at a picture book and observe what the facial expressions show. In this character's feelings lesson, students write what they think the character might be saying on each page and the punctuation they use. Students draw an...
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Analyze The Learner; Chocolate Fractions
Third graders describe, represent and compare fractions using pieces of a chocolate bar. In this fractions lesson, 3rd graders demonstrate how to read and write fractions correctly. Students then integrate technology by using the...
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Pocahontas: One Foot in Two Worlds
Students draw upon the visual data presented in photographs, paintings, cartoons, and architectural drawings in order to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.
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Mythical Beasts
Students explore literature and art forms containing creatures that are part human and part animal, such as the Greek Sphinx, Neptune, or the Green Centaur. Individually, students write a poem or short story to create a character with...
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Book Illustration
Students view a video and discuss what illustrations in a book show and don't show. In this observation instructional activity, students look at the details on a page in Alice in Wonderland and create an illustration.
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Dogberry: The Most Vigilant Lawman Ever
Students analyze the character and find the malapropisms of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing
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Cheiftainship / Leadership
Students examine Bill Reid's sculpture "The Black Canoe".They decide which character in the canoe they are most like. Students analyze how their personalities work towards contributing to the group. They explore the moral theme of...
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Science Fiction Literature
Students identify the elements of science fiction literature. They write and illustrate a science fiction story using real and exaggerated science. In addition, they read their stories aloud in small groups.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find Out What is Means To Us!
Students, while discussing and brainstorming all they already know about the concept of respect, create and illustrate the concept of respect through an acrostic poem. They assess what respect looks and sounds like at school and then...
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Students complete a variety of activities related to story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as written by James Marshall. They retell the story using flannel board pieces, discuss alternative endings for the story, and create...
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Who am I
In this Road Dahl character worksheet, students use clues to guess the names of four characters from the books of Roald Dahl.
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We Love to Read!
Students find ways to share their favorite books. For this reading strategies lesson, students advertise books, create a top ten countdown, give a video book talk, simmer story stew, make book medals, play name that book, design a...
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God's Dream
Students create a "handprint rainbow" to show that together people can make beautiful things. In this character education lesson, students are read the book, "God's Dream," and discuss the emotions of themselves and the characters. Then...
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Jewish Folktales
Students write an essay and create illustrations of Jewish culture. For this literature-response lesson plan, students read various Jewish folktales. As they read, students study the geographical, cultural, and historical background of...
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Transforming Fairy Tales
Learners use technology to write original fairy tales. In this fairy tale lesson, students write their version of famous fairy tales using Alphasmart or computers. Learners illustrate their stories.
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Mini-Unit: Natural Resources
Students explore how their choices affect others. In this character development and ecology lesson, students debate choice-making issues. Students listen to The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and identify choices the characters made about tree...
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A Teeth Changing Experience
Students research human health by reading an educational story in class. In this oral health lesson, students identify the importance of brushing their teeth and consuming calcium. Students read the book A Teeth Changing Experience and...