Here are two of my old lessons from student teaching… so you may have to overlook my wordiness to find something useful in them. These lessons were modifications of the boring textbook we used. Objectives: Lesson One Students will be able to identify coin/money values. Students will be able to write amounts of money. Lesson…

Objectives: The students will be able to identify concepts of fractions by using M & M’s and pizza shapes to create their own fraction. Group skills and cognitive skills will be used when allowing the students time to work together to devise a fraction combination. Materials: pizza boxes circle pieces bag of m & m’s…

The students will explore the legend of the tooth fairy. Where do they think the fairies take all those teeth or is there just one fairy, etc. Materials: Book – What do Fairies Do With All Those Teeth?   Ingredients for tooth necklace 1 cup flour 1/4 cup salt 1/4 cup clear glitter 1/3 cup water…

Students discover which items sink and which items float. Materials: Tub of water or small bucket 5-10 small items that will sink or float in the water (I would have 5 that float and 5 that sink) Lesson Plan: Have students in the class circle around the object that you have the water in. Talk…

This lesson is designed to teach preschool children about five basic shapes- square, rectangle, triangle, circle, and star. Objectives: Following instruction on the five basic shapes, the preschool students will be able to recognize and name each shape with 100 percent accuracy. After doing a hands-on experiment with the different shapes, the preschool students will…

Students will practice counting to ten and one to one association. Materials: catalogs or magazines, such as Sears, Ltd and J.C. Penney scissors glue large pieces of construction paper of different colors Lesson Plan: Find large numbers in the catalogs or magazines. Use these to glue at the corner or center of each page of…

Several activities & printables for a unit on the body and body organs. GET TO KNOW YOUR MAJOR ORGANS Printables: Organ Cards – color • black & white • facts For younger children, copy the colorful organs onto card stock. Cut out and paste on craft sticks to make organ puppets. Introduce the organs to your students one by one…

The objective of this lesson is to introduce the parts of the heart and the flow of blood through the heart. Materials: diagram of the heart a model of the heart masking tape markers small pieces of paper or index cards floor space Lesson Plan: Before class, the teacher should draw a large diagram of…

To help kids create their own versions of stories and learn to write a letter. The format for a letter is very important and also addressing an envelope can also be taught if time permits. Materials: envelopes lined paper pens or pencils Book: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs large piece of poster board…