A Pilgrim Conversation Students will reinforce their use of quotations by writing an imaginary dialogue among pilgrims...		Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...
Can You Hear a Story? Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical...		Labor Day Newspaper Students learn about the history of the Labor Day holiday and write a newspaper about the...
Don'ts List Poem Students make lists of the don'ts they have heard in their lives, and they make them into a...		Sign In Use sign language to help lower the noise level in your classroom.
Fantasy Vacation Students do independent research about a vacation spot and then create a travel brochure...		It's a Storybook Life! Students use a web resource to explore oral histories as part of the broad tradition of...
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...		Presenting . . . Me! To explore personal web pages as forms of self-expression and to give students practice...
Alphabet Hike Take your students on a "walk" to find words that start with each letter in the alphabet.		Up, Up, and Away Students use a web resource to learn about hot-air ballooning, including a recent, daring...
Blooming Tree Reward students for reading books by adding to a student-made tree.		Anagrams Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character...
Book Snake Reward students for reading by adding to the "Reading Snake".		Historical Sites Project Students will research an historically important site and make a project explaining its...
Collect a Sentence Students name everyday objects and then construct imaginative sentences with those words.		Have a Halloween Party Detailed instructions for hosting a Halloween Party at school with games such as Walk on the...
Reading the Newspaper Use this lesson to explore the newspaper through a variety of academic areas.		Halloween Word Game Students try not to say common Halloween words as they describe typical Halloween situations to...