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Other Lesson Plans - Grades PreK-1
- St. Patrick's Day
- Listen, Listen for a clue
- Houses vs. Homes
- Wants and Needs
- The Importance of Symbols
- Family Changes
- Autograph Book
- Helping Others - Giving Tree
- Drama Class {Halloween night}
- Summer Safety Safari
- Learning how to cut out heart shapes
- "We're Just Like Crayons" by Stephen Fite is the centerpiece for this diversity lesson
- This is an idea for an Easter science sensory table
- This inspirational craft activity is part of a "Day Camp in Hawaii Unit" suitable for after-school, summer school, scouts or other youth groups
- Making murals on bulletin board paper is a creative end-of-year filler idea
- Here is an Itsy-Bitsy Spider approved lesson about diligence
- This lesson integrates Phonics with body language, spoken language, and written language
- Here's a Back To School activity to learn each others' Names to Music
- Called Curriculum Night, this idea gets parents into the schools
- This lesson idea is on Feelings and Solving Problems without Fighting
- In this feelings demonstration, each student "hits" an apple; it still looks normal, but it is bruised inside
- Students print meaningful geometric Adinka Design patterns in the Ashanti tradition in this lesson
- Put your students in the driver's seat with this 'Bus Driver' flashcard idea
- This "Spaghetti Noodle" drawing exercise is a simple, but creative time filler
- A lesson on Maps and Globes
- An Art lesson for making Playdough Christmas Ornaments
- This reading lesson uses the phonogram method
- Cooperation is necessary to create these sneaky snowmen
- This one tries to help with Adult Reading Buddies
- Here students write Irish blessings on green hearts that are combined to form shamrocks
- "Getting to Know You with Toilet Paper" is a really cute get-acquainted idea
- Students (Special Ed) write a creative non-fiction story about animals here while presenting facts and new materials
- This idea for teaching Measurement involves students reading a recipe for "Zoo Food"
- A fun lesson plan on Classification using the Lost Button from "Frog and Toad Are Friends"
- This lesson is to teach students to Use a Map
- Here's an idea for making Father's Day T-Shirts
- Here's a good idea to get students to "Sing themselves into Group Time"
- Here we play a Rights vs. Responsibility game and make appropriate bookmarks
- A lesson using the "Frog And Toad" series that helps with Emotions
- Welcome new students to your class with this take-home classmate book idea
- A Reading lesson using The Cat in the Hat and the Phonogram method
- This idea called "What Is This?" is for developing class Bulletin Boards
- This human face drawing lesson provides generic drawing skills useful for learning in a variety of subjects
- This learning to whistle idea teaches the value of fortitude
- A Place Value lesson in a Game format
- This is one more reading lesson using a story map (circular story)
- This St. Patrick's Day "Hunt for the Green" reinforces visual discrimination and concrete/abstract language reception
- Here are some miscellaneous ideas for Family Involvement
- This portion is called Science Discovery Days
- "The Great Melt Race," a well-developed 5E Science Teaching Model about melting ice, contains special directions for students with cochlear implants
- This safety lesson uses Kidspiration templates to teach about helpful community members, traffic signals, and how to cross a street
- This family portrait time filler requires only yarn and stickers
- Students learn about Memorial Day here while using crumpling skills to create an appropriate flag decoration
- Here children create a Kidspiration picture web about internet safety (Special Ed - K-5)
- Students play "Hot Potato" with a tempo and beat in this filler activity idea
- A Good Back-to-School Idea: Me Bags (An Alternate Version)
- Here is a review day or substitute teacher activity idea
- This thematic unit for Kindergarten is on Transportation
- Puppets for parent night
- Here is a filler from a music teacher
- A Writing and Art activity about "When I Grow Up..."
