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Thematic Unit Lesson Plans and Ideas

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Looking for ideas for a Celebrations Unit  I currently have a Grade 1 class and next term we are doing a unit of work on celebrations. I have sent home a survey asking what celebrations are important ...

Royal Show in the Classroom  Yes, I know I've left my preparation time a bit late - but I'm finally feeling brave enough......

I have a Reception class and would like to do "The ...

Space Theme  IDENTIFYING US– A Space Theme...

What do we know about Space? Brainstorm ideas into categories. What do we need to find out? Outline plan of unit.

Name ...

Democracy  I am seeking any ideas/ tips about teaching the topic of democracy. I have a year 2/3 class.
Thanks in advance.

Toys Unit - Ideas Please  I have a grade 1 class and this term we are looking at toys. This is a new unit for me and I'm having trouble coming up with many fun ideas.

I found ...

Is Science the key to literacy and Numeracy?  Is Science the key to Literacy and Numeracy in ECE? I think it is.

Ok, there are a few ideas out there but are they interesting enough to hold a class ...

ASPCA Day and Earth Day  On April 7, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) will kick off The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month.

In support ...

Australian animals  There are wonderful collections of toy Australian animals readily available.

*A great way to teach the names of the animals is to play the old favourite,...

Mothers Day Ideas  One of my favourite teaching blogs is Mrs Smoke's - 'Making Teachers Nerdy'..

Mrs Smoke has added some fabulous and different gift projects for Mothers ...

Anzac Day Teaching Resources  Just put together some links for Anzac Day.

There are some great pictures, and ideas out there and I have tried to locate as many as I could.

My ...

healthy food and nutrition  Grab a menu from a local cafe.

As a class or in groups, develop an alternative menu replacing the foods with healthier options.

ABC Order with Word Wall, Theme Word Cards  I love the word wall / theme word cards with pictures and words. I "accidentally" discovered a new use last fall.

I passed out 3 or 4 cards per student....

Possum Magics Food Tour of Australia  With my K-1 class I would read the big book by Mem Fox and then each week we would discuss about the town that Hush and Grandma Poss would visit and then ...

Thanksgiving (USA) free web site  I found the First Thanksgiving unit on Scholastic.com to be full of info and a place my students enjoyed visiting several times. Not only is it full of ...

Olympic syllables  I am a 5th grade teacher but this idea can work very nicely with younger students.

For a word study center focusing on syllables, I have my students ...

Olympic Games  I'm using the R.I.C. Publications "Beijing 2008 - Pursuing excellence (5-7") for my Year 1 class at my Primary School as the basics for the lesson plans ...

Summer Olympics Lesson Plan Ideas  I'm not sure if I will be doing anything on the Olympics, but if I were, I would use the Magic Tree House book, Hour of the Olympics. Also, abcteach.com ...

More Olympics Theme Ideas  Add some Chinese cultural influence to your Olympics lessons...

Learn the stance for Kung Fu - horse, tiger claw, snake, crane, mantis.

Learn some ...

Olympics  To display the Olympic rings in my classroom, I bought 5 hoops from a cheap shop, I covered them with electric tape in the ring colours and hung up the ...

Olympic Games Theme Activities  Tie in Olympics with HSIE Unit "Celebrations" using China as the focus and look at how they in particular celebrate such things as New Year, Birthdays ...

Gardening and the Solar System  Hello
I am a keen gardener. So I do a unit on gardening every year. This year I am combining an introductory to gardening but combining it with a unit ...

Nutrition - Healthy Food Display  Make up a Wall Display about Healthy Eating.

Make up the labels - 'Sometimes Food' and 'Everyday Food'.

Children draw and cut out foods which belong ...

Weather Lesson Plan - Weather Reporter  Have one or two children be the 'Weather Reporters' for the day.

This could involve reporting certain weather conditions to the class each morning, such ...

Colour Activities for Child Care  Each week we introduce a colour and we do lots of activities with that colour - make play dough, paint, collage, mix water and so forth.