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Picture, letter, word
A lesson designed to engage pre-emergent readers in an activity which will enable them to identify pictures, letters, and words in books. It will provide an opportunity for them to work in a small group setting to develop a product and enhance their learning
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Linda Kinnamon.
Piggies
This activity is a fun, interactive lesson that integrates children's literature with math (a great way to integrate author studies). This activity allows students to be involved in four learning styles (visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic).
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Stephanie Hatcher.
Plant power
Students will plant their own seeds in potting soil and measure plant growth. Before the students' plants are visible above the soil, students will explore the parts and functions of classroom plants and compare growth between the classroom plants. Using the weather channel website, students will predict whether the day's weather conditions are excellent, good, or poor for plant growth.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics and Science)
By Rhonda Hathcock.
Plants and animals: Introduction to the unknown
This is an introductory lesson to assist students in understanding where their food comes from and what is available in this area. It is also a wonderful way to continue with inventive spelling.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
By Sheila Moody.
The power of a portrait
The students will use the portrait Mending Socks by Archibald Motley to explore how objects can be used to tell about a person's attributes and life.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Guidance and Social Studies)
By Evika Sturdivant.
Prepositional phrases showing location
Students will learn the Spanish words for several prepositional phrases that show location. This lesson also reviews previous vocabulary.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Second Languages)
By Stephanie Watson.
Problem solving with Swimmy
This lesson will stress to the students the importance of working together to solve a problem.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance and Healthful Living)
By Amy Taylor.
Pumpkin punctuation
Students will identify different end punctuation marks that are used in a book they read and then use those punctuation marks in sentences they write.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
By Sherry Harris.
Put it back where it belongs
Primary students will learn the basics of library organization. They will be introduced to the use of call letters.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills)
By Caryl Houghton.
Rain forest animal movement
Kindergarten students are naturally curious about a variety of animals. In this lesson, students explore the rain forest through books and online videos. Students will observe the movement of animals and then participate in imitation movements. They will then use nonstandard measurement to identify and record the length they moved.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Science)
By Star Davis.
Rainy weather
This is the first lesson in a weather unit. This lesson consists of activities that help students understand the concept of rain.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
By Carol McCrary.
Reindeer boots
Children will use problem-solving techniques to answer the question, “How many boots will Santa need for his reindeer?”
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)
By Vanette Hann.
Rhyming with Jack and Jill
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 4
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students develop phonemic awareness by completing rhyming riddles.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Healthful Living)
By Lisa Wright.
Rhythm stars
This lesson will introduce the main components of rhythm: quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Music Education)
By Laura Abernethy.
Sea inventory
In this lesson students will create a beach mural with sand, shells, and blue and white finger paints. They will count objects added to the mural as they go along.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
By Dinah Jackson.
Sea Inventory (Lesson 2 of 3)
In this lesson students will rote count the number of sea creatures and shells on our beach mural. Also, students will use problem-solving techniques for answering "bigger than" questions.

This is a thematic unit with three lessons. Lesson 1 details art activities. Lesson 2 describes math activities. Lesson 3 underscores language art activities.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Dinah Jackson.
Seasonal farm landscapes
Students will have visited the farm landscape four times throughout the year, recording their observations during four seasons. The drawings will incorporate their knowledge of farms from our visits, their exposure to the seasonal landscapes of Grant Wood and Claude Monet, and their knowledge of landscape art and its elements of color and perspective developed at the Museum. The final project will be individual student books containing their landscape drawings and text.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education)
By Jamie Barnhill.
Seasons change
This lesson introduces students to the characteristics of the changing seasons and allows students to see how plants, animals, and people adapt to the changes.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
By Beth Herron.
Sensing the world around us
Students will review the five senses and listen to an Ezra Jack Keats' story in which a blind man uses his senses of hearing and smelling to learn about his neighbors. Students will then experience the difficulty of using only one sense to identify different sounds.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
By Libby Oxenfeld.
Sentence scramble
Students will learn concepts about print including print directionality and the understanding that written print contains a message.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)