Students investigate the history of agriculture as found in the state of Alaska. The teacher shares a book with the students to increase knowledge of history and reading comprehension skills. They determine if the life in the story...

Pupils make a list of all family members, including themselves, on a piece of paper (family activity). Beside each name, write one thing you really appreciate about that person. Also, write beside your name what you think others in...

Students examine and read advertisements related to cars. Using the ads, they recognize prices, telephone numbers, content and the target audience of the ad. They create their own advertisement using appropriate vocabulary and share them...

Students work on fine-motor, creative-thinking and language skills as they share special photos and stories about their families with their classmates. Students create individual pages for a class book that will include drawings and photos.

Learners explore constellations. They read trade books about constellations and write notes including their locations, origins, and names. They research and report on one constellation in the Northern Hemisphere and share their report...

Fourth graders utilize prior knowledge of the five geographic regions of Virginia to create review questions to share with the class. Groups work together to edit and prepare questions to be placed into a game format. Hyperstudio is...

Students share their prior climate change knowledge and work in groups to extract and present key information from large colorful climate change posters. They understand the science of climate change, appreciate its impacts in their...

Students engage in a instructional activity that uses discussion groups for communication. The focus of the instructional activity is upon the respect for authority that should be given to older adults. Students engage in class...

Students review how their nutritional needs change over time. In groups, they design their own menu in which they get all the nutrients they need. To end the lesson, they share their foods with the class and complete a wordsearch...

Third graders read the book Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips. In groups, 3rd graders answer questions about the story. They share their personal responses. Students write answers to some questions.

Students complete a short quiz reviewing classification. In groups, they create their own family trees and discuss who is related to whom and are introduced to phylogenies in genetics. To end the lesson, they take notes on Taxonomy and...

Sixth graders will simulate the spread of a virus such as HIV through a population by "sharing" (but not drinking) the water in a plastic cup with several classmates. Although invisible, the water in a few of the cups will already be...

Students begin the instructional activity by examining Census data from the state of Ohio from 1990 and 2000. Using a worksheet, they solve problems using the data and a calculator. They share their responses with the class and discuss...

Students practice using a digital camera and identify the various parts. As a class, they review recent vocabulary and signs used in their community. In groups, they take pictures of various items and write complete sentences describing...

Students examine foreign policy decisions of former President Truman which still affect us today, review factors to be considered in making foreign policy decisions, closely explore specific major foreign policy decisions, and share...

First graders are introduced to the sounds the letter b makes. Using the document camera, they view the letter b and take a picture of something in the classroom that begins with the letter. They share the item they found with the class.

Students observe a documentary on "Escuela" to explore the life and education of migrant families. After discussing the related topics in the movie, students share their conclusions migrant farmworkers. Using the Internet and other...

Second graders practice the code in English for fraction is that the words end in "th." They write and solve problems involving halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as they realize that the meaning of fraction words one "x-th" is that it...

Young scholars increase their vocabulary and knowledge base while learning about different types of machines. In this machine lesson, students glue pictures of the machines they like onto paper and share their collages with classmates.

Students review vocabulary from the story they are reading. Students receive 10 sentence strips that depict the story. Students then need to place the sentence strips in sequential order and discuss with their other classmates. Students...

Students explore the theory of plate tectonics. In this geology lesson, students conduct a simulation of the crust of the Earth floating on the mantle. Students research plate tectonics and share their findings with the class. Students...

Learners compare and contrast sine and cosine graphs in order to describe their characteristics in a collaborative activity. As they explain their reasoning, learners strengthen their writing and vocabulary skills associated with...

A creative way bring autobiographical writing to your poetry unit or back-to-school curriculum, this lesson plan guides you through a bio poem activity. Kids use the graphic organizer to describe themselves using adjectives, things...

Young scholars build background knowledge or schema of critical division skills by predicting or inferring what will happen next in the story, retelling story detail, and counting the number of cookies on the plate.