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- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Learning letters and sounds at a zoom!
- This lesson introduces, reviews, and reinforces letter recognition and letter sounds using the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault. Kindergarten children will enjoy this activity! It is appropriate for all academic levels.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
- By Shanna Buckner.
- The Grouchy Ladybug
- Students will learn the meaning of illustration, will be introduced to a famous illustrator and will create an illustration based on the style of this particular artist.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education)
- By Jean Caldwell.
- Air is all around us
- Air is everywhere. It cannot be seen, but it is all around us. This lesson helps students discover that air is everywhere.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Jan Wuertz.
- Alphabet animals
- Students will use their knowledge of the alphabet and letter sounds to create an alphabet PowerPoint presentation. Each slide will contain a letter of the alphabet, a sentence and the sound that corresponds to that letter.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
- By Emily Leonard.
- Bunny addition
- This lesson integrates language arts, music, and math. The children will listen to the story Count on Bunnies. They will be given the opportunity to act out the story and solve bunny equations. After listening to the song "Five Young Rabbits," the children will take turns being rabbits and pantomiming the actions as the class sings. The children will combine the rabbits at the end of each verse to see how many rabbits have been added. Then they will work in pairs to create their own rabbit equations.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Becky Smith.
- Butterfly cycle
- Students will understand the life cycle of the butterfly and create various art activities that would model metamorphosis.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science)
- By Becky Woolard.
- Butterfly metamorphosis
- This is an integrated lesson which is introduced using the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Butterfly metamorphosis is explored through art, math, and writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science)
- By Laura Byers.
- Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!
- Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Luwonna Oakes.
- Creature creation: An elaboration writing activity
- This lesson will focus on the writing element of elaboration. It will also tap into higher order thinking skills with the creation of a Coastal Plain imaginary animal and a creative story about the creature. This lesson could be linked to 4th grade Science and Social Studies objectives. For more in-depth knowledge in those other subjects, go to the lesson entitled Researching the Coastal Plain
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Ana Sanders and Heather Ennis.
- Describing words: Go Away, Big Green Monster
- The students will use describing words in their writing based on the book Go Away, Big Green Monster while integrating math concepts about shapes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Paula Jennings.
- Digging up discoveries
- The students will study archaeology, practicing their knowledge of spelling patterns and capitalization and punctuation skills along the way. The students will go to a teacher-created excavation and discover a surprise in a “rock” from the excavation. The students will then write about their experience.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Alyssa Slater.
- Exploring geometric shapes
- These hands-on activities make learning about geometric shapes more appealing to students.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
- By Debbie Fox.
- A friend, starting with you!
- This lesson helps students learn about themselves and how good a friend they are to others. It helps children identify their own special talents and characteristics while showing the importance of good self-esteem in making new friends.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance)
- By Sara Smith.
- Green Wilma is missing!
- This lesson is designed to be used after students have been exposed to animal classification, especially the characteristics of amphibians. Reading Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold and inviting students to respond through art and written expression is a good use of integration.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
- By Emily Rothrock.
- Grocery store matter
- The lesson stimulates students' thought processes and makes students aware of the things around them by teaching them about the three kinds of matter and their properties.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Indiana Jennette.
- Hanukkah: Festival of Lights
- A variety of activities including games, cooking, worksheets, art projects, and stories introduce students to the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Social Studies)
- By Dena Negri.
- A home for Lars
- Our lesson plan is based on the book, Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear, by Hans de Beer. We will use the book to introduce the polar bear's habitat and will elaborate on the necessary things a polar bear needs to survive in this habitat.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and Science)
- Join them together/Take them away
- The teacher will introduce beginning addition concepts of joining two sets together. The teacher will introduce beginning subtraction concepts of taking away from a set.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
- By Vickie Hedrick.
- Life cycle of painted lady butterflies
- Students will make a chart of the life cycle of the painted lady butterflies that the class observes over a period of several days.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
- By Anne Allen.
- Making equal shares
- This activity is designed to connect literature and math. The students will use manipulatives and literature to reinforce the concept of equal sharing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Tara Almeida.

