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Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: Sam Shrimp

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
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...
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Western Australian Museum: Crustaceans: Marine Life of the Dampier Archipelago

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Do you know how Crustaceans differ from other animals that belong to the Arthropod family? Find the answer to this question along with other interesting facts about this marine animal.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.
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Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Looking at Food Advertising Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this instructional activity, young students will learn about the importance of spokescharacters for companies. Then students will create own jingles and...
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California Energy Commission: Science Projects

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A number of electrical, nuclear, solar, and wind science projects and energy activities are described on this page, with links to each activity.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sock Seeds

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this ZOOMSci experiment, you're invited to walk through a grassy or weedy field in your stocking feet, then plant a sock and see what grows.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Teri and Jairus: Biome Buddies

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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]
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Safe Kids Worldwide: Pedestrian Safety

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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CNN

Cnn: Toys to Tackle Climate Change: A Young Inventor Wants to Inspire Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This article profiles a young woman named Ann Makosinski who has been hailed as a 'child prodigy' for her toy inventions that use renewable energy. She earlier invented, for example, a flashlight that is powered by heat from the hand and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Morning Badges Home Activity

For Students Pre-K - K
Counting and cardinality, measurement, and measureable attributes are all discovered in this activity from Peg + Cat. Your child can earn badges as they complete a morning routine with Peg and her best friend Cat.
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide introduces children to the human body and the five senses and covers the major body parts and what they do. Children also will use their five senses to learn about the world.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Interdisciplinary Learning in Your Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource will provide a step-by-step guide to help in the design of an interdisciplinary curriculum.
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What Is Rubistar? How to Make Rubrics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This online tool is designed for teachers to create rubrics that correspond with project-based learning activities.
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Barry Fun English: Esl Resources

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Games, presentations, printable worksheets and flashcards for English language learners.
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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Learning Adventures: Branches of Government

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Beginning page of a Learning Adventure examines what parts of the Constitution give the branches of the Federal Government their specific powers. Those three parts are Article I, Article II, and Article III.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission: Fireworks Information Center

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find an infographic showing firworks injuries, data about injuries by types of fireworks, age, and gender of user. Safety tips about using fireworks give good, common sense recommendations aobut the use of fireworks.
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: What's Wrong With These Pictures?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An assessment that will test your ability to see patterns. You will look at a set of objects (usually 3-5) and decide which one doesn't belong.
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Positive Behavior Intervention and Support: Swpbis for Beginners

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article focuses on a school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) program. The goal is teaching behavioral expectations in the same manner as any core curriculum subject. The school will focus on three to five behavioral...