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Practice number sequence and letter-sound correspondence with your class in this hands-on lesson. Your students will create a construction paper letter "quilt" to display and reference for help with these essential skills.

What are the five senses and how do we use them everyday? Students get a chance to practice using sensory language as they think about the world around them. Can be used as a stand alone or support for the Writing a Five Senses Poem lesson.

It’s rhyme time! Get your students in the holiday spirit with this fun and interactive rhyming lesson. Students will gain practice recognizing and producing rhymes using Christmas-themed materials.

Ready, set, fractions! In this hands-on lesson, your students will familiarize themselves with common fractions using concrete materials to practice splitting items into halves, thirds, and quarters.

Help students enrich their informational writing by learning to use text features.

This is a great introductory lesson to teach students about the importance of illustrations when reading. It can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Introducing Reader's Workshop lesson plan.

Your ELs will love getting creative as they make their very own sound machines to explore how common materials make different sounds. Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Can You Hear a Who? lesson plan.

What says St. Patrick’s Day more than leprechauns? After reading a story, get students to use recycled materials to make their their own leprechaun traps. They will use the story's setting as inspiration for their projects!

Engage students in learning about data by analyzing picture graphs, then collecting data from classmates and making their own graphs!

Your students will love learning all about the playful characters in a classic read-aloud text while digging into what makes characters unique. Use as a stand-alone or support lesson for the How to Analyze a Character lesson plan.

Give your students some early practice with shapes using this simple lesson. Young learners will have a great time creating shapes using pieces of string.

Help your students get comfortable with 2D shapes using this fun arts-inspired lesson plan!

In this beginning lesson on numbers, ELs will practice their counting skills using tactile supports and an engaging read-aloud!

Help your students learn about keeping track of numbers using one-to-one correspondance in this fun lesson!

In this fun lesson, your class will love learning how to count on using hilarious read alouds as their guide!

Do your students have a hard time sharing? Using puppets and hands-on practice, students will learn all about turn-taking and using their words as they practice listening to their friends. Can be used as a stand-alone or pre-lesson for the Reading in Turn lesson plan.

Students will get comfortable ordering numbers while having fun using familiar, everyday objects to "map the room."

Students will love using their own names as they learn about alphabetical order in this fun lesson!

In this counting lesson plan, your ELs will get lots of practice identifying and writing numbers using a high interest nature focus!

Using tactile learning, students will love practicing their counting skills in this engaging lesson plan. Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Blooming Numbers lesson plan.

This lesson is a great introduction to comparing numbers 1-10 using greater than, less than, or equal to. Using hands-on practice and language supports this can be used as a stand alone or pre-lesson for the More, Less, or Equal: Comparing Quantities lesson plan.

In this fun forest animal inspired lesson plan, students will learn all about the forest using a nonfiction text before creating their very own forest animal page!

Preschoolers love to sing! In this fun, hands-on, art inspired lesson plan, your preschool ELs will practice retelling a story while using a well-loved song. Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Caps For Sale lesson plan.

In this fun lesson plan, students will get to practice using sight words while writing notes to their peers. This is a great introductory lesson as a stand alone or a support lesson for the lesson plan A Sight Word Celebration.

Engage your students in a fun, hands-on lesson about addition using a well loved topic—birthday presents!

Students will love composing shapes using tangrams in this hands-on lesson! Use this plan alone or as a support lesson plan for the Tangrams: An Ancient Chinese Puzzle lesson plan.

In this fun lesson plan, your students will love learning all about describing location using games, stories, and dancing! This can be used as a stand alone or pre-lesson for the Where is It? lesson plan.

Your students will love using real life experiences while developing their writing skills in this fun lesson.

In this hilarious math lesson, students will learn about addition patterns of one more using animal feet to guide them!

Students will love learning about patterns of one less using puppets! This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the How Big is Your Tower? lesson plan.