Birthday Buddies Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.		American Flag Bulletin Board Help your students learn about the U.S. flag with this bulletin board.
Autumn Leaf Art Projects Students use brightly colored autumn leaves to create art pieces, in this arts & crafts...		Where Students Can Publish If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the...
Candle Decoration Students make candle decorations out of paper tubes and colored paper. This arts & crafts...		Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...
Clay Hanukkah Menorah Students make a clay menorah as a way of learning about Hanukkah.		If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a...
Holiday Paper Chains In this arts and crafts lesson, children make paper chains with symbols from various holidays,...		Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...
Hands & Feet Reindeer Heads Students create reindeer heads by tracing their hands and feet. This fun arts & crafts...		First Day Celebration Throw a "Getting to Know You" party on the first day of school.
Hands-On Christmas Tree or Wreath Students create a beautiful display with cutouts of their hands. This is a fun arts & crafts...		Attendance and Lunch: A Simple Set-Up An easy system for taking attendance and organizing lunch at the beginning of the day.
An Honest Cigarette Ad? Increase student awareness of media manipulations in advertising for cigarettes as they create...		A Back-to-School Conversation Foster trust in the classroom through this first day of school activity.
Reading Games Students participate in reading games and enhance their reading abilities at the same time.		Personal Space Use numbers to ensure students have personal space and help them keep track of their things.
Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...		Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.