Rhyming States What's in a state? What makes it great? Students learn more about a chosen state and create a...		Fantasy Vacation Students do independent research about a vacation spot and then create a travel brochure...
Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...		Postcards Icebreaker Students create postcards that reflect a summer happening. They use a pen name to sign it and...
Harriet Brent Jacobs Harriet Brent Jacobs was a slave who wrote an autobiography. Students read an excerpt and react...		Who's in the News Bulletin Board—Teacher Portion A great way to keep your class and bulletin board updated with current events.
Abolitionists Working Together Students learn about the women in the abolitionist movement by reading a poem, a speech, and...		Thoughts for the President A great lesson plan to help your students write a letter to the President about a current...
Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is...		Journaling with The Sun, Wind, and the Rain This lesson, to be completed after reading The Sun, the Wind, and the Rain, has...
Jose Garcia Villa Students will read and analyze a poem and then read the poet's analysis of the same poem.		Dialogue Journals with Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Students will demonstrate a beginning understanding of how to use dialogue journals or written...
The Rights of Bike Riders Students will write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in reaction to the bicycle helmet...		Sell the Book PowerPoint Slide Show In this lesson plan, students design a PowerPoint slide with an advertisement for a book they...
Knowledge Tag Students will review subject area knowledge while participating in physical activity.