Lesson Plans

Pre-K/Headstart

• Five Big Freight Trains
  • Five Big Freight Trains Fingerplay
• The Circus Train
  • The Circus Train Poem
• She'll be Riding 'Round the City

K-5th

• A Little Birdie Told Me
• ChaChaCha and TraLaLa
• All aboard the Choo-Choo Train
• All Aboard the Safety Train
  • The Picnic Lesson
• Holiday Lesson Plan: The Polar Express
  • Polar Express worksheet
• Heavy duty
  • Coloring Page
• Warning Smart Kids Inside
  • Smart Kids Worksheet
• Watch Out
  • Warning Sign
• Tell Me A Train Story
  • Train Shape Pattern
• Tracks are for Trains
• Stay Off! Stay Away! Stay Alive!
  • Pop-Up Activity Sheet
• Measure Up to Safety
• Train Cinquain
  • Bridge / Tunnel
• Heavy Issues
  • Bridge / Tunnel
• Sticky Situation
  • Sticky Situation Handout
• Creative Inventions
  • Inventions Handout

6th-8th

• Who's in Control
  • Powerpoint Presentation
  • Teacher's transcript of video
• All Aboard
  • Journal Worksheet
• Is Seeing Believing...or Deceiving?
  • Trespassing Cards
• Wandering in Washington
  • Instruction Sheet
• When Push Comes to Crush
  • Instruction Sheet
  • Data Collection Sheet

9th-12th

• High School Road Trip
• "Way to Go" Debaters
• Train vs. Car:  Who Wins?
  • Experiment
  • Problem Sheet
• The Media is the Lesson
  • Assignment
  • Client Scoring
  • Grading Rubric
• Hit and ???
  • Physics Problem
  • Solution

View and download our popular Polar Express lesson plans for grades 1-3.

 The Polar Express

• Polar Express worksheet