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Volunteering As Good Work
Students generate questions to ask volunteers. They conduct interviews to determine volunteer's motivation. They write thank you letters to volunteers.
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Phone Calls
Students generate a list of 5-7 questions that they use to call a volunteer or service organization. They practice their phone calls with a partner.
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Directions
In this Language Arts worksheet, students write step by step directions from one location to another. Students include approximate travel times and road names.
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Words Can Hurt: King Day (4th)
Students study stereotypes and write about how to end stereotyping. In this stereotypes lesson, students study a T-chart about boys and girls stereotypes. Students then discuss stereotypical phrases. Students discuss Martin Luther King,...
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Character Education: Responsibility
Young scholars study Manuel de Zavala and his role in the history of Texas. In this character education lesson, students read about Manuel Lorenzo and underline the responsibilities he took on in his life. Young scholars then answer...
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I Nominate My Friend
Students review letter writing skills and the use of descriptive language, and practice writing persuasive letters, with help from teacher and peers. Letters are then written to nominate friend for Friend of the Year.
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Time is Money
Students determine three characteristics of good employees and good supervisors. Students watch a video and complete a worksheet to help them determine what the characteristics are of good employees and good supervisors.
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Silly Sid
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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You've Got to Express Yourself!
Students listen as a sample paragraph is read twice; first without expression, and the second time with lots of expression and discuss which they liked best. They brainstorm reasons why reading with expression is important listing them...
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Enlightening Expressions
Students come up with general and specific words to use in their writing. In this word choice lesson plan, students engage in a class discussion where they make list of general and specific words, then fill out a worksheet embedded in...
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Fables With Dolch Sight Words
Second graders read classic fables, consider their meaning and then re-write them using a prompt if necessary. This lesson plan presents many classic fables that students can read, and re-write, using their powers of imagination.
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No Joke -- My Voice Counts!
Learners compare different cartoons dealing with social or political issues. They discuss the cartoons as a class. They create their own cartoon with their own message and shares them with the class.
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How Does My Government Grow?
Students identify the core democratic values. They explain how the values affect their life in America. They also relate the topic of philantrophy to the core values.
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CDVs at Home and School
Students identify the rules they have at home and at school. They connect the values to the core democratic values and discuss whether all rules should connect to the core values. They create a mural showing students following the rules...
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Lesson 5: Publication After the Interview
Students lear about the publishing/writing process such as the outline, rough draft, MLA Guide for listing sources, and evaluating, revising, and proofreading.
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Poetry Pot
Third graders illustrate a favorite poem with images, title, author's name and words of the poem on a clay pot.
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Where Do We Go?
Students participate in a physical activity while they utilize terms and vocabulary related to chronology and location.
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MMMM MMMM Yummy Cake
Students identify the letter "m" and its sound in this lesson. They identify foods that contain the /m/ sound by making a "m" sound. They then listen to the story Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon and identify the /m/ words in the story.
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Speedy Gonzoloz!
Students explore how to read in a smooth, fast manner with expression. They practice reading a selected text within their reading groups. Students work on fluency while reading. They create a recording of the book and then listen to the...
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Creating A Story
Second graders practice the necessary steps that should be taken in order to create a story from scratch. They brainstorm as a class in order to come up with different ideas. Students write a story that includes a plot, characters, and...
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Marty and Me
Students read 'Marty and Me' by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. They compare their lives with Marty's life, which in most cases, is very different. They find similarities and differences and create a montage. They include information about...
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Trust Circles
Learners compare communities to which they belong. In this social studies and language arts lesson, students discuss trust and use a Venn diagram to compare two communities to which they belong.
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Teddies
Here's a really cute lesson that utilizes all of your children's teddy bears. Each pupil brings their favorite teddy bear to school. The lesson has many wonderful suggestions for learning activities that can be done with the bears once...
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Indian Village ( Totem Poles)
Students become familiar with Indian culture and why they built totem poles. In this totem pole lesson, students understand that totem were built to keep away evil spirits. Students create totem pole.