Teach your students to look for the repeated words and phrases in a nonfiction text as they pick out important information. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the Determining Importance lesson.

Collecting and graphing data can be a fantastic tool for getting to know your students and for your students to get to know one another! In this lesson, students will poll their classmates to gather data and then graph the results!

Get out those hundred charts! It’s time for students to dive into subtracting multiples of ten.

Idioms are especially difficult for English Language Learners! Give your students an introduction to idioms with this lesson.

Students will solve area problems by multiplying side lengths for rectangular shapes in real world contexts.

Use this lesson to help your ELs quickly find information on a specific topic by looking for a noun and its pronouns in a nonfiction text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Ecosystems Explained.

Use this lesson to help your ELs search for signal words in texts to determine if a statement is a fact or an opinion. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the Is It True? lesson.

Students will find volume for rectangular prisms by applying the formulas V = l × w × h and V = b × h.

This lesson will help students identify the author's point of view and purpose for writing an informational text.

Get your students ready for reading using this fun phonemic awareness lesson plan focused on the letter M!

Idioms are a challenging piece of figurative language for students, but it can be an easier task with the help of context clues. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the Capturing the Clues lesson.

Taking turns can be hard for young students, but this interactive lesson will help them take turns sharing stories!

Students will take part in a scavenger hunt as they look around the school for common and proper nouns.

This is a great lesson for students to practice identifying the ending sounds in words and connecting those sounds to specific letters in the alphabet! This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Ending Notes lesson plan.

Students will go wild for this hands-on habitat lesson. Who can help the animals find their homes?

Which bugs go on the rug? In this bug-themed lesson, students will look for words that are similar and fit into the -ug word family! By the end of the lesson they will create their own bugs for their uniquely designed rugs!

Can be used alone or as an EL support lesson for the One Fish, Two Fish lesson plan.

Get ready for some mental math! Help students practice subtracting by ten by solving real-world problems involving dimes.

Figurative language can be difficult, especially for ELs. With the help of context clues and exposure to common idioms, it can be a piece of cake! Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the Take a Walk with Idioms lesson.

Preschoolers love to sing! In this fun, hands-on, art inspired lesson plan, your preschool ELs will practice retelling a story while using a well-loved song. Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Caps For Sale lesson plan.

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.

Are your students ready to become detectives? This engaging lesson will have them searching for clues while improving their reading skills.

Science offers lots of opportunities for writing! In this lesson, students will celebrate Earth Day with trees, science, and writing.

It is not only important for students to recognize words with prefixes, but also be able to choose the right prefix for the base word. In this lesson, students will work in groups to come up with as many words as possible with particular prefixes.

Prepare students for more complex math skills and build their current math skills with this hands-on lesson.

Perfect for a unit on the family, this lesson uses “houses” to teach the concept of how rhyming words fit together in similar “families.” This lesson uses the -at rhyme but can be adapted for use with other three-letter rhyming words!

Plan ahead for when you'll be out of the classroom! Planning for a substitute in the classroom is no problem at all with this daily sub plan. Your substitute can keep your students learning in your absence by using this packet of lessons, worksheets, and activities.

Sorting and categorizing isn’t just for cleaning! In this fun-filled activity, students will learn how to distinguish fiction from nonfiction.

Help your students find their fraction families with this lesson that sends them searching for their equal fraction pieces!

In this lesson, your students will calculate and illustrate area for rectangles using area models, where one side length includes a fraction.