Explore the U.S.S. Nevada. Researchers use primary sources, secondary sources, children's books and websites to study the naval ship. Their study commences with a class alphabet book on the ship. Intended to be part of a lesson on...

A unique lesson that's designed for visually impaired early learners, but can be adapted for anyone, is here for you. Pupils use brightly colored foam letters, beads, checkers, and an abacus, in order to gain practice in identifying the...

First graders create hand painted fruits and vegetables to hang in the Sukkah, a temporary shelter used during the Jewish Holiday, Sukkot. They are excited about the creation of the works of art and the lesson engagement is high being...

Learners explore the concept of polygons on a two-dimensional plane. They identify polygons in everyday life and draw different polygons according to their classification. Using a geoboard and geobands, they consrtuct polygons and even...

Let's get your youngsters spelling and writing! Young spellers take six words, print them, and either say or write a sentence that uses the word. Intended for at-home practice, this reinforces newly learned vocabulary. 

Students arrange illustrations in sequential order. In this text organization lesson plan, students access a webpage where they must follow the instructions to learn about the steps of pumpkin carving. Students then click and drag...

Through this activity pupils learn about King Kamehameha I, and letter writing. It begins with an overview of Hawaiian history, with an emphasis on King Kamehameha I, and then goes on to a letter writing activity. Each person writes a...

Students identify the letter and phoneme /n/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /n/ sound through listening and matching activities. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...

Students practice recognizing the capital and lowercase M when practice writing with M&M's. They listen to and view the book, "Are You My Mother?," by P.D. Eastman with Random House, Inc. Each student interacts with a tongue twister...

First graders identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it as...

Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and decoding activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students match the phoneme and letter in words they read on index...

Students explore the life and the contributions of five people from U.S. history in the five lessons of this unit. james Madison, Dolly Madison, Sequoyah, Harriet Tubman, and Clara Barton are presented to students for exploration and...

In this alphabetical order learning exercise, students place groups of words in alphabetical order. Each group contains three words and there are 18 groups on the page. An answer sheet is included.

In this penmanship practice worksheet, students trace twelve different "s" letters. Students must complete six capital "s" letters and six lower case "s" letters.

In this printing practice activity, students trace 6 dotted examples each of Zaner Bloser upper and lower case letter Uu. There is no opportunity for freehand practice. Examples are not shown on primary lines.

In this penmanship practice worksheet, students use the lines provided to write the letter H. Students must practice writing capital letter "H" and lower case letter "h." Students must also recognize words and pictures that use the...

In this printing practice worksheet, students trace the capital letter A and the lower case letter a to enhance their penmanship. Students also read and recognize the letter a in the words airplane, ambulance, and arrow.

In this printing practice activity, students first trace the capital letter C and then the lower case letter c to improve their penmanship skills. Students then study several words to help them spell using the letter c.

Students explore early attempts at written language. In this early civilizations lesson, students investigate first attempts at written communication. Among the civilizations covered are Mayan, Greek, and Egyptian.

Students recognize the phoneme /g/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /g/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme...

Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...

Young scholars practice discerning between the letters D and B. Through hands on activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters B and D. Students practice writing both letters and correcting common...

In this consonant B activity, students read ten words and circle each one that begins with the same sound as ball. Students then color in the picture with vibrant colors.

For this funny fish: consonants and vowels worksheet, learners color and cut out ten fish, then paste them into the vowel tank or the consonant tank.