Emotions are natural and temporary, just like passing clouds, rain, or the shining sun. In this lesson, students learn how to be mindful of their emotions and discuss how emotions change, just like the weather.

Everyone belongs and is welcome in this lesson on diversity and inclusion. Students will hear a story and learn a song connected to welcoming and including others.

Help your students learn uppercase and lowercase letters while teaching them about environmental responsibility with an Earth Day letter scavenger hunt.

Who wouldn't want to split a birthday cake with their best friend? In this lesson, students will practice dividing circles and rectangles into halves as they develop an understanding of equal shares.

Allow students to make sense of the world through hands-on activities and play. This movement-centered lesson will let your students explore parts of nature that make up our great Earth.

Students will learn all about the letter B in this fun alphabet inspired lesson plan!

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

Use a letter writing activity to teach your first graders about the three different ending sounds of past tense verbs.

Students will learn all about the letter W in this alphabet-centered lesson plan!

Let your students spread their wings with this lesson that teaches them about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun song will get your class moving and a variety of different worksheets will suit any class.

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

In this fun rhyming lesson plan, your ELs will practice identifying and using rhyming words in a sentence. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Hop on Pop Rhyming Fun lesson plan.

Planning for a substitute in the classroom has never been easier than with this daily sub plan! Your substitute can keep your students learning in your absence by using these lessons, worksheets, and activities.

Family first! This lesson encourages students to think about families and how diverse families can be.

Fill ‘em up! This lesson teaches students to compare how much different containers can hold. Get ready for some overflowing fun!

Build your class' self confidence with this art lesson that helps them understand that they are special and unique!

Use this fun A focused lesson plan to give your ELs a chance to practice their letter identification and sight word skills! It can be used as a stand-alone lesson or as support for the Spell and Say Words with A lesson plan.

Introduce your class to the way words are formed using individual letters with this hands-on activity. Students will practice important prereading skills, while having fun making silly new words.

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

This lesson on "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" involves porridge tasting, storytelling, and lots of fun. After reading, your students will practice simple counting and sequencing skills.

This lesson plan teaches students about Jean-Michel Basquiat and his life as a child. First, students will listen to a story and figure out the main topic and details. Next, students will be asked to think deeply about what it means to be an artist and some of the types of art they like to create. Perfect for first graders and second graders, the lesson Black Artists: Basquiat highlights reading informational texts and building vocabulary.

Students will be jumping with joy after this lesson that helps them practice their subtraction skills with physical activity.

Planning for a substitute in the classroom has never been easier than with this daily kindergarten sub plan! Your substitute can keep your students learning in your absence by using these lessons, worksheets, and activities.

Every experiment begins with a hypothesis. In this hands-on science lesson, young botanists will learn about making educated guesses by planting and observing the growth of their very own lima bean seeds.

Use this lesson plan to introduce, preview, or review the concept of sharing an opinion using a hilarious read aloud text! This can be used as a standalone lesson or with the lesson The Little Red Hen Story Patterns.

Use this fun theatrical lesson plan to help your students identify key characters and events in fiction stories. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Play it Again lesson plan.

Writing letters and creating intricate drawings requires being able to draw straight and curved lines. Thanksgiving can be a great time to practice making these lines in fun and decorative ways!

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.

Young students like order and categorization. They’ll get both along with reading skills practice in this Thanksgiving-themed alphabetizing lesson!

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.