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Friendship
Pupils explore the importance of being kind and loving to others. As a class, students read and discuss a story about friendship. They share experiences of friendship and sing songs about friends. In groups, pupils name qualities they...
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Sharing Love
Students explore the expansion of love. They read a story about showing love and sing a song. Students draw a picture describing love. In a group activity, students participate in a "Greetings Dance." Students may bring pictures of...
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Intro to 9/11
Young scholars brainstorm facts that they can recall about 9/11 using a word web of the 5w's/ They create a book in pairs of 9/11 making a page for one fact they comprehend and one thing that they wonder about. Students listen to songs...
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Timeline of 9/11
Students explore the series of events that cumulated in the events of September 11, 2001. They understand the importance of the events of September 11, 2001 and the effect on US history. They createa timeline utilizing photos and visual...
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Terrorism and General Information about September 11, 2001
Students view a variety of pictures from September 11, 2001 either online or a slideshow. They discuss how the pictures make them feel and then complete a KWL chart highlighting what they already know about 9/11, and what they would like...
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Using Words to Work Things Out
Students listen as teacher reads Words Are Not For Hurting, and answer questions about the content. Students discuss how to prevent arguments and work disagreements out with words. Students watch a puppet show that promotes discussion as...
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GENEROSITY
Students assess the impact that each one of us has on the other, that we all have something important to give and how when we give our offerings out how they make a difference in other people's lives as well as the difference they make...
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Everyday Heroes
Learners view a video on September 11, they discuss their emotions and reactions after viewing the tape. They discuss and analyze the different definitions of a hero in the context of September 11 and their own lives. Students write...
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William Tell Gallop
Young scholars develop the skill of galloping in order to participate in more complex physical activities.
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Properties of Magnets
Second graders read and discuss the book "What Magnets Can Do." They recall the explanations of magnet, attract, repel, and magnetic poles from their reading. They work in pairs to discover the properties of magnets using a magnet and...
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Government Agencies
Learners are taught that there is more to executive branch of the federal government than the president and cabinet. They identify in pairs the names and fucntions of different departments under the executive branch of federal...
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Religion and Fundamentalism
Students study the differences and similarities between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism using a handout containing a diagram. They determine what fundamentalism is and how it is different from the original intentions of different...
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Jump Rope Exploration
Students perform their skills with jump ropes in this physical education activity.
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My Bones
Students integrate physical activity while studying the names of the bones in the body in a fun game form. They feel the bone in their body as the story talks about it. After doing this, they form a circle and sing the words to the...
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The Places We Love
Students examine how they and others express themselves. Using various writings and art, they discover the places they like to go in the world and share them with their classmates. They paint their favorite place and share their...
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Grandparents' Day: Family History
Students explore Grandparents' Day. They interview their grandparents and select an activity to highlight their interview. They select a project including writing an essay, composing a song, creating a poem or scrapbook, or writing a...
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"Our Community Helpers"
Students define the term community. They list many, varied, and unusual jobs (careers) that people might have in our Communities. Students identify the purpose of the work done by their parents-either in the home, or outside of the home....
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Let's Summarize!
Students discover the six steps to use when reading to help know what is important. They then listen to the book, Tambourine Moon focusing on the important information and discarding unnecessary or repeating information. They then break...
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Using Conjunctions 1
In this grammar learning exercise, students will read a phrase and select a conjunction (and, or, but, because, so) before adding a second phrase to complete the sentence.
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Arrange the Words
In this adjectives learning exercise, students categorize adjectives given into 3 categories and read passages that include adjectives. Students complete 5 activities.
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Halloween Fine Arts Activities
Third graders demonstrate their understanding of crescendo. They achieve dramatic effect in singing the Halloween Song. They sing this song with a gradual crescendo from beginning to end.
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Mulberry Hide and Seek
Pupils practice body and space awareness. Listening skills are also reinforced.
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(Inside) Out: Lisa Marie Presley
Young scholars reflect on how being the child of a celebrity can effect one's life and career. They analyze the lyrics of Lisa Marie's song "Dirty Laundry" to determine the main theme and emotions expressed by the artist.
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The Regions In Which I Live
Learners investigate different regions. Beginning with the idea that a neighborhood is a region, students explore maps to discover that towns, states, and countries can also be considered regions. Learners create a book, with...