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Even though they may be young, every child is an expert in something! In this lesson, students will learn how to share this expert knowledge with others.

Using charts is a great way to see similarities, differences, and information. This visual lesson will help all students see what can be gained from nonfiction and fiction texts.

In this lesson, your students will use the background knowledge that they have about counting and sorting to graph data. They will practice answering questions about the graph!

In this lesson, you will use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students about the butterfly life cycle. After listening to the story read aloud, students will use their knowledge to create their own butterfly life cycles!

Use this lesson to teach your students about the appropriate wardrobe for the different seasons. Also, teach them about the wonderful holidays of each season!

Use this alphabet-focused lesson plan to teach your ELs all about beginning letter sounds.

Your students will solve and create shape riddles while practicing their knowledge of shape attributes.

Pop into place! This lessons builds your students' knowledge of numbers, their place value, and how to write them correctly.

Are you ready to teach your kindergarteners about the super sneaky silent E? Use an engaging picture sort and catchy song to teach your students how to recognize and read words that contain silent E.

Use storytelling to teach your first graders about sensory language in this interactive lesson.

In this review focused math lesson, students will get a chance to practice and share their knowledge of patterns and numbers!

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.

Get ready to teach all about time with a fun game that has students match the time on analog and digital clocks. Use alone or with The Clock Struck What?

Use this fun animal-themed lesson plan to teach your ELs all about beginning letter sounds. This can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the The First Letter Is lesson plan.

Use this engaging lesson plan to teach or review subtraction to your ELLs. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Mr. Alligator Can't Catch Me! lesson plan.

Use this lesson to teach your students about their sense of smell. Teach them that food would not taste as good without their sense of smell. Have them imagine their favorite food and think if they like the taste or the smell of that food.

Use this fun remake of the classic song, "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" to teach your students all about long vowel sounds! Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Say My Name lesson plan.

Use this lesson to introduce, review, and teach pronouns! Your students will get to practice using these words and build their reading and language skills.

Teach your students to recognize systems in the world around them by identifying systems that exist in their classroom.

Combine the power of poetry and storytelling to teach your first graders about sensory language in this exciting lesson.

Introduce hundreds place value to your students. Increase their knowledge of place value while they enjoy working with ones, tens and hundreds blocks.

Use a playful theater activity to teach your first graders how to change a verb from the present to the past tense.

Use this fun theatrical lesson plan to review or teach all about retelling a story with your ELs. This can be used as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Goldilocks and the Beginning, Middle, and End.

Use this lesson to teach your students about the life of Frederick Douglass. First, they will read a picture book that shares facts and beautiful illustrations to teach about his life, and then they will record important information about him on a graphic organizer. Lastly, they'll choose an important event from his life to illustrate and caption.

This nifty lesson helps kinesthetic learners reinforce their knowledge of the commutative property. Students will love the challenge of matching equations with their fact families.

Get ready to develop important comprehension skills! Students will read different informational passages and learn to identify the main idea. They will then use their knowledge of main ideas to write their own informational passages.

Cooking up a delicious Peanut Butter and Jelly is as simple as writing a how-to story in this lesson designed to teach students the different parts of a how-to story. Everyone will walk away with their heads and tummies filled!

Teach your students about living and nonliving things with this interactive lesson that keeps your class engaged as they learn!

Get those bodies moving and make some patterns. This lesson uses fine and gross motor skills to teach your students about AB patterns.

Get ready to teach students strategies for understanding new words! Students will practice strategies to read new words in nonfiction books. This lesson can be used alone or with the New Words, New Ideas: Reading Nonfiction lesson plan.