LESSON PLANS
Use this poem to teach students about responsibility.
After reading the Christmas poem A Real Santa Claus by Frank Dempster Sherman, students will complete a cloze activity…
In this activity, students explore the possibilities for nonverbal communication and emotion.
Use this poem to teach students about interpreting metaphor and fantasy in poetry. I Dreamed I Was a Snowman is a great…
In this poetry activity, students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge of cause and effect.
Students illustrate a poem wile predicting what will happen in each stanza.
Teach students about the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
In this poetry activity, students identify the characters in the poem, the setting, and the main events; and predict…
Use this poem to help students distinguish the cause effect relationships developed in the poem, and predict what…
In this poetry activity, students attempt to determine the main idea the author wishes to present.
Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.
Teach students about story sequence by rearranging the lines of the stanzas in correct order.
After reading a poem and a non-fiction book, students will identify whether a series of statements are true or false.
Read this poem about a hairy dog, then have students compare and contrast the dog in the poem with other dogs they know.
WORKSHEETS
Use the visuals included in this printable to explain the physical development of honey bees.
Welcome in the Fall season with this Autumn-themed poetry lesson! In these activities, based on the poem "As Soon As…
Students can learn about bees and other insects by observing them on school grounds and around the neighborhood.
Teach students about the history and anatomy of bees.
Use these experiments to teach students about the process which carries liquid into a plant.
Demonstrate how plants receive water from their roots with this colorful activity.
Show students how new plants can grow from a parent plant without the need of a seed.
In this science activity, students dissect a flower to learn about how plants grow from seeds.
By making their own miniature garden, students can observe first hand how plants grow.
Enjoy an art activity that teaches students about the shape and function of leaves.
