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Provide a teacher-facing kindergarten Reader's Workshop mini-lesson pack covering foundational reading-community skills (book care, who/what/where/when/why readers read, and ways to read) using the workshop model.
Watch a video, act out plant growth stages, complete a matching/coloring/cut-and-paste worksheet, and make a paper-plate life-cycle craft.
Includes: teacher lesson outline (warm-up, video, storytelling/movement, worksheet, craft, recap) · student worksheet (word-picture matching, needs-of-plants circling, cut-and-paste sequencing, coloring, draw-and-label)
This Patterns Lesson Plan is exactly what you need to successfully teach patterns while cutting your planning time down. You'll be able to enjoy your free time more while your students benefit from a well-thought-out lesson plan.
Participate in weekly small-group sessions using classroom tools/routines (talking stick, calm controller, speedometer check-in, mindful minute, breathing techniques) to build self-control skills such as following directions, taking turns, delaying gratification, and controlling impulses.
Includes: 10 lesson plans · parent letters
Provides preschool teachers a week-long, day-by-day lesson plan grid covering a Community Helpers theme (doctor, postal worker, police officer, firefighter, store clerk) across circle time, movement, art, science, language/literacy, dramatic play, math, construction, and enrichment centers.
Includes: one 2-page weekly planning grid (Monday-Friday) organized by activity center: Circle Time, Movement, Art, Science, Language/Literacy… · daily community-helper focus: doctor (Mon), postal worker (Tue), police officer (Wed), firefighter (Thu), store clerk (Fri)
Students review sight words and letter sounds, listen to a read-aloud while answering prediction/comprehension questions, play a sight-word flashcard/bingo game, read in small guided-reading groups by level, draw a picture and write a simple sentence using sight words, and participate in a wrap-up discussion.
Includes: single lesson plan document (5 pages) covering objective, lesson overview, materials list, six-part lesson structure, differentiation…
Free download Participate in a warm-up/introduction/hands-on activity identifying each sense, then use conversation-starter cards to compare winter and summer sensory experiences, repeat vocabulary sentences, complete a sense-to-body-part matching worksheet, and color a taste-themed worksheet.
Includes: 5 senses anchor charts (touch/sight, taste/smell, sound) · lesson plan (objective, materials, procedure, conclusion)
Participate in first-week/two-week kindergarten routines and activities: bring home a Back to School folder and labels, follow class promises/rules, use a visit-day checklist, complete a Brown Bear-style class book, and follow teacher-led lesson plans/agenda for the first two weeks
Includes: ABCs of Kindergarten parent newsletter (editable), covering topics A-Z: attendance, art, back to school folder, behavior, birthdays… · Back to School Labels (PDF and editable versions)
Participate in themed learning-center tasks (dramatic play grocery store role play, art, science, construction activities) and a grocery-store field trip, building vocabulary and concepts around the grocery store theme.
Includes: introductory guidance on using themes with learning centers (choosing a theme, developing tasks, designing starting points) · Grocery Store theme starting-point activity (dress as a farmer, bring produce)
Work individually or in a group with an adult (~30 min/day) on activities such as: cutting/reassembling picture puzzles and playing a 'Color Stop' music game (Monday); comparing/sorting opposites and a big/little treasure hunt (Tuesday); categorizing and math analogies (Wednesday); pattern making (Thursday)…
Participate in camping-themed learning-center activities (language, math manipulatives, social studies, science, art, dramatic play, construction), take part in field-trip planning/logs, and complete a culminating activity.
Includes: theme-integration teaching guide · room-arrangement guidance
Students watch/repeat a shapes song video, identify shapes drawn on the board, spot shapes stuck around the classroom, play a memory-style matching card game (word cards vs. shape cards), and complete a worksheet identifying the shape of pictured everyday objects.
Includes: teacher's notes with step-by-step lesson procedure · 8 large shape cards for classroom display (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, heart, diamond, star)
Bring the fascinating world of scorpions into your classroom with this engaging Scorpion Life Cycle Worksheet . Designed for young learners, this resource introduces students to the unique stages of a scorpion’s life while encouraging curiosity about desert animals and their adaptations. This worksheet set is perfect…
Teaches the hyena life cycle (birth/cub, nursing cub, juvenile, sub-adult, adult stages) along with fun facts about hyena behavior and biology.
Includes: 1-page 'Hyena in a Nutshell' informational overview · Life-cycle diagram (Birth/Cub, Nursing Cub, Juvenile, Sub-Adult, Adult stages)
Participate in book discussion using provided questions, complete related crafts/activities, and engage in book project ideas.
Includes: how-to-use instructions · classroom discussion guide with answers
A science unit study teaching the life cycle stages of the black-backed jackal, an African savanna animal.
Includes: 1-page informational text 'Black-Backed Jackal in a Nutshell' · 1-page labeled life cycle diagram (6 stages)
Students read an informational passage about owl behavior/anatomy, study an owl life-cycle diagram (eggs, chick, owlet, fledgling, adult owl), cut out and place life-cycle images in order on a diagram, and read owl fun facts.
Includes: 'Owl in a Nutshell' informational reading passage · Owl Life Cycle diagram (adult owl, eggs, chick, owlet, fledgling)
Students perform fun, fast-moving locomotor/cardio/strength movements (running, jumping, hopping, push-ups, etc.) in each named activity, following that activity's lesson plan.
Includes: cover page
Learn more about the life cycle of a Wildebeest with these worksheet. This science unit study is intended for Pre-K to 3rd grade students to know how these migratory animal grow, live, and survive on the African savanna. What’s Included in this WildebeestLife Cycle Worksheet? Wildebeest In a nutshell Life Cycle…
Teaches the hummingbird life cycle (egg, hatching, chick, adult stages) along with fun facts about hummingbird biology and behavior.
Includes: 1-page 'Hummingbird in a Nutshell' informational overview · Life-cycle diagram (Egg, Hatching, Chick, Adult stages)
Listen to and read CVC short-a words, sort words by word family, match short-a words to pictures using flash cards, and complete short-a worksheets (beginning/ending sounds, spelling, general practice) leveled by ability group.
Take your students on a journey through the icy Arctic waters to learn all about the Life Cycle of a Harp Seal ! This engaging science unit is designed for early learners and introduces children to the fascinating stages of a harp seal’s life—from a fluffy white pup to a strong adult seal. With easy-to-understand…
In the worked example: students rotate through throwing stations (Hit the Target, Inside the Cone, Knock it Off, Knock them Down, Through the Hoop), practicing throwing technique/cues and tallying scores. The blank template versions specify no student task until the teacher fills them in.
Includes: intro/background article on the VIP lesson-plan framework · worked example lesson plan: Throwing Cues & Stations (Georgia Performance Standards PE 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2)
