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Lesson Plan
NASA

Soda Straw Rockets

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Three, two, one, blast off to a better understanding of force and motion with this exciting science lesson! Beginning with a discussion about rockets and gravity, young scientists go on to complete a series of worksheets about net...
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Unit Plan
Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation

Sun Blocks: Building a Foundation for Healthy Skin

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Here comes the sun! Primary graders engage in activities that teach them how to protect themselves from the effects of UV rays. They learn that each season (fall, winter, spring, and summer) offers its own special challenges so they...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Educating Children about Autism in an Inclusive Classroom

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
How do we meet the needs of learners with autism? Find out with an in-depth study that offers a thorough explanation of autism—what it is and how unique every individual's case may be, nine lesson plans spanning from...
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Activity
Umaine Museum of Art

Bony Fish Anatomy Worksheet

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Take time to appreciate the beauty in the anatomy of animals with this cross-curricular art and science activity. After viewing examples of fish-themed artwork, children complete the included worksheet by labeling the...
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Lesson Plan
US Mint

Desert Dwellers

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
What can a quarter possibly teach young learners about desert ecosystems? More than you might think. After displaying and discussing the included picture of the Arizona state quarter, the class participates in a series of...
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Lesson Plan
Critical Thinking Cooperative

Doing Our Share

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Whether at home or in the classroom, each member of a community has certain responsibilities they must tend to. With the help of the children's story Piggybook by Anthony Browne, kids learn how to assign jobs in a fair and safe...
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Worksheet
Manchester University

Where The Forest Meets The Sea

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Join a father and his son as they explore an isolated location off the coast of Australia in the children's book Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker. Engage young learners in reading this fun story with this series of...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tie It Up With Transition Words to Write a Story!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Read, write, and present a digital narrative with transition words to help us put the events in order! After modeling the lesson, groups of students will write narratives to recount a short sequence of events, they will include details...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Go Figure With Figurative Language It Helps With Predicting!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
In this lesson, learners will use figurative language, digital tools, and illustrations to write a story. The teacher will model how to use an app that has onomatopoeia to create a story with a good beginning, middle, and end. A video...
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Professional Doc
Queen's Printer for Ontario

Ontario Education: A Guide to Effective Instruction in Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This comprehensive guide is designed to provide classroom teachers of Kindergarten to Grade 3 with practical approaches and resources for delivering an effective writing program. Sample lessons are included for each topic discussed.
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Activity
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: School or Club Multimedia Presentation Project

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Boast about your school or a club you belong to by creating a video or slideshow. Guidelines for creation are offered.
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Unit Plan
Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Ereth's Birthday"

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Here teachers and students will find many useful extension activities for the book "Ereth's Birthday."
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Website
CPALMS

Cpalms: Lafs.2.sl.2.5

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Choose from a variety of courses, lesson plans, and resources aligned to the Common Core standard of creating audio recordings of stories or poems.
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Lesson Plan
Education.com

Education.com: Purposeful Writing: Kindergarten

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Your kindergarten students will learn how to share their opinion with others through entertaining and purposeful persuasive writing practice. At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
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Website
Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Rhyme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
These images and writing prompts are to spark writing ideas in your young writers.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lesson Plans: Using Personal Connections to Understand Emotions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which younger learners draw on prior experiences that made them happy or sad, build two-sided masks, work with Venn diagrams, and connect personally with the emotions conveyed by poems in The Way I Feel by Janan Cain...
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Website
Education.com

Education.com: Sl.2.4 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets and lesson plans can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of telling a story or recounting an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive...