In this scaffolded lesson, students will independently gather information about elephants and then compile this information with their peers. This lesson is part of a unit that will culminate with an expository writing assignment.

In this lesson, students will take a more active role in their learning by discussing a read aloud with their partners. The teacher will become more of a facilitator in the lesson and allow the children to "wrangle" with the content.

Students will practice locating and investigating resources to answer questions on a topic using the FINDS research process. FINDS is an acronym describing its five-step research process: Focus, Investigate, Note, Develop, and Score. A video demonstration is included along with printable materials.

Students use their knowledge of place value to determine whether a comparison statement is true or false.

The students are working on the concept of adding and subtracting time along with developing their own strategies to figure out elapsed time.

The students will be learning about probability language and how it pertains to their lives.

Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson kindergartners learn about the attributes of a square.

School isn't always what we expect it to be! With teacher guidance, students will use a double bubble map to compare and contrast two similar characters from two books.

SWBAT collaborate in writing step by step directions for writing an informational paragraph.

Students will be working with rulers to measure real life objects along with manipulating a ruler in a Smart Board activity!

Students will participate in a discussion of a text by preparing for a literature circle. This lesson is an example of the Jigsaw Method. A student video and grading rubric are provided.

Students create line plots and analyze data using measurement data with quarter unit fractions.

Students apply measurement, graphing, and data skills to the real world context of physical education with standing jumps.

Students measure fish to determine if the fish is a keeper or not a keeper. In doing so, they also tackle rigorous measurement questions!

SWBAT match a numeral with its written digit form for numbers below 20 and learn the meaning of digit and numeral.

Students can use graphs to carry the theme of kindness into their worlds.

Links to a lesson that builds student skills in standard L.3.2a: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.

Links to 4 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.3a: Choose words and phrases for effect.