This is a math and science activity for learning about plant growth and measuring the progress. Objectives: The children learn about plant growth as well as gain graphing skills and other important knowlage. Materials: Plastic milk jug [empty] Planting soil Seeds of fast-growing plants Water Sun And a little TLC Lesson Plan: Take a regular […]
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Spring Egg Art Activity
CONCEPTS/SKILLS: Shapes (Oval), Patterns & Art Media Objectives: Students will create a spring egg out of pastels, construction paper and glue. Students will create and continue a pattern. Students will experience a different type of art media. Materials: Black Construction Paper (8 1/2 x 11) One Bottle of Elmer’s or Sparkle Glue per student One […]
And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street Writing Activity
Students use And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss to write a story. Objectives: The students will listen to a story, then use the same format to write a class book. Materials: And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss writing paper Lesson Plan: First, […]
Teaching Money
Here are two of my old lessons from student teaching… so you may have to overlook my wordiness to find something useful in them. These lessons were modifications of the boring textbook we used. Objectives: Lesson One Students will be able to identify coin/money values. Students will be able to write amounts of money. Lesson […]
Fraction Fun with Food
Objectives: The students will be able to identify concepts of fractions by using M & M’s and pizza shapes to create their own fraction. Group skills and cognitive skills will be used when allowing the students time to work together to devise a fraction combination. Materials: pizza boxes circle pieces bag of m & m’s […]
Clouds, Cloud Formation & Types of Clouds
The students will understand what a cloud is, how it is formed and the various types of clouds. Teacher Materials: It Looked Like Spilt Milk – Paperback | Big Book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs large jar plastic bag filled with ice warm water one sheet of black paper flashlight matches Student Materials: science journal, […]
Where are all those teeth?
The students will explore the legend of the tooth fairy. Where do they think the fairies take all those teeth or is there just one fairy, etc. Materials: Book – What do Fairies Do With All Those Teeth? Ingredients for tooth necklace 1 cup flour 1/4 cup salt 1/4 cup clear glitter 1/3 cup water […]
Sink or Float
Students discover which items sink and which items float. Materials: Tub of water or small bucket 5-10 small items that will sink or float in the water (I would have 5 that float and 5 that sink) Lesson Plan: Have students in the class circle around the object that you have the water in. Talk […]
Shapes!
This lesson is designed to teach preschool children about five basic shapes- square, rectangle, triangle, circle, and star. Objectives: Following instruction on the five basic shapes, the preschool students will be able to recognize and name each shape with 100 percent accuracy. After doing a hands-on experiment with the different shapes, the preschool students will […]
Class Number Book
Students will practice counting to ten and one to one association. Materials: catalogs or magazines, such as Sears, Ltd and J.C. Penney scissors glue large pieces of construction paper of different colors Lesson Plan: Find large numbers in the catalogs or magazines. Use these to glue at the corner or center of each page of […]
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