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Pronunciation of /aw/ Diphthong
Students comprehend how to produce this pronunciation feature, notice the spellings, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronunciation to be comprehended by others. They work with a...
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Anti-Semitism Throughout the Ages
Students investigate the implication of anti-Semitism. In this prejudice lesson, students compare anti-Semitism to bullying as they research the propaganda techniques employed during the Holocaust and throughout history.
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Rescuers Who Made a Difference
Students explore the many ways that people helped Jews during the Holocaust. In this World War II instructional activity, students read and discuss The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy. Students journal about times when they were...
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Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be
Students compare and contrast wild and domestic animal needs. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the poem Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be and create a list of wild and domestic animals. Students create a short play or song...
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Save the Earth: It's Everyone's Home!
Students create artwork to remind them to conserve the Earth. In this conservation lesson plan, students discuss the Earth's conservation and then create an art project representing what they can do to conserve.
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Alphabet Poem
Students create an alphabetized list about their favorite topic using the Alphabet Poem Brainstorming worksheet or creating a list on the board with the class. They think of a word that starts with their letters that relates to the...
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My Virtual Adventure
Students write a story. In this adventure story lesson plan, students discuss various destinations they would like to travel to. Students think about the reasons people take adventures, what they would need to bring, who they would take...
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Robert Munsch: Author Study
Students study Robert Munsch's style of writing. In this literature lesson, students read many of Robert Munsch's books, write a list of the characteristics found in his books, and write or orally tell a story using some of these...
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Our Water Footprint
Students discuss the water usage of the world and their own water usage. In this water lesson plan, students read a story about water and discuss different statistics of water usage around the world.
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Biocomplexity Lab Activity: Creating Salt Water
The lesson seeks to intorduce to students the properties of salt water and how to create salt water. Teacher gives backgound information about salt water to students. From that point, students dscuss what elements are in salt water....
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The Poet's Message-"The Colored Soldier" by Langston Hughes
Students analyze the poem, "The Colored Soldier" by Langston Hughes to gain a greater experience of how poets use language to create meaning, influence thinking and thus become pioneers of change in American society. They work on the...
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Theme
Young scholars examine a reading selection. In this descriptive writing lesson, students read an excerpt from "Hello! Anybody Out There?". Young scholars discuss the idea of aliens living on other planets, describe what they think an...
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Permeability and Porosity of Somerset County Sediments
Students predict and test the permeability and porosity of sediments in Somerset County, New Jersey. They discuss what how porous they think the sediment of HMS grounds is and why. Students walk around the HMS campus and collect six...
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Hanukkah
Students learn about the holiday of Hanukkah by making a milk box dreidel, playing the dreidel game, and lighting a menorah. In this Hanukkah lesson plan, students also read Hanukkah books.
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Fun in the Sun
Students learn about safe summertime play and responsibility. In this Clifford-themed lesson plan, students read Clifford Keeps Cool, use a time line to discuss the story, and participate in a summertime picnic activity.
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Community Helpers
Students investigate community helpers. In this communities lesson plan, students compare and contrast for-profit and non-profit jobs and choose one job to illustrate on paper.
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Voice Trait: Who Is Talking?
Students recognize the difficulty of knowing who wrote a letter from the envelope. For this writing "voice" lesson, students understand the meaning of voice in writing and detect who the writers are in a worksheet.
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Apples, Apples, Apples
Students complete activities using apples that help improve their science, math, and reading skills. In this apple lesson, students read the book Apples, Apples Apples and visit an orchard or farmer's market to buy a variety of apples....
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The Great Society and A Thousand Points of Lights
Young scholars compare 2 preseidental speeches. In this presidential agenda lesson, students compare and contrast a Lyndon B. Johnson speech with a George H. W. Bush Speech.
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Pronunciation of Final Consonants
Students in ESOL classes discover how to recognize and pronounce final consonant sounds. With partners, they read passages aloud and practice the correct pronunciation. Students emphasize pronouncing the final consonant and attempt to...
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Phonemic Awareness: Pronunciation of /ng/ Consonants
Learners practice cononant sounds within reading passages. They articulate the /ng/ sounds and identify their placement in words. Working with a partner, they read a passage aloud and listen for correct pronunciation of sounds.
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Alexander Graham Bell's Patent for the Telephone and Thomas Edison's Patent for the Electric Lamp
High schoolers read a short biographical account about Bell and student B about Edison. Ask each pair to exchange information and determine what qualities these inventors shared. Ask students if they think all inventors share these...
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Just Like The Old Days
Students listen to their teacher read them a story about families. Individually, they make a family chart which shows everyone in their family. They read a letter about a family in Mongolia and compare it with their own. Using the...
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Living By the Book
Students read a story individually or in groups to begin the lesson. As a class, they discuss their viewpoints on reading and compare it with the viewpoint of those living in Fiji. In groups, they compare and contrast American and Fijian...