- Here is a relay race idea for learning how to spell the names of holidays
- A fun first-day journal activity
- Here's a game to Build Community and Enhance Self-Esteem
- This self-reflection art and writing project showcases students' strength and goals
- This Personality Crown idea helps children get to know you and each other
- This idea solves the "who is the line leader" problem
- Here is an idea for making Olympic torches with traced hand flames
- Here are some songs appropriate for Back To School time
- These percussion activities help dyslexic children identify rhythm patterns in written text
- This exercise teaches the anatomy of the eye, the usefulness of models in science, and critical thinking
- This German "Schultuete" idea gives a cultural upgrade to the first day of school "Me Bag"
- Here's a detailed Christmas mural idea the entire class will enjoy making
- Turn ideas into a story with this fundraising project
- Here students create a web of compliments
- This is a music rhythm filler activity
- This idea is to help students learn their way around the School on their First Day
- Teach about different countries and cultures with this must-have compilation of creative ideas
- This lesson is on concrete (for an Architecture theme) and involves making a Footprint Stepping Stone
- A Lesson on Rainbows, their History, and their history
- In this lesson students learn where their name comes from
- This lesson looks at what makes us Special
- This is a plan for making a Valentine Person and poem
- Here children make a shopping list, fill a crockpot, and learn to pour "Stone Soup"
- Here are a couple of ideas for Green Foods to use on St. Patrick's Day
- Students create paper quilting squares here to give a sick classmate well wishes and something to do
- Mardi Gras is celebrated here with masks, a parade, and King Cake
- Although not a lesson plan, this collection of Halloween Songs are great for teaching Halloween Safety
- Puzzle pieces are utilized in this idea for picking partners
- This book and game teaches the difference between "tattling" and "reporting"
- The book "What Do Fairies Do With All Those Teeth" is used in this lesson
- Olympic Opening Ceremonies
- Students write their names with their feet in this name-learning activity
- This is an idea for all subjects and grades called "Bellwork"
- Here is a review idea involving bean bags and a felt board
- The Syllabary/Analogy Method is used here to decode the pronunciation of polysyllabic words
- This idea is for creating a Snowman Picture Christmas Ornament
- In this St. Patrick's Day Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkey type game, students count and learn directional words while "Filling Our Pot of Gold"
- Here's an overview of the activities for Family Involvement
- This part is for developing a "Family Command Post"
- Make a class puzzle
- This Self Esteem Discussion idea uses the book "I Like Me"
- This idea connects you with your students before school even starts
- In this Hanukkah idea, children count and identify the color of menorah candles
- Pre-K and Special Ed students learn to count from 1 to 10 here with the help of a Gummi Bear book and other manipulatives
- Here is a little musical introduction song game idea
- Here's a brief lesson to help students learn to write their names, using yarn
- "I'm a Little Cupid" is the centerpiece of this Valentine's Day musical activity
- Here's a collection of the letters to send to parents regarding the family involvement activities
- "Friendship Flowers" teaches about friendship!
- Right and Left Memory Skills are the topic on this plan
- This idea uses a video to introduce the rules and the teacher on the first day of school
- This is an idea for growing shamrocks
- This "All About ME" box idea comes with a secret note inside
- Let your students draw AND write, "All About Me"
- This beginning-of-the-year "ME Box" idea helps students focus their writing
- This helpful "Note to Art Teaching Assistants" contains a great clean-up song
- This Chinese New Year lesson encourages appreciation of Chinese culture through celebration
- Although not a lesson plan, this High Frequency Word List can be helpful in First grade
- The book "Rosie's Walk" is used here to teach basic spatial awareness vocabulary to speech and language impaired children
- Here is a dramatic play plan for law enforcement activity centers
- Attitudes-Based Learning is a program that fosters positive attitude and character
- This is a Valentine's game idea called "Hide The Heart"
- Here students make postcards to mail to themselves or their teacher over the summer
- This "All About Me" homework results in a parental picture display
- This one uses the book "Fang The Dentist" and is about Going to the Dentist
- Here is a music lesson plan using games
- In this classroom mapping activity, students match classroom photos to a classroom map
- This end-of-school classroom scrapbook idea uses digital photos, poems, and quotes
- This classroom management game encourages kids to have a "monopoly" on great behavior
- Although not a lesson plan, these fun Tongue Twisters can come in handy
- A Coping with Terrorism lesson idea on Bravery and Dealing with Fear
- Two recipes that are useful in Science for exploring substances like Flubber
- This one is a Bird Poem Sequencing Activity
- A beginning of school musical name plate activity can help students learn each others' names
- This is a fun getting acquainted activity using straws
- Here's a generic Pre-K lesson plan template
- This idea involves Learning to Dress with Song
- This idea is called Pepsi Bear and builds Confidence, Speaking, and Listening Skills
- This one involves celebrating different cultures' holidays
- Guess the Shamrock is a spelling game idea
- This well-developed vocabulary memory game is useful in any subject
- Here's an idea for a Holiday Calendar to countdown to Christmas (or other events)
- This is a short instruction on Debriefing students on a Crisis
- This is a brief idea for creating an Olympic Windsock
- An idea for posting a Daily Graph on the board
- This is a quick lining up song idea
- The goal of this portion is to teach about the Bird's Body
- Here students introduce themselves via a 9-square construction paper ME Quilt
- This lesson is on germs and cleanliness
- Creating a class birthday quilt from old cards brings the class together, teaches patterns, and how to tie
- Students share family traditions and culture with their class in this activity
- In this lesson, "Little No Speak" helps young students cope with anxiety
- A classroom map hunt is a great way to acquaint students with the classroom and its procedures
- Here's an interesting idea for making a class valentine wreath
- This marching in time lesson also teaches left-right, left-right...
