Students study the context of The Ponder Heart through Welty's photographs. They analyze how illustrations and photographs interact with written text and create their own images to illustrate a well-known Welty short story....

In this reading worksheet, students describe 2 characters from a book, write about something they liked from it, one way it could have been better, and words they did not understand. Students also draw a picture from a scene from the...

Students develop their fine motor skills as they make a craft for Mother's Day. In this crafts activity, students make a craft including bookmarks, coupon books, cards, bath salts, and magnets.

Fifth graders identify characteristics of animals and their habitat. In this animal science lesson plan, 5th graders read Crinkleroot's Book of Animal Tracking and and Animal Tracks. Students match animal tracks to the correct animal...

First graders graph their favorite The Night Before Christmas books. In this graphing activity students listen to several versions of the the same story, The Night Before Christmas. The students each choose their favorite version and the...

Sixth graders investigate the intention behind artists' works and contemplate the notion that art mirrors life. They respond orally and in writing to a painting and recognize that seeing the whole picture can offer a different ...

Students examine activities they can do with their family to encourage exercising as a family. They listen to and discuss the book Mama Zooms, and watch a video clip from the PBS show Zoboomafoo. They create a "Things I Like To Do With...

Students investigate tides and create a model of an intertidal zone. In this hands-on marine science lesson based on a Magic School Bus book, the teacher leads students in a discussion about tides, then helps students model a tide and...

Students develop their listening skills as they listen to the book The Perfect Pet. In this reading lesson, students listen to the book, and then talk about the pets they have. Then they make a graph as a class of all their pets.

Students explore fire safety rules through a variety of teacher-led activities. In this safety lesson, students choose appropriate felt board pieces as they listen to My Car by Byron Barton. Seat belt and car seat safety, as well as...

In this animal hands and feet worksheet, learners complete 4 pages of exercises that pertain to claws, paws, hands and feet. Students read clues and match them to the animals. Learners analyze pictures of animal parts and match them to...

Students investigate the differences in Lake Tahoe from the past to the present. In this geography lesson, students read the book Washoe Seasons of Life and identify the descriptions of the land and lake. Students create a Venn diagram...

Second graders create a shape garden. In this polygons lesson, 2nd graders practice making shapes using a geoboard and read the book The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns.  Students also design a shape garden using construction...

Fourth graders examine the history of the tortilla and extend the study across the curriculum. In this history of the tortilla lesson, 4th graders research the background of the tortilla, determine the ingredients, and work with the...

Students evaluate geography by drawing an image in class. In this river lesson, students identify a list of vocabulary terms associated with bodies of water. Students identify how a river is formed and draw a picture of one including the...

Students identify what a map is. They draw their own map using a simplified overhead view. After hearing the book, "Nikk's Adventure," students create their own maps.

Students demonstrate three different watercolor techniques using flower pictures and flowers as the inspiration. They work with organic shapes.

Students research raccoons. They access a website that has raccoon pictures, sounds, eating habits, raccoon rescue, and other fun activities. They complete a worksheet over what they learn from the site.

Young scholars participate in activities that engage all learning styles (such as picture walks, tracing lines, movement/theatre technique) as an introduction to the art element of line and its importance to art.

Learners develop imagery in literary and art works. They discuss Jacob Lawrence's painting, the "Tombstones, 1942", which conveyed overcrowded tenements and families living in Harlem (New York, New York). They design picture stories...

In this Roald Dahl worksheet packet, students complete a variety of activities related to books by Roald Dahl. They match characters with their descriptions. Students describe a trick they'd like to play. They fill in the blanks with 8...

Students create a poster of a weather-related word.  In this weather instructional activity, students randomly choose a weather word, define it, and draw a picture of it. They also use Word Art to create the title of their poster.

Students consider how forest fires are both damaging and beneficial to forests.  In this earth science lesson, students are read the book Fire! In Yellowstone by Robert Ekey and watch "Fire Ecology" and "Two Sides of Fire" before...

Young scholars become familiar with dance steps of colonial dances through pictures.  In this colonial dance step lesson, students view photographs in a multimedia presentation and describe the dance steps.