Young students often struggle to see the small details in a bigger picture. Help their reading and observation skills with this interactive lesson!

Use this helpful introduction to going on a picture walk and making predictions as a stand alone or pre lesson for the Reading Without Words lesson plan.

We all want to be good friends. But what does this look like? Help students to understand what it means to be a good friend by reading a story, acting out a skit, and creating a friendship picture.

Reading isn't just about reading words, it can be about reading pictures, too! Help your EL students search for clues with this lesson plan all about decoding pictures.This EL support lesson can be used with the lesson plan Picture Clues.

Talking about erosion, pollution, and human destruction of the rainforest can help open up a whole new understanding of the world to young students. This lesson will help students to connect their lives with a bigger picture.

Satisfy your students' hunger for learning in this quick and fun letter recognition activity.

Playing make-believe and telling stories are favorite childhood pastimes. Thus, no matter their reading level, students will love the opportunity to “read” to others and explore pictures as they take a walk through books.

In this lesson, students will learn about the marvelous letter M. They'll also have fun working on a hands-on arts and crafts project to form their own "M"s.

It's time to rhyme with this lesson on matching rhyming pairs. Your students will love creating their own classroom I Spy book based on rhyming pairs.

Choo-choo! Your students will enjoy this matching game of different modes of transportation. They will learn to differentiate between air, water, and ground transportation vehicles.

Use this lesson plan as a stand alone or support lesson to introduce or review nonfiction text features to your ELs.

This fun flap book will help your students name the first letter and the beginning sound of zoo animals.

Using their imaginations, your students will build houses for pretend mice and tell you all about them. This lesson is perfect for young, creative learners.

Preschool students will love getting creative as they make shape animals while learning all about 2D shapes in this fun lesson! It can be used as a stand alone or support lesson plan for the Shapes and Shadows lesson plan.

Students will have a zoo learning about the foods zoo animals eat. Your students will decide what zoo animals are supposed to eat, what they're not supposed to eat, and learn why people and animals have different diets.

Everyone has feelings! In this lesson, students explore different feelings by recognizing them on faces. As they look through books, students will find pictures that show a variety of expressions.

Do your students realize that every word has a vowel? Help them to hear the vowel sounds all around them in this lesson.

Get your students ready to read by practicing rhyming words. Engage your class by introducing families of easily identifiable rhyming words.

Science offers lots of opportunities for writing! In this lesson, students will celebrate Earth Day with trees, science, and writing.

What does that begin with? In this lesson, students will work on sorting pictures with the same initial consonant.

Have some fun sorting out short vowels in this animal-filled lesson!

Get students moving with this fun activity! After reading a story about a giraffe trying to dance, students will come up with their own dances for the giraffe to do—all while practicing using adjectives!

In this lesson, students will practice counting to 10. Using manipulatives, they will learn to pair numbers with the correct amount of objects.

Family first! This lesson encourages students to think about families and how diverse families can be.

In this lesson, students will have the chance to discuss community helpers! They will explore people who help them everyday and then complete an expressive activity.

Keep rainy days at bay with this activity that makes the rhyme Rain, Rain, Go Away come to life. Students will illustrate a rainy day while learning about rhyming pairs.

Kindergarten students will become text feature detectives as they hunt for the different text features found in nonfiction books in this fun reading lesson.

Help your students learn all about making predictions in this fun reading comprehension lesson plan. Can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson plan for the Reading Without Words lesson plan.

What's the weather like today? Engage your students in learning about different types of weather by making collages. While creating their weather pictures, students will also practice using adjectives to describe their work.

What's your favorite weather? In this lesson, students learn about different kinds of weather and share their favorites. Students then work together to determine which was the class's most and least popular weather.