- In this well-developed Pre-K/Special Ed fish pond lesson four and one-half fish are counted
- Here's a brief Thanksgiving Poem good for ending a Thanksgiving Presentation
- This idea uses a calming and personal approach to teach parts of the body, colors, shapes, and listening
- This lesson uses Impressionist Van Gogh's Starry Night to teach the hatching technique (cross-curricular ideas included)
- This idea is to be used as an Introduction to Animals and involves Role Playing
- This is a dialing 911 lesson
- Here is an art lesson on aboriginal art in Australia
- Here's one on Spider Webs
- This lesson on anger uses the book "When Sophia Gets Angry
- A great idea for back to school: Back to School Puzzles
- A Class Management technique for getting students to Line Up appropriately and also teach the Staff
- This Thanksgiving Bulletin Board idea uses "Turkey Handprints"
- "Name Game with a Beat" is a musical version of a previous name learning activity
- This mystery box activity gets kids excited about learning new things
- Here's an idea to make collage snow people as seen in Lois Ehlert's book "Snowballs"
- This multidisciplinary Rainbow Fish activity idea is perfect for the first day of school
- This "Meet the Teacher Day" scavenger hunt and self-portrait activity results in a class quilt.
- Ceiling tile masterpieces are created in this lesson
- Here is a math problem solving lesson involving shopping
- Here's a filler idea for Music called "Freeze Dance"
- Tobacco/Smoking
- Here is a great painting with sand art lesson for all ages
- Beautiful Beautiful Deeds
- Here's a lesson idea for building Last Name Recognition in young students
- Stellaluna teaches school citizenship in this lesson
- Here's an idea to make Valentine Kisses from krispy cereal and tin foil
- In this unique idea, students describe their classmates in positive math or scientific terms
- This "Guess What I did on my Summer Vacation" drawing idea is a great first-day icebreaker
- Here are some tips for improving Classroom Behavior
- This song idea helps with taking roll and learning classmate's names
- This lesson idea is on Notices and Signs
- This is an original poem to teach children to safely cross a street
- Students create their own Cupcake Easter baskets here
- Students become familiar with the special characteristics of their classmates with this beginning-of-school idea
- Children (Special Ed) learn rain concepts here by making a rain cloud out of construction paper and yarn
- This part involves Bird Houses and Making a Book
- This end of the year idea involves creating a "Words of Wisdom" poster for next year's students
- Student art illustrates a patriotic song in this holiday slide show idea
- This speech therapy lesson works on phonemic awareness, vocabulary and articulation skills
- This is a great idea for a beginning and end of school lesson - using a Time Capsule to demonstrate students' learning
- A Memory Skills lesson to teach Right vs Left
- Squishy Ball Numeration incorporates counting, number identification and number writing
- Writing every related word that comes to mind is what this activity is all about
- In this lesson, special needs students practice counting by jumping squares
- This activity idea is called "Let's Make a Farm" and students do just that
- This lesson answers the question "What are we going to be studying?" with props and a guessing game
- This is simply a song to use in your class for Flag Day, 4th of July, or other Patriotic times
- This game on various equations is called "Celebrity Heads"
- A Reading lesson focusing on sight words
- These songs are good to use at the end of the school year
- Make creative writing fun using computer generated coloring pages
- Here career exploration results in a PowerPoint including educational and job requirements, a mentor interview and possibly a job site tour
- Fire Safety is the subject of this lesson teaching Stop, Drop, and Roll
- Using the book, "The Magpies' Nest," this lesson teaches how Birds Build Nests and allows students to Build Nests
- This is a 4 Part Unit on Music and Emotions
- This lesson explores "The Color of We" with puppetry, poetry and paint-mixing
- Singing this song turns lining-up into a joyful activity
- Create a simple shoebox lid shadow box here with potpourri and craft stick flowers
- This lesson idea is on the history of Santa Claus
- This lesson is on Building A Classroom Community
- Something different - a fun lesson idea on feet
- This lesson idea organizes first day of school activities around the rules "be kind, be safe, and be your best"
- Puppet Role Playing/Substance Use and Abuse
- This end-of-year beachball signing activity reminds students that "School was a BALL!"
