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Kwanzaa Designs
Students examine designs. In this art lesson, students dribble rubber cement over paper and put paint on the rubber cement. When the rubber cement is dry, peel off cement and reveal designs which can be hung as decorations.
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Decimal Addition and Subtraction
In this decimal addition and subtraction worksheet, students use a computer program for initial instruction, then complete 22 problems with decimals.
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Leaf Scribbles
Students use leaves to create a fall art project. In this leaves activity, students tape leaves down, place paper on top of them and color on top of the paper. The leaf image will appear through the paper.
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Scales, Scutes, and Skins
Students identify the various adaptations of reptiles and amphibians. After distinguishing between reptiles and amphibians, students discuss the ways in which their adaptations aid in their survival. They participate in a hands on...
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Kwanzaa Memory Book
Students create a Kwanzaa memory book. In this memory book lesson, students cut a cover from a brown paper bag and use ziplock bags as pages. In the ziplock bags they put construction paper with photos and drawings.
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Geometric Bingo
Students explore the concept of geometric shapes. In this geometric shape lesson, students play bingo to review geometric shapes. Students identify the shape being described by the teacher and put a marker on their bingo card.
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Football-2 Minute Drill
Students participate in two minute drills throwing and catching a football. In this football instructional activity, the students are divided into teams and pass the football at various distances. The students may rotate their team roles...
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The Labyrinth
Pupils analyze a basic logic maze based on the Greek myth about Theseus and the Minotaur. Through simulation they determine a winning strategy. At the conclusion of the activity, they design their own mazes for each other to try to...
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Sand Table Fillers
Students play with different textures in the sand box or large bin. In this sand table lesson plan, students play with sand, corn soy beans, scoops, spoons, cars, and more.
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Have a Halloween Party
Learners create favors and decorations for a Halloween party. They discover the history of the holiday. They practice working together and using their social skills.
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Let's Visit Letter Land
Learners listen to a story about putting words in alphabetical order so they can decide who should start the Letter Land Parade. They practice alphabetizing letters, and words.
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10 by 10 Tessellations
Fifth graders, with a partner, create tessellation patterns by playing 10 by 10 Tessellations. They need to use critical thinking skills to decide if pattern block plane figures tessellate and how each block best fits into the pattern.
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Feudalism
Young scholars have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in...
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Sounding out fluency, Relay Race
Pupils practice reading. For this fluency building lesson, students participate in a relay race to quickly sound and read word cards. They work in small groups to accurately sound out and say three word cards before it is another team...
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Alphabet Line-up (Elementary, Language)
Learners put the letters of the alphabet in the correct order. They practice working as a team.