In this “leafy” lesson, your students will participate in a class project that shows the actions of the three branches of government. Using a close read, students will learn about the very specific actions of these branches.

This lesson challenges young learners to add dialogue to their writing. Students will love using their creativity to write personal narratives.

Students will make a book of homographs using pictures as definitions in order to have a visual connection of the multiple meanings one word can have.

Students become word artists as they use ordinary pictures to practice creating detailed descriptions. This technique helps your class learn how to paint a picture with words.

Teach your students about different types of rocks and how they're formed, using objects that your class is familiar with.

Challenge students to decompose numbers within multiplication expressions. Use this lesson as a standalone lesson or as support to the lesson Solving Expressions in Word Problems.