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Alternatives to the President Report
In Rethinking Reports, page 1.1
The "President Report" is a common assignment in social studies classes from second grade, where biography is first introduced, through high school U.S. History. You know what we mean: students are asked to pick a U.S. president and write a biographical...
By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
Adding support and detail without getting arrested!
This lesson plan is designed to teach students the concept of using facts to support ideas and to interpret (elaborate on) those facts in order to create a synthesized paragraph.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Bonnie Mcmurray and Julie Joslin.
Directed reading lesson: Dear Mr. Blueberry
This plan is a directed reading/thinking activity for the book Dear Mr. Blueberry with questioning and a follow-up written activity that focuses on the story elements. Another activity involves discussing facts about whales in the story and, then, finding other facts about whales that are used for a writing activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)
By Candace Hall.
Guest of honor: A presidential banquet
In Rethinking Reports, page 1.3
A research assignment in which students plan a banquet in honor of a president.
By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
Sum calculator fun
Students work in pairs to practice math facts and use calculators to check answers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Laurie Melton.
Fact and opinion in the real world
In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.8
This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand the differences between fact and opinion based on career-related examples.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Arachnid anatomy!
This lesson is part of a science unit entitled “Spiders: Fact and Fiction.” During this lesson, learning will focus on specific body anatomy, functions and distinguishing characteristics of spiders.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)
By Susan Sharples.
Subtraction sticks
Using craft sticks, students will practice subtraction of 2 and 3 digit numbers with renaming.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Susan Fry.
I have, who has...?
A chain drill involving teacher made cards on the skills of adding and subtracting fractions, and equivalent fractions. This lesson can serve as a review for many math concepts.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)
By Sherry Russell.
Using K-W-L to confirm what you know
Students will learn to use a K-W-L to activate their prior knowledge and help them set a purpose for reading and recording what they learned. They will also extend their K-W-L chart to confirm the accuracy of their prior knowledge and of what they learn.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Science)
By Kathleen Neff.
Fact versus opinion
Distinguishing between fact and opinion is important for students to understand. This lesson uses many interesting and concrete examples to help students tell the difference between the two.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance)
By Scott Ertl.
Snakes are cool
This lesson begins with a reading of Verdi by Janell Cannon. It integrates science with language arts as the students learn about snakes and write about their findings.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)
By Marcia Reich.
Money counts
Lesson introducing counting money and making change.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Angie Horne.
Wonderful whales
Students will gain knowledge of whales: the kinds of whales, the characteristics of whales, and the habitats of whales. Math skills will be incorporated into the teaching facts about whales.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Science)
By Robin Moss.
Is it living?
Students will identify living and nonliving things.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)
By Genita Powell.
Presidents pathfinder
In Rethinking Reports, page 1.5
Presidents and the Presidency The American Presidency Grolier's family of encyclopedias provides three levels of biographical material on presidents...
By Melissa Thibault.
Moving with Hey Diddle Diddle
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 2
In this kindergarten lesson, students use the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" to discuss basic facts about the moon and to perform a series of basic movements.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Healthful Living)
By Lisa Wright.
Animal report
After studying the various animal groups, students write a report about an animal of their choosing using well-formed paragraphs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science)
By Kay Sims.
Math in the White House
This plan uses an online tour of the White House to reinforce the concept of tallying.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Bunnie R. Brewer, Missy Colborn, Kathy Hale, Kim Roberson, and Emily White.
European and South American agriculture
In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.3
In this lesson for grade six, students conduct research about agriculture in South America and Europe and organize the information on a compare/contrast map.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
By Mandy Matlock.Edited by Julie McCann.