- Here are some ideas for Teachers and Students to Get To Know Each Other
- Here's an outline of grading yips for teachers of all grade levels
- A great activity for first-of-year introductions
- This idea is called "Veterans In My Family" and is great for Veteran's Day or Memorial Day
- This lesson plan is on the Members of a Community
- Here is a nice idea for celebrating love for Valentine's Day
- Toddlers and preschoolers press their hands and feet into service for this patriotic flag activity
- This lesson plan is on Cave Paintings and Historical Stereotypes
- A lesson on sound that incorporates music and literature (The Magic School Bus)
- This is another version of the M&Ms; getting-acquainted activity
- This is a great literature-based lesson on feelings
- This is a clothing vocabulary activity for ESL and Pre-K student
- Here is a great election idea from a combined pre-school/after school care facility
- This is a great no-nonsense presentation of "Art Classroom Rules"
- This is an idea for creating a funny "Classroom Do's and Don'ts" book
- This is another name learning activity
- Here students make and decorate holiday bells
- This six pillars of character student publishing project yields a free full-color hardbound class book
- A fun game idea called My Word! - helps to teach Vocabulary
- This is lesson idea is for teaching the names of the Fingers using "Where Is Thumbkin?"
- Parents will absolutely love this clever open house idea
- In this lesson on Sharing, students will create a journal
- This is an Earth Day poem or song appropriate for parochial or Sunday schools
- This is just a fun game idea that can go along with Math or Spelling
- This is a transportation themed dramatic play activity centers plan
- Kids love this end-of-year autographed pillowcase/t-shirt idea
- A lesson on the Causes of Pollution
- "Scribble Music" is a great early year, break time or substitute plan
- This fun hands-on lesson teaches students Spanish language and culture as they improve their Baleros skills.
- If your school hasn't made a flag on the fence with paper cups yet, you really should try this idea!
- Here is an end-of-year idea for returning students' work: Pringles Time Capsules
- This is a spatial concepts, inferencing and retelling a story lesson for speech/language impaired students
- This idea involves taking "then and now" student pictures for a name learning aid and end-of-year gift
- Here's a good Attention Getting idea called "Give Me Five!" (all Five Senses that is)
- A Community-Improving lesson which stresses that Hands Are For Helping
- This idea is to be used around Holidays for teaching ABCs and 123s
- Students give the gift of their time in this "Giving Tree" idea
- Here toddlers make an Easter basket from a juice bottle
- This lesson introduces students to the class recycling bin and its importance to their environment
- This is a Valentine "Heart" and Seek game idea
- Here's a great idea for dealing with terrorism called "Links of Compassion"
- This classroom map lesson provides following directions practice
- Here's a collection of 22 math lesson plans covering a wide variety of topics and grade levels
- A lesson plan on Observational Skills (when Travelling)
- An excellent Art lesson for the first day of school called "My Favorite Things"
- Tooth Brushing and Keeping Decay Away are discussed here
- This 5-day friendship lesson integrates character education, language arts, math, music and a craft activity
- This ELL article promotes proficient, independent and imaginative English writers by explicit teaching methods and four research based strategies
- This is an idea for a shoebox fundraising parade to benefit hurricane victims
- Here's a good collection of bulletin board ideas
- This lesson is on planning ahead and is called "What Do I Need?"
- This Holiday lesson idea looks at the Origin of the Candy Cane
- "Chipo's Gift" is a thematic cross-curriculum book unit about an inquisitive mopane worm
- This is a collection of Individual and Group Discipline Strategies
- Here is an end-of-year bulletin board autograph idea
- Here is an easy King Cake idea
- Geo-spiders are made while discussing conflicts in this Anansi related lesson
- Use this flag cake idea to celebrate patriotic holidays (and science)
- Here is a collection of about 10 brief music lesson plans
- Here's an idea for creating a Class Wreath using your incomplete puzzle pieces
- A Math lesson on attributes and logic
- Here students share their special "gifts" after reading Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree"
- A Language Arts lesson plan on Theme and on Giving
- Here's a good activity to teach kindness and build social skills (Sensitivity Training)
- "Me Bags" is the name of this first day of school idea for Getting to Know Each Other
- The Tooth Fairy joins Math and Dental Health in this lesson idea
- Here's a fun collection of Mother's Day activity ideas (which may be adapted for Father's Day)
- An idea for teaching Calendar Skills
- Here you can create a Home Book Bag for taking projects home to be done with the family
- A "Special Me" class book is created here with Kid Pix self-portraits and written personal summaries
- Here's an idea on Conflict Resolution
- This Yummy Back-To-School Ice Breaker Involves M&Ms
- Places in My Community
