Often, it's difficult to see mistakes and failures as opportunities to grow! In this lesson, students will practice having a growth mindset and looking at mistakes as opportunities to learn. They'll consider how challenges grow their brain.

Your students will learn academic vocabulary and use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast two short stories. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as an introduction to the Comparing and Contrasting Short Stories lesson plan.

Through this lesson, your students will use academic vocabulary to discuss character traits, author's purpose, and the sequence of events in a story.

Students will skip with happiness as they practice counting by twos. This lesson will help prepare them to multiply numbers later.

Kind acts can make a big difference in somone's day. These kind acts can multiply and create a culture of kindness in schools and communities. In this lesson, students will reflect on the importance of kindness and commit to kind actions!

The best way to learn about shapes? Make them! This lesson gets students using clay to make and learn about 3-D shapes.

Help your students learn new vocabulary in this hands-on lesson. Your class will learn new words by adding a silent e on the end of familiar CVC words.

Don't knock the dominoes over! In this lesson, your students will practice multiplying by 2's with dominoes.

Students will practice real world organizing as they learn how to alphabetize the classroom library.

Students will learn all about the letter B in this fun alphabet inspired lesson plan!

In this lesson, students will use Daniel Siegel’s “hand model of the brain” to identify how their brains work. They will learn the term “prefrontal cortex" (PFC) and about how their brains can grow when they learn new things.

In this lesson, your students will learn how to buy items and use money to purchase items in the real world. You will set up a store for the students to learn about money.

Encourage your students to learn about letters and develop early literacy skills that will help them become great readers. This lesson helps students learn and review any chosen letter in the alphabet.

Learning about shapes isn't "square" with this lesson! Students will learn what makes up a shape and learn to draw them themselves which will turn into a fun hands-on clay molding activity.

Do your kids need a breather? In this lesson, students will learn the circle process and help write guidelines for community building and SEL instruction. Students will learn the practice of belly breathing to help self-soothe, calm and focus.

In this lesson, students will learn how their breath can be their greatest friend. They will practice and learn how to use their breath when they feel tense or overwhelmed, just like a magical tool!

Animals and spots are used to make multiplication interesting! In this lesson, students will practice multiplying one digit numbers.

Let your students learn more about books with this lesson that helps them learn to identify key parts of a physical book. This information will have them well prepared for research projects later on.

In this hands-on lesson plan, students will learn learn all about 3D shapes in the real world. Can be used as a stand alone lesson or pre-lesson for the Solid Shapes lesson plan.

Make your students global citizens with this lesson that has them learn about the different cultures of the world.

This engaging lesson plan provides students with an opportunity to learn all about America's prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief.

Students will learn out how to partition a rectangle using by partitioning shapes with rows and columns.

Students will learn all about the letter W in this alphabet-centered lesson plan!

This engaging lesson plan provides first and second grade students with an opportunity to learn all about female inventors.

Help your students learn how to sort and categorize everyday objects in this fun partner focused lesson plan!

In this lesson, your students will explore the properties of solids and learn to describe them in various ways.

Exciting E! This short vowel sound lesson will help your students identify and learn words with the letter E.

Get ready to learn all about animals! In this week, students will learn about animals that live in different habitats. They will connect to literacy through classic stories like the Three Little Pigs and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

This fun art and science lesson about weather will have your students super excited to learn all about clouds!

In this fun animal-themed lesson plan, students will get a chance to learn all about animals and their homes!