Introduce students to fictional story elements with a book by first grade favorite, Mo Willems! This lesson plan can be used alone or with the Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Key Details lesson plan.

This authentic writing experience incorporates advertisements. Students will write a persuasive essay that contrasts two products using pros and cons.

This lesson is a great introductory or review lesson to teach your ELs about the elements of a story. Can be used as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson.

The recipe for friendship includes kindness, honesty, and understanding, among other things! In this lesson, students will discuss the recipe for friendship, make a perfect pot of tea, and reflect on how to make upset friends feel better.

Walk, sleep, run, eat! We're constantly using energy, whether we're moving or not. In this lesson, students learn how their bodies are constantly converting potential energy into kinetic energy and kinetic energy back to potential energy.

Students will take part in a scavenger hunt as they look around the school for common and proper nouns.

What if you imagine your lungs as wings? In this lesson, a butterfly helps teach students about mindful breathing. Learn to use the butterfly breath in three different ways!

In this lesson, students will practice sorting many of the unique things the world has to offer into groups and gain some new insights into how things are connected in the process!

In this lesson, students have a great time using their imaginations to collaborate and create their own story following the "how and why" style of common folktales.

Help your students learn all about ordering numbers in this great interactive lesson! Can be used as a stand alone or pre-lesson for the Line Up for Numbers lesson plan.

Have your students get energized while they learn about animal locomotion and move around like various animals!

In this lesson, students will discuss "interconnections," practice mindful eating and gratitude for the food we eat, and put together poems that illustrate interconnections and gratitude.

This lesson introduces students to the differences between facts and opinions in an interactive way. Education.com worksheets are used to reinforce the concepts taught in this lesson.

In this lesson students, learn how to listen and practice community-building skills using the circle process. This lesson helps build community and establish norms for how students communicate with each other.