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Acting With Honesty
Students analyze stories to study the value of honesty. Songs and role playing are included in this lesson plan of character education. Activities include: brainstorming situations that would be easy to be dishonest, drawing pictures...
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Math: Creating Problems on Computers
Third graders, in pairs, create math story problems on computers. Skills include multiplication or addition and subtraction in two-step problems. After devising their problems, 3rd graders type them and use pictures to illustrate them....
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OOOhhhh, My Toe!!!!
Students examine the /O/ phoneme by examining words and reciting a tongue twister. They practice writing the letter 'O' on their dry erase boards. While they listen to a read aloud of "Bo and Rose" they form the /O/ with their mouths...
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The Barnum and Bailey Bartered Bride
Students focus on the study of The Bartered Bride by integrating the theme of the circus begin the instructional activity with a "KWL" strategy map on the Circus. Students are asked: What do you know about the circus?
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Farm Animals
Students are introduced to the types of animals on a farm and what happens on farm daily. As a class, they brainstorm a list of words that start with the letter f. They use the internet to view photos and listen to the sounds the animals...
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Rain, Rain Go Away
Students are introduced to "Rain, Rain, Go Away" poster. They are asked what the boy in the picture is doing, and ask them about the things he is holding. Students are told that they boy is named Johnny, and that he wants to play with...
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Verbs
In this ESL verbs instructional activity, students analyze 7 pictures that show people in action. From 4 choices, students select the correct verb that fills in a space in the sentence that describes the picture.
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Sports in Physics: Measuring Velocity in a Mini-Olympics
Eighth graders examine the difference between speed, velocity and acceleration. In this velocity lesson students read and construct a line graph and a bar graph to show information about velocities of sports activities.
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Using Map Skills
Third graders study maps. In this U.S. geography lesson, 3rd graders explore directions on a compass rose and use a map scale to determine distances between two points on a map. They listen to a lecture and use their own maps to practice...
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Take A Verb Back In Time
Students write a story that takes place in the past and include regular and irregular verbs. In this verbs lesson plan, students identify the verbs after they write their story.
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Fraction Fun with Pizza
Fourth graders complete a pizza fraction project. In this pizza fractions lesson, 4th graders use construction paper to make toppings for a pizza and cover the pizza according to fraction exercises. Students put their pizza and partner's...
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BUGS-INSECTS
Students participate in a theme study while teaching primary students basic skills according to Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals in Reading, Math, and Writing. The lesson is concerned primarily with the concept of insects.
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Political and Social Impact of World War II
Sixth graders study the life in Jewish ghettos during World War II and learn about tolerance and compassion. In this WWII lesson, 6th graders discuss Jewish ghettos but with a mistreatment of the kids with stickers to signify the Jewish...
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Home: the Story of Maine "A Love for the Land": Where Are You? Who Are You?
Students investigate their neighborhood both as it is now and as it was 100 years ago. They take a walk around their neighborhood and fill out a worksheet before completing a worksheet.
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Connecting Downtown
Students examine how engineering and design make cities more livable and efficient. They study different types of walkways including elevated and underground walks, and where and why they would be used. They design their own walkway...
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History Today
Students use the newspaper to determine how history is being made in your community, region or country.They identify the different components that comprise a newspaper. This instructional activity contains adaptations from elementary to...
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Picky Pig
First graders 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...
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National Gallery of Art: Prinz Friedrich von Homburg: Ein Schauspeil, 3x
Students explore the work of Frank Stella. In this art appreciation lesson, students look at images of the sculpture Prinz Friedrich von Homburg: Ein Schauspeil, 3x and discuss it as a work of art. This lesson includes two simple...
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Daddy's Big Shoes
Students create something for their fathers. In this daddy's big shoes lesson, students trace their dad's shoe to create a template. Students fill the shoe with reasons why they think dad is special.
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Famous First Graders!
Students assume a variety of roles as they explore the nature of fame and practice interviewing skills. The sharing of information about themselves and the gathering of data about others forms the focus of this lesson.
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Environmental Education
Second graders examine how their choices affect the environment. They identify different types of pollution and its source. They ask questions to end the lesson.
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Itty Bitty Igloo
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Racing to Read!
Students complete a variety of activities to improve their reading fluency. They listen to the teacher do a book walk for the book "Jane and Babe," and observe the teacher modeling how to read quickly. In pairs they take turns timing...
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Sand Tracks
Students examine the different markings animals make while walking through the sand. In an activity, the teacher hold up the same tracks individually and they must guess the animal who made them. They discuss the results as a class to...