TeachersFirst Lesson Plans
TeachersFirst's lesson plans span many grade levels and subjects. These plans were written by experienced teachers who know classroom realities. Where available, the plans include standards and/or technology options. Try these lessons as is or adapt the ideas to your curriculum or level. Don’t forget to use your free TeachersFirst membership to leave comments, sharing how the lessons worked or how you adapted them to your classroom.
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Figurative Language - Teachersfirst
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): figurative language (15), speech (68)
In the Classroom
Extend this lesson using online tools such as Google Drawings, reviewed here, for students to upload and share their figure of speech projects and comment to each other about them. Google Drawings allows you to annotate an image with links to videos, text, websites, and more. Not familiar with Google Drawings? Watch an archived OK2Ask session to learn how to use: OK2Ask Google Drawings, here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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The Explorers' Graveyard - TeachersFirst
Grades
3 to 6In the Classroom
Take advantage of this free and interactive lesson plan! Just be sure to save it as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval later on!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Shakespearean Feast - TeachersFirst
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): elizabethan (13), shakespeare (96)
In the Classroom
Use the recipes on this site to host a Shakespearean feast in your own classroom. Have students partner up to prepare the dishes at home, or coordinate with your family and consumer sciences faculty to try an in-class demonstration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Getting to Know You Ideas from TeachersFirst - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): firstday (22)
In the Classroom
Try these activities from TeachersFirst to help you and your students get to know each other early in the school year or for a "fresh start" for a new semester or move-in students.Comments
I love the ideas and activities for helping students get to know each other early on in the new school year. In the Headstart program we focus on parent involvement and I like to do activities that involve the parents and help them to get to know each other as well. The classroom and education experience is so much more successful when everyone is working together: children , families, and teachers.Teresa, FL, Grades: 0 - 1
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TeachersFirst: Lesson Ideas for Lincoln - TeachersFirst
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): civil war (136), debate (42), lincoln (65), presidents (133)
In the Classroom
No matter what subject you teach, you can find something to fit in your plans for Presidents Day or the Lincoln Bicentennial. Use these ideas and adapt at will. You can even email an idea to your teacher colleague to save a friend time!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Winning Lesson Plans - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Many of the project ideas in these lessons are adaptable to other content. "Hitchhike" on the technology suggestions and web resources to adapt these ideas for your curriculum.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lesson Plan: Volcano - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 6Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.
tag(s): volcanoes (54)
In the Classroom
Experienced and new teachers alike will find this example helpful in designing multi-sensory, technology-infused lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lesson Plan: Egg-Laying Animals - TeachersFirst
Grades
2 to 6Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.
tag(s): animals (289)
In the Classroom
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Lesson Plan: Egg Hatching Into Sequencing - TeachersFirst
Grades
1 to 3Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.
tag(s): animals (289), sequencing (17)
In the Classroom
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Lesson Plan: Tactile Parts of Speech - TeachersFirst
Grades
1 to 3Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.
tag(s): parts of speech (40), speech (68)
In the Classroom
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Lesson Plan: Nouns and Adjectives Are Not Just Words - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 3Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.
tag(s): parts of speech (40), speech (68)
In the Classroom
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Lesson Plan: Dinosaur Math - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 1Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.
tag(s): addition (127)
In the Classroom
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Lesson Plan: Silly Sentences - TeachersFirst
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K to 0Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.
In the Classroom
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Lesson Plan: Billy Goats Gruff - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 0Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subject or concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. The lesson includes national standards.
tag(s): literacy (116)
In the Classroom
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Lessons for All - TeachersFirst
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K to 6Lesson content includes letter-sound relationships, parts of speech, paragraph writing, sequencing, earth science, animals, egg-laying animals, volcanoes, addition, and more. The staff of TeachersFirst has incorporated technology options, tips, and templates appropriate for younger students into the lesson plans to add yet another way for your students to experience and interact with new concepts.
Many of these ideas and templates can be adapted for use with almost any subjects and concepts, to differentiate for different learning styles. All lessons include national standards. Experienced and new teachers alike will find these examples helpful in designing multi-sensory, technology-infused lessons.
In the Classroom
If your classroom includes special needs learners or simply students who need a multi-sensory approach in order to master new concepts, try these lessons or use them as prototypes as you plan for other curriculum content. If you mentor new teachers or student teachers, share these examples for infusing technology into lessons and for differentiating lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Giving Tree Lesson - TeachersFirst
Grades
2 to 8tag(s): character education (77), christmas (36), empathy (32), guided reading (33), writing (323)
In the Classroom
This lesson can be adapted for use in a language arts class with students of varying ability levels in grades 2 - 8. This lesson is also well-suited to a multi-age activity with "big buddies" and "little buddies" from upper and lower grades working together. School counselors and emotional support teachers may find this activity helpful for small groups working on social skills, character education, and specific traits such as empathy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Rock Family - TeachersFirst
Grades
2 to 3In the Classroom
Try this lesson with Inspiration software or use the free online version called Mywebspiration, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Shop Til You Drop - TeachersFirst
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): money (114)
In the Classroom
Teachers may also find this lesson useful with older special education or life skills students. Technology options include using web sources for shopping information and coupons and for creating the student projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Take a Walk in my Shoes - TeachersFirst
Grades
7 to 9tag(s): character education (77), empathy (32), israel (14), palestine (5)
In the Classroom
The lesson plan includes student handouts and technology options for students to share their projects in several ways. Teachers can easily differentiate the challenge level of projects by specifying which tools to use. Include this lesson as part of your activities to teach empathy for others.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Perfect Mate - Romeo and Juliet - TeachersFirst
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): romeo and juliet (3), shakespeare (96)
In the Classroom
The survey handout included in this lesson makes it a perfect starter for the study of Romeo and Juliet. As you read the play, you could extend the idea by having students complete the same survey as Montague or Capulet parents!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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