Why we are thankful for what we have and what makes us thankful. Materials: You need to find a class that will exchange email with you. I have found that many teachers are willing to do this. It can be friends or someone new. Lesson Plan: For several days before this lesson we talk about […]
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Gingerbread Baby Lesson Plans
Gingerbread Baby Unit – Lessons 6-11 View lessons 1-5. Lesson 6: Gingerbread Baby Language Arts/Grammar Children will create a mobile of characters from Jan Brett’s book, Gingerbread Baby. Materials: Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett Wire hangers String Paper Markers Pencils Lesson Plan: Have each children draw and cut out the characters from the story. […]
Book Unit: Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Gingerbread Baby Unit Submitted by: Kelley DeBoer Grade Levels: 1-2. An 11 lesson plan unit for Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett. Lesson Outline: Gingerbread Baby’s Home Gingerbread Forest Map Skills Gingerbread Baby Student Books Gingerbread Baby Ornaments Character Traits in Gingerbread Baby Gingerbread Baby Language Arts/Grammar Gingerbread Baby v. Gingerbread Boy Gingerbread Baby’s Point of View Gingerbread […]
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Sequencing Wheel Activity
My favorite book is one in a series by Numeroff, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, where the children design their own story, using a literature “wheel” and fill in each part of the wheel with the next thing the mouse will want. The top portion of the wheel is turned to see the […]
Let’s Talk Teeth Dental Health Unit
This unit includes both primary and intermediate activities for a dental health/teeth study. UNIT ACTIVITIES Make a Tooth Model Make a Book The Tooth Fairy Came Last Night – Poem My Teeth Chant Play a Game Teeth Graph Make a Tooth Model You will need: marshmallows and toothpicks INTERMEDIATE For older children, supply them with fresh […]
Folktale Unit
7 lessons for learning about folktales: What is a Fairy Tale or Folk Tale?, The Princess and the Golden Shoes, The Emperor and the Kite, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, and Johnny Appleseed. Lesson 1: What is a Fairy Tale or Folk Tale? Reading folktales for both educational […]
Dictionary Skills
This is a lesson which will help students review their spelling words while practicing dictionary skills Objectives: Students will successfully locate words in the dictionary and will demonstrate awareness of guide words Materials: Spelling list dictionary piece of paper pencil Dictionary Skills Worksheet – Guide Words – Use worksheet to record spelling words, look up in dictionary, […]
Guided Reading Lesson for If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
This lesson will help students to make predictions using the pictures and the text. It will also help them with sequencing and recognizing words. Materials: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Hardcover or Big Book A teacher “cookie jar” costume a mouse costume charts with cookie maps markers – two different colors sentence strips with […]
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Pasta Activity
Students will learn to identify the four stages of a butterfly’s life cycle. Materials: Butterfly patterns spiral pasta-caterpilllar shell pasta-chrysalis bow tie pasta-butterfly small pasta representing an egg crayons or markers glue Lesson Plan: Ask the students what they know about butterflies. Have they ever seen one? Have they ever touched one? What did it […]
Inside a Seed
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Students will look inside seeds to discover the beginning of a plant, and will discuss elements that plants need to grow. Objectives: Students will look inside a seed to discover the beginning of a plant Students will discuss elements that are important for plants to grow – air, water, food Materials: lima beans; soak in […]
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