What makes a poem a poem? And what makes a story a story? In this lesson, students learn to distinguish between different types of texts while analyzing the sentences and words they encounter.

In this lesson, students will learn all about Maria Montessori, a pioneering researcher and teacher, and create their own biographical books about this inspiring woman.

Students will have oceans of fun as they use manipulatives to create math stories about subtraction.

In this fun mystery bag lesson, students will practice using their five senses to describe objects to their peers. This can be used as a stand-alone lesson or as support for the Spring Senses Poem lesson plan.

In this lesson, your students will discover fall colors in a fun and entertaining way. Engaging their scientific inquiry skills, you will help them mix primary colors to create artwork.

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!

It's time to dig into some nonfiction books! In this lesson, students will practice identifying the main topic of nonfiction texts. This lesson can be used alone or with the How to Find the Main Idea lesson plan.

Teach students to be stronger readers before they even begin reading! All they need is a book, their mind, and some sticky notes!

Students blend sounds all the time when they speak, but a whole new level of ssshhh is possible through selected literature and picture sorts!

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.

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.

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

Stories can change a lot depending on the point of view they are told from. In this lesson, students explore point of view by comparing and contrasting two versions of "The Three Little Pigs."

Learning from others is a huge part of getting better at something, including writing! In this lesson, students will study works by nonfiction authors to enhance their own nonfiction writing.

Squirm with worms! In this interactive lesson, students will work with live worms to learn about measurement and living things.

Take a walk together! In this lesson, your students will practice their listening and comprehension skills while walking in different ways.

This lesson allows students to nourish their inner writers and artists by creating catchy sentences and decorating alphabet letters.

Students will be buzzing as they write and illustrate information about bees.

In this engaging, hands-on lesson, students solidify their understanding of place value by adding and regrouping two-digit numbers using M&Ms.

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

Explore a day in the life of a pencil! Your students will practice different points of view by thinking outside the box and writing as though they are something else.

Your students will use a well-loved story to learn how to create their own detailed characters. This lesson focuses on understanding the pre-writing and planning phase of storytelling.

Are you ready to bring nursery rhymes to life? If so, this is the lesson for you. Your kids will love learning about nursery rhymes and putting their creative visualizations down on paper.

In this fruity lesson students will learn how to count from one to ten! The lesson ends with a fruity snack and the opportunity to practice counting.

This is a great introductory lesson plan for your ELs to learn about one-to-one correspondance while reading. This can be used as a stand alone lesson or a support lesson plan for the One Marker at a Time.

Introduce your class to the concept of sorting with this interactive lesson that encourages participation from your whole class!

Help your students' understand the English language with this lesson that teaches them that there are word "twins" that look and sound the same but have different meanings.

Extend your students' understanding of data by asking them to consider real-world problems about data collection and graphs.

Students will practice counting, number recognition, and matching numerals and quantities in this self-checking game.

Introduce your students to the scientific concept of sink or float. This hands-on experiment allows them to see which objects sink and which float. The concepts taught will be solidified with the completion of worksheets.