We aren’t mind readers, but we can still figure out why the author wrote a text and what an author thinks about the topic! This lesson will teach your students the main purposes for writing.

This science and writing inspired lesson combines the five senses with weather predictions! Kindergarten students will love practicing their observation skills as they imagine tomorrow’s weather.

Your students will learn all about the water cycle with a simple video, lively song and cut and paste activity!

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.

What's so great about a tree? With this lesson, your students will be able to find out by exploring the benefits of trees through a beautiful story, catchy song and fun drawing activity.

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

Get your young scientists out of the classroom and into nature with this interactive science lesson.

Life cycles go around and around! In this technology-integrated lesson, students will research various animal life cycles and write about them.

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

Provide students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. Use as a stand-alone activity or a support for the Finding the Main Idea and Details in a Nonfiction Text lesson.