Read Aloud Lesson Plans

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss lesson plan: The Lorax is a great book to read to children because

it is fun, creative, and promotes environmental awareness. This book will help students

understand more about air and water pollution. The lesson plan [located in the link

below] provides everything a teacher needs to successfully implement in a kindergarten

classroom. It includes objectives, pre-instructional planning, discussion questions,

differentiation techniques, additional activities and more! [K.11]

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/lorax-dr-seuss-lesson-

plan.html

Clean Water for Elirose by Ariah Fine: This is a great book to help kindergartners

understand that not everyone in the world has access to clean water. It is a great and

powerful story with an inspiring ending. The end of the book offers great discussion

questions to ask the class after reading the book. It also provides writing, math, and

science activities that would be great to implement in the classroom. [K.11]

http://cdn.flipsnack.com/iframehtml5/embed.html?hash=fu9exya3&fullscreen=1&startIndex=0

&previous_page=true&startPage=1&t=1333209839&bwd=1&v=4.8

The Water Princess by Susan Verde: This is a story about the scarcity of water in a small

African village. The story is told from a young African princesss perspective, which will

help students relate to the story. After the read-aloud a class discussion will be held

about innovative ways to provide people with clean drinking water. [K.11]
 Things That Float and Things That Dont by David A. Adler: This is a fun story that I would

read as an introduction to teaching the K.5 SOL. This story teaches students what

objects float and at the end of the book it explains the reason why. I would then

introduce an activity where students would predict if certain items would sink or float

and then have them test the objects themselves. The link below provides a detailed

lesson of investigating science through inquiry. The lesson provides learning goals,

objectives, preparation requirements, and more! [K.5]

http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/lessonplans/index.cgi?show_record=28

Water by Frank Asch: A simple story that goes over the various forms of water with

picture examples. This is a great book to help students understand that water exists in

various forms all around the world. The link below provides various activities that could

be incorporated in a kindergarten classroom after the read-aloud. These activities are all

water related and safe to implement in the classroom! These hands-on activities will

help students gain a better understanding of various forms of water in addition to

having fun! [K.5]

http://www.kidactivities.net/category/Theme-Water.aspx

Water: Up, Down, and All Around by Natalie M. Rosinsky: This book teaches students

about evaporation, condensation, dew and frost, and the three states of water. The

illustrations are appealing and helpful for children. [K.5]

The EARTH Book by Todd Parr: This book encourages children to do little things for our

Earth to make a big difference. The book mentions things like writing on both sides of

the paper, bringing reusable bags to the grocery store, and more! This is a simple book
 that would spark a lot of ideas for children to help keep our environment clean and to

promote environmental awareness. [K.11]

Lesson Plans/Activities

What is Water? Lesson Plan: This lesson introduces students to the basic concepts of

water, where it comes from and why it is important to their lives. [K.5]

https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14021

Water is your best friend lesson plan: This is a kindergarten lesson designed to teach

students the importance of water, and how much of our bodies are made up of water.

This is an extremely detailed lesson that could be modified or kept the same. The lesson

involves the children will draw and color in a life-sized body to represent the proportion

of water in the human body. [K.5]

http://www.dsrsd.com/home/showdocument?id=2096

Walking Water Rainbow Activity: This activity is fun, creative, and hands-on. It shows

students liquids ability to flow upwards, against gravity. A perfect, fun, hands-on lesson

activity! [K.5]

https://thestemlaboratory.com/walking-water-rainbow/

Recycling- Reduce, recycle, reuse- Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students will be

introduced to the concepts of reducing, reusing and recycling. They will learn new

vocabulary, read labels, and connect environmental concepts to their everyday

experiences. Students will perform a skit highlighting what they have learned about how

to conserve the earth's resources. [K.11]

http://www.pbs.org/parents/eekoworld/lessonsk_1.html
 Investigating Phases of Water- Lesson Plan: This lesson plan is directed at the K.5 SOL

and teaches students the different phases of water through hands-on learning. This

lesson could be kept the same or modified depending on teacher preference. [K.5]

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/science/2010/lesson_plans/kindergar

ten/matter/sess_K-5a.pdf

Trash, Trash, Trash! Lesson Plan: In this lesson students will investigate a bag of trash to

find out how much of the contents of the bag actually needs to go to the landfill.

