Self-Portrait Help students develop a sense of self while examining race and diversity.		Animal Group Terms Use a list that provides terms (such as herds, flocks, and murders) for various animal groups.
An Autobiographical Poem Students learn to write a formula poem, about a person. This can be adapted to any subject...		Animal Names: Male, Female, Young A chart of animal names: male, female, and young.
Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons Using the book, Stone Fox, students will explore character, setting, and issues for Native...		Owl Sculpture Using the Internet and art materials, students will create life-size sculptures of owls.
Adjective Chains Students learn to use a thesaurus by making paper chains of synonyms. This is a great arts &...		Blooming Tree Reward students for reading books by adding to a student-made tree.
Vocabulary Building Games Modify these vocabulary games for any seasonal event, unit of study, or theme.		Book Snake Reward students for reading by adding to the "Reading Snake".
State Scavenger Hunt Students use reference materials to gather information about the United States.		Comic-Strip Challenge Use comic strips to teach students that there is a beginning, middle, and end to stories.
Letter for Great Mail Race Students practice writing and word processing a letter to be used in The Great Mail Race.		Geometry, Color, and Piet Mondrian Reproduce the art of Piet Mondrian with basic geometry, color, and imagination.
Let It Snow! Celebrate winter with an arts and crafts activity. Each student will create a snowperson for a...		Flower and Leaf Press Students press flowers and plants with heavy books to make lovely decorations. Then, they use...
Sunflowers, Van Gogh, and You Students will taste sunflower seeds, plant sunflowers, research Vincent van Gogh, and paint a...		Decoupage Cover a surface with pasted paper cutouts, creating an old fashioned decoupage.
Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		Stained Glass Sun-Catchers Reinforce students' learning of geometric shapes and colors by making tissue paper sun...