The students have been working with the numbers 1-6. Now it's time for them to show what they know with this interactive and fun review.

A comparison is not the addition of two numbers, but a difference. Seeing the visual difference is the focus of this lesson.

Revisit, Revisit, Revisit! Students need repeated exposure to math concepts to really understand how they work.

Students will brainstorm adjectives to describe the American Flag and will write two descriptive sentences for homework. Students will also create star art to accompany their writing to show the relationship between words and pictures and that books include both to help us make meaning.

Students will be able to locate specific areas and objects to learn about their new school setting.

This lesson really allows readers to express their opinion regarding an issue that affects them - the lunch menu! Students will be guided through the writing process and then will write a convincing opinion piece by stating their opinions, supporting opinions with details, and providing a closing statement. Examples of student work are provided, along with a printable student checklist.

This small group lesson addresses a very specific skill that some students need to improve their reading skills - self-monitoring. Using play phones, the students will listen to themselves very carefully to see whether what they are saying makes sense. A video and pictures of the lesson in action are provided.

One important aspect of the common core is to prepare students to be able to participate in conversations and contribute accurate and relevant information. In this lesson, students listening skills will evolve as they translate verbal instructions into a tangible result. Included are pictures and videos of the lesson in action, and a kite template.

Students will practice their ability to acknowledge new information expressed by classmates. A good lesson for the first day of school!

What are loans and how do they work? How do banks encourage people to save money? Students work on these questions in the context of the College Project.

Common Core standards specify the requirement for children to use frequently occurring prepositions. Mastering this standard will help students formulate compound sentences as they go up in grade levels. In this lesson, students will use prepositions to write complete sentences describing the location of objects.

What are the steps in the engineering design process? What activities do engineers actually complete during those steps? Students learn the steps and then apply their new knowledge in this design challenge.

Through the story, Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come, students find out about Henry and his new kindergarten class. As a class, they write about what it is like in kindergarten class.

This is an introductory lesson to learning who is speaking in a story. The students do this specific skill after the teacher models it in the hook. They get guided practice sorting and labeling who is talking in the guided practice and partner work. Included are videos, a printable T-chart, and a point-of-view chart using the book "Are You My Mother".

This lesson solidifies students' understanding of time to the hour (while enriching with basic geography content) and continues to build back up to 3rd grade goal of time to the minute.

Can your students make bundles of tens? This lesson allows students to visualize adding tens to make one hundred.

Use the engineering design process to create a solution to problem involving magnets?

The students will be working on a hands-on exploration of the metric system where the scholars will be developing their own benchmarks to navigate through choosing the best unit of measurement.

Students build towards making their own bar graph by using data to make a tally chart.