Students will create two class posters that show which items are recyclable and which

ones are not. They will complete a math activity to determine how many bags of trash

their families generate. [K.11]

http://www.pbs.org/parents/eekoworld/lessons1_3.html

Confetti Planet Earth Activity: Each student will create their own individual confetti

Earth, made out of all recycled materials. This will show students that they can make

something beautiful even when reusing materials. [K.11]

https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2016/04/teach-kids-about-recycling.html

Recyclable Fish Mobile Activity: This art activity shows students that they can create

almost anything out of recycled materials! Students use a plastic water bottle and other

recycled materials to create a beautiful fish mobile! [K.11]

http://jdaniel4smom.com/2012/08/the-pout-pout-fish-readexplorelearn.html

Cardboard Play House: Have every student bring in a large piece of cardboard and spend

a day creating a play house the students can play in during centers. This shows the

students the endless possibilities when it comes to using recycled items. [K.11]
https://www.education.com/activity/article/build-collapsible-playhouse/

Toilet Paper Roll Maracas Activity: Have students make their own personal maracas

made out of toilet paper rolls and other recycled materials. This activity shows students

that even expensive items like musical instruments can be created by re-using items.

[K.11]

https://www.education.com/activity/article/toilet-paper-roll-maracas/

Puzzle Piece Tree Activity: Have students create a tree using pieces from old puzzles that

are missing pieces and other reusable materials. [K.11]

https://www.education.com/activity/article/puzzle-piece-tree/

Who Polluted the River?: Through an interactive story, students learn how, as human

populations have increased, many of our rivers have become polluted. [K.11]

https://www.populationeducation.org/content/who-polluted-river

Why Do We Recycle? Lesson Plan: This lesson plan incorporates hand-on activities to

teach students about why we recycle and what happens to our trash. This lesson can be

kept the same or modified as needed. [K.11]

http://www.brighthubeducation.com/pre-k-and-k-lesson-plans/6679-hands-on-recycling-

lesson-plan/

Water and Ice- Lesson Plan: This lesson involves students observing what happens to ice

as it turns into liquid. It could be kept the same or altered depending on teacher

preference. [K.5]

http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/water-1-water-and-ice/
 Float or Sink? - Online Game for Kids: This game would be extremely beneficial during

centers or when the students have free-time to play on computers or iPads. This is an

online game that has students decide whether they think certain objects will sink or

float. [K.5]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/5_7entry/8.shtml

Every Day is Earth Day Online Game for Kids: This online game has children help clean

up the planet by sorting recyclable trash. The game has students sort the materials by

paper, cans, and plastic. This game would be very beneficial during centers and is a great

activity to reinforce knowledge after a lesson plan. [K.11]

http://more2.starfall.com/n/holiday/earthday/play.htm?f&redir=www

Recycle Round-Up Online Game for Kids: This game is similar to the one before

because it has children sort trash found in a park. Some of the items are non-recyclable

and students need to determine the difference. [K.11]

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/action/recycle-roundup-new/

Save the Planet! Online Game for Kids: This game requires students to clean up trash

and recyclable materials using a trash truck. This game also has students sort different

trash. [K.11]

http://mrnussbaum.com/recycle1/

Can it be Recycled? Online Game for Kids: This is a similar game that has students sort

trash and recyclable items. [K.11]

http://activities.macmillanmh.com/OralLanguageActivities/main1.php?activityID=390
 Reusable Online Game for Kids: This game shows students a number of everyday

things that we throw away and how they can be recycled. [K.11]

http://activities.macmillanmh.com/OralLanguageActivities/main1.php?activityID=391

Lets Recycle! Online Game for Kids: This online game has students sort trash where it

belongs and goes over items that need to be recycled. [K.11]

http://www.learningliftoff.com/kindergarten-science-activity-recycling-game/#.Wi2rA7Splo5

Solids and Liquids Game Online Game for Kids: This game shows students the

differences between solids and liquids by allowing them to do things like, put chocolate

in a blender, to see what happens. Then they can freeze the liquid, etc. [K.5]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/solid_liquids.shtml

Changing State of Water Online Game for Kids: This game allows students to turn

water into ice or liquid and discusses how this changes the volume etc. This game would

be great to incorporate into a math lesson. [K.5]

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/statematerials.html