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Halloween Graphitti
Students complete multi-curricular activities in a Halloween themed lesson. In this Halloween lesson, students examine newspaper ads to find prices of pumpkins and use them to complete a stem and leaf plot. Students find the diameter,...
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SAT Identification of Sentence Errors Practice Test
In this identification of sentence errors worksheet, students choose the answer that corrects the grammatical errors in each sentence. Students have 10 minutes to answer 15 questions in this SAT practice worksheet.
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Word Identification Lesson
Third graders listen to a list of Fall words and then repeat them aloud as a class. They discover how to count syllables either by holding their hand under their chin or clapping and practice together as a class and then split into small...
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More Than Mock Elections
Students create a presidential campaign story. In this presidential campaign lesson, students produce, direct and act in their own campaign story. Stories focus on setting, characters, context, critical incidents, and concluding events.
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Following Sean Lesson Plan
Students view a film about two families living in San Francisco during the 1960s. They examine clips of the film and take notes on its historical context and discuss what historical information can be received from first-hand...
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"Street Fight" Lesson Plan
Pupils watch a film which examine the 2002 Newark mayoral election. They experience the electoral process from the viewpoint of a politician.
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African Savannah
Pupils are read two African fairy tales. Using the text, they create a map and key for each region mentioned. They compare and contrast the various communities and discover how geographic features affect how people live.
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Hurricane Quiz
In this hurricanes quiz activity, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about hurricanes.
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Origami
Students create paper cranes using the art of Origami from Japan as a basis. This lesson includes three lesson enrichment activities, a vocabulary list, and ideas for possible origami materials.
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Tree in Spring
Students use examples of Joseph Raffael's art of nature to create an all-school mosaic of a tree in spring using clay.
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Geography: I Spy Environments
Fourth graders examine nature paintings from a Utah museum for their physical characteristics. In small groups, they observe museum postcards and discuss the season, precipitation, temperature, and geometric shapes pictured. Focusing...
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Musical Form and Sibelius Groovy Music Shapes
Students create a song using the form ABACADAEA. Students listen to a musical piece created by Vivaldi that is an example of this musical form. Then
students use software to create their own musical forms representing this pattern.
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The Weather
Students, by incorporating art and science, make the connection between weather and how it affects our everyday lives.
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Written Report How Music Motivates
Young scholars examine the role of music in their lives. They listen to songs from the Civil Rights movement. They explain how music effects their thinking.
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Celebrating Halloween through Language and Literature
Use the theme of Halloween to spice up campfire stories, journal writing, and presentations in your classroom.
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Wahta (Maple) Project
Learners increase their knowledge base of the maple syrup process and increase their skills of organization, technology, research, teamwork-cooperation, and oral presentation. Students use a team approach to choose a topic pertaining to...
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Environment
In this close reading instructional activity, students read a report about large fires in the western United States. Students then answer several questions to determine their comprehension of the text.
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The Mitten
Explore the Ukraine through a reading of The Mitten. Readers will determine the sequence of events, cause and effect, make predictions, and find the main idea of the story. They also use math skills to make charts and graphs. Finally,...
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Winter Holiday Celebrations
Students understand how holidays revolve all around light. In this winter holidays lesson, students find the similarities and differences between the winter holidays. Students discuss the winter solstice and how it relates to the holiday...
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Kwanzaa in the Classroom
You can teach your students about Kwanzaa using these interesting lessons.
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Sunflowers, The Circle of Life
Students investigate and observe plants and animals in nature. They find out how life cycles are present in much of nature. Students use appropriate graphic organizers for information gathering. Students use sequence life cycles of...
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Animals of the Arctic
Students discover the animals that make the Canadian Arctic their home. In this Arctic animals lesson, students research the animals that live in the region and create posters that feature their findings.
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Patterns in Nature
Students examine places in nature where patterns can be observed by looking through a number of books after watching a teacher PowerPoint presentation. They illustrate a pattern in nature.