Expressing opinions and graphing data go hand in hand in this lesson on choosing a pet. Dog, cat or fish? Let your students decide! Use alone or with the lesson Graphing a Fruit Survey.

Get your students synthesizing various subtraction strategies as they work with a partner to solve word problems. This lesson can be used alone or with the lesson plan Show Me the Money! Two-Digit Subtraction.

Teach your students about text clues that will help them read with expression. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the Reader's Theater: Read the Script lesson.

Your students will love helping two stuffed animals solve a cookie argument! They will practice their detective skills as they play a Missing Cookie Game.

Look out! Measurement is all around us! In this lesson, students will learn about measuring tools and how to use them. Students will work cooperatively on a fun measurement hunt, exploring and applying concepts of measurement using inches.

Empower students to think like mathematicians by having them create word problems related to subtracting mixed numbers. Use this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson Subtracting Mixed Numbers Using the Decomposition Strategy.

Have your students evaluate orally and in writing what happens to expressions when there are two or more operations. Use this lesson as a standalone lesson or as support to the lesson Express Yourself.

Make math colorful! Teach your students to find the factors of a number using the factor rainbow strategy.

Your class will need to put their creativity caps on for this lesson where they will create their own creature and write a story about its life.

Adding big numbers can be tricky, but this lesson introduces your students to a strategy that makes it less intimidating! Using the place value strategy will make the task less daunting.

Aid your students in becoming the best citizens they can be with this lesson that teaches students how to be, and what makes, a good citizen.

Use this lesson to teach your students about facts and opinions. Teach them that a certain belief that they have about someone or something is not a fact!

This lesson challenges kindergartners to find objects in their lives to measure and compare. Get ready to hear measurement concepts come to life!

Get your students comfortable with distinguishing and discussing prime and composite numbers with this lesson that involves visuals and a card game. Use it as a standalone lesson or as support to the lesson Prime and Composite Numbers.

Have students describe the process for solving multiplication problems and ask clarifying questions while in partnerships. Use this lesson as a standalone lesson or as support to the lesson Eye See... Multiplicity.

Why make things harder on ourselves? Teach your students to decompose numbers to make math easier! Use this as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson for Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Emphasize student understanding and reasoning! This lesson plan helps learners solve story problems using sense-making strategies. This can be used alongside the lesson Solving Word Problems or as a stand-alone lesson.

Knowing how to write an effective persuasive letter is a powerful tool. Students will learn how to advocate for their ideas by planning and drafting a well-supported persuasive letter on an issue of their choice.

This is a great lesson plan to introduce your EL students to the use of illustrations in a story. This can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson What's in a Picture?

In this lesson, students will begin getting ready to write by practicing their prewriting skills. They will work on building fine motor strength, practicing hand-eye coordination, and take part in sensory activities as well!

Use this lesson to have your students learn about producers and consumers by pretending to be one.

In this lesson plan, students will practice identifying, creating and describing their very own patterns using positional language! It can be used alone or as a support lesson for the It's Pattern Time lesson plan.

In this caterpillar-focused lesson plan, students will practice identifying words that begin with the letter C, while learning about the metamorphosis of a butterfly. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for your ELs.

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.

Most comparatives and superlatives are pretty intuitive, but the exceptions can be tricky. This lesson will have your students practicing the most common and misused comparatives and superlatives.

Students can use their play skills to demonstrate subtraction. In this lesson, your students will use a familiar rhyme to practice subtraction.

Help your students practice place value with this fun, hands-on base-ten block game. Neighborhood block teams compete to win points as they work together to show expanded numbers.

Use this lesson to help your students learn how to find the main idea and details in a nonfiction text using a graphic organizer for support.

This lesson helps your students practice making text connections so they can write about their reading. It can be taught on its own or serve as a precursor to the Reading Response Letters lesson.

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.