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Lesson Plans - 6th Grade

Conversation Heart Mailbox

Need a creative way to collect your Valentine’s Day cards this year? Try making this great conversation heart mailbox, perfect for a girl or a boy–your friends will love it!

Why Celebrate Black History Month

To utilize Internet resources for the immersion of students into Black History, they learn about the culture, heritage, family, church, and politics of the African-American and why we honor their accomplishments. Then they make class presentations.

Black History Month Announcements

Students will use research to create announcements to share with the school throughout Black History Month.

Power to the Peanut

Students locate information about the life and research of African American botanist George Washington Carver.

Free to Dream Poetry

Students read and respond to poems by Langston Hughes, identifying structures and sound techniques (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration).