ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: National Grandparents Day Activities and Lesson Plans
With this resource, teachers and students can explore the meaning of National Grandparents Day. Includes activity ideas and lesson plans.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Picnic Party
This printable worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look at a picture with multiple items and then identify each item that includes the /ck/ digraph. An answer key and...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Splash!
This printable cworksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look at a picture with multiple items and then identify each item that include the /sh/ digraph. An answer key and...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Whispering Whales
This printable letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look for hidden words that start with the /wh/ digraph. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Sam Shrimp
This printable letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will read a fill-in-the-blank paragraph and then identify the correct fill-in words that start with /shr/, /squ/, or...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: The Hole Story
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look at a fill-in-the blank paragraph. Students will choose a long /o/ word that ends with the silent -e...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Hidden Words
This printable vowel letter instructional activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Learners will find hidden words that contain "ie" to form long /e/. An answer key and lesson extension are...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: When I Am Blue
This printable worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a long /u/ reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will read a fill-in-the-blank paragraph and write missing words that include /ui/, /ue/, or /ou/ vowel digraphs in...
Other
Animal Planet: Top 10 Animal Moms: Polar Bears
This article describes the mother polar bear's pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. She is number four of the top10 animal moms.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
This useful resource offers a broad general background for using digital storytelling for a variety of educational purposes. Also included is information about studies on the effectiveness of digital storytelling as an educational tool.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
This useful resource offers a broad general background for using digital storytelling for a variety of educational purposes. Also included is information about studies on the effectiveness of digital storytelling as an educational tool.
Read Works
Read Works: Lesson: Author's Purpose: Cause and Effect Signal Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, students can learn how several authors can write about the same topic, but for different purposes.
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Looking at Food Advertising Lesson
MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for young scholars. In this lesson, young students will learn about the importance of spokescharacters for companies. Then young scholars will create own jingles and...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Our Stars
For this lesson, young scholars will observe and communicate how the stars are in the sky both day and night. The extremely detailed lesson includes photos and videos of the lesson in actions, examples of student's work, materials,...
Other
California Energy Commission: Science Projects
A number of electrical, nuclear, solar, and wind science projects and energy activities are described on this page, with links to each activity.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teri and Jairus: Biome Buddies
This video segment from ZOOM compares and contrasts the habitat and life forms found in Death Valley with those found in the temperate rain forest of the Pacific Northwest. [3:46]
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Learning About Subheadings and Bold Words
In this instructional activity, students will use several strategies to learn the meaning of new words they encounter in text. The students will learn specific strategies so when they encounter new words, they can figure out the meaning...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Wolves vs. Dogs
Using the book "Is My Dog a Wolf?" learners will find "connections or similarities" in two animals. Included is a printable graphic organizer.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Sink or Float
Predict and test everyday objects as to whether they sink or float.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Wild About Authors and Illustrators
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars learn about the roles of authors and illustrators through games and book-writing. Students will have an opportunity to act out the roles of illustrators and authors. They...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Bat Versus Bird
Students compare and contrast two animals to recall learned information so they can share two facts using the informational text "The Best Nest". Included is a video explanation, a printable graphic organizer, samples of student work,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Domestic vs. Wild
Sorting items help students develop language skills as they describe attributes and qualities to determine which category is the best fit for an item. The teacher will introduce the definitions of wild and domestic by reading the book...
Queen's Printer for Ontario
Ontario Education: A Guide to Effective Instruction in Writing
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.
Other
Safe Kids Worldwide: Pedestrian Safety
Whether your kids are walking to school, the park or a friend's house, here are a few simple tips to make sure they get there safely.