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No is No, Si is Yes
Third graders match the body part words in Spanish to a picture. They receive a picture of a human with lines coming from its feet, hands, and arms. Students use a word bank, to write the Spanish word that corresponds to the picture. ...
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Phonics Activities for Aa and Ii
Students participate in a number of activities to study the letters A and I. They use food items such as apples and cereal as manipulatives for the activities.
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Flour Art
Students create pictures using white and whole wheat flour, oatmeal, and cornmeal while learning the different types of grains used to make breads.
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I Am Here Today
Students learn the letters in their name and the order of the letters to make their name.
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Pretzel Art
Students use fine motor and creativity skills in designing pretzel people or basic shapes. They can glue the pretzel sticks and circles on their piece of cardboard to make realistic or abstract designs.
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Summer Watercolor Pictures
Students create a watercolor picture to express themselves. They focus on what they did over summer vacation. They place their pictures in a class book about what they did over the summer.
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Wallpaper Frame
Students design and create a frame for a picture of their choice. They use scraps of wallpaper to decorate their frame. They share their frames with their classmates.
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Tool Time Song
Students examine real-life tools and watch demonstrations on how to use them from a handyman. They create a song about tools and their sounds. They also identify when to use a certain tool.
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Name Songs
Students use music to help them with the names of children in their class. They identify the letters used in their own name and practice saying them. They create a class book as well.
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Treasure Hunt for Shapes
Students identify shapes in objects of everyday items. They are looking for circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They draw each shape on a piece of paper and write the name of the shape underneath it to keep for future reference.
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Where is Triangle?
Students listen to songs to discover different shapes. They tape the shapes to their fingers and when they sing about that shape they are to show the shapes to each other.
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Make Your Own Shape Puzzles
Students create their own shape puzzles. They practice putting puzzle pieces together so they fit correctly. They classify and sort the different shapes as they finish the puzzle.
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Rainbow Book
Students examine the different types of weather. They create illustrations of the type of weather to go into a class book. They are encouraged to examine the weather each day,
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Scented Cool Whip Painting
Students practice their writing skills by "painting" pictures and writing letters in Cool Whip on paper.
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Y is for Yarn
Students practice saying the sounds of the letter Y. They create a poster of the letter made out of yarn. They identify the shape and identify other words that start with Y.
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The Giving Chair
Students practice giving compliments to each other. They sit in a special chair and states something nice about a classmate. They practice giving compliments at home as well.
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Mixing Paint - Learning About Colors
Pupils mix different colors of paint while observing and recording the results. They use the new colors of paint to design a picture.
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Learning Letters in Your Name: Group Time Activity
Students examine teacher written name cards to name the first letter of their own names and those of their classmates. They do this daily with variations as they are able to identify the letters on a consistent basis.
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Frame-Up Relay
Students, in two teams, run to a chair that holds a picture frame. They pick up the frame and make faces while the other students guess what feeling the child is depicting.
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Flour Art
Students create pictures using white and whole wheat flour, oatmeal, and cornmeal while learning the different types of grains used to make breads.
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Fish Aquarium
Students make an aquarium for fish out of construction paper. They count the number of fish in their aquarium, as well as, recognize the colors of their fish.
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Accomplished Practice # 10
Fourth graders performs on instruments in an ensemble, maintaining a common tempo, blending instrumental timbres, and matching dynamic levels. They respond to the tempo and dynamics cues of the conductor.
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Take Home the Bear
Students take home a suitcase with items from the classroom to help them feel safe. They work with their parents to write in their journal about the things they did while the suitcase was home with them. They read their journal entries...