Lessor's Lessons

Morning meetings generally last fifteen to thirty minutes and offer an opportunity for children to practice social-emotional and academic skills. The structure usually has four components: greetings, sharing, group activity (games) and a morning message. Each component is included in this 45 page resource along with a section of "cheers" and "closings" that can be used throughout the day. Components are grouped and labeled for easy retrieval!

This eleven day unit has students researching and learning about a variety of countries and writing simple reports. Students will be researching (in this order) their country's geography, people, economy, communications, and transportation. Mini-lessons on note-taking and the "four square" writing method are built in to this eleven day unit. Step-by-step directions guide students through each of the research areas. This unit includes: note-taking sheets, blank four square sheets and three rubr

This 32 page language arts unit focuses on nouns. Included are 6 sections teaching the following: an introduction to nouns, common and proper nouns, singular and plural nouns, irregular plurals, possessive nouns, and a two page assessment section. Each section includes guided practice.

Nineteen days of lessons to start your Reader's Workshop! Expectations are set for: carpet time, book shopping, independent reading time, just right vs. too hard books, visualizing, stop and jots, using post-its, sharing reading through talking ("buzz" groups) and written reflections, retelling using the "five finger technique" and much more! Pages are color-coded for each day. Timers are included for reading stamina practice.

A unit on verbs complete with teaching and guided practice pages. All pages are labeled and grouped. Groups include: introduction to verbs, verb tenses, past and present tenses, past tense changes and helping verbs. Many interactive pages for students!

The Chocolate Touch is a guided reading level N. This 34 page unit includes: a definition of myth, ancient Greece images to go with The Golden Touch myth, questions for each chapter of the book, lots of facts about chocolate and several book projects.

25 pages interactive pages of summer questions to get your school year off right! Questions are designed to help you begin to learn a little about each of your students. Students choose a color circle on the home page which links to a question they need to answer. The color button on each question page will return the student to the home page. Questions are varied with most "summer related". Best shown in Full Screen.

A 20 page multi-day unit that begins by defining "poetry" and then focuses on haiku and cinquain poetry. Professional poems and student example poems are included. Moveable screen shades are used throughout, templates and worksheets included.

This 24 page digital lesson begins with an overview of the history of Veterans Day taken from the Department of Veterans Affairs web site and a definition of "veteran". Included are pictures of each branch of the military, including Space Force, complete with details on that branch (informational boxes are linked to Wikipedia for further information, if needed). This lesson ends with the Department of Veterans Affairs page on "America's Wars" that include the number of total U.S. Service membe

How many words can you make out of the given letters in thirty minutes? Start with two letter words and work your way up to finding the ONE word that can be made out of all the letters. Students may work individually or in teams. A handout is included for students to write the given letters and the words they make in each of the boxes. Letters are "moveable" on each page. Students/word detectives may catch on to the fact that one letter may be capitalized denoting that it would go first in the g

This one day digital lesson using the book Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen. A Venn diagram is included to begin the lesson, a written response sheet guides student's through the book and a sequencing activity concludes this lesson.

Four "cover up" lessons to use whole group or in guided reading groups. Text is typed on screen with moveable covers over certain words. Students need to predict the word that is covered up. Teaches word strategies for: reading on, context clues, decoding, and using background knowledge. The pages include parts of these four stories: -Grimm's Fairy Tales -Remembering Halloween -Rose Bud -Sylvester and His Magic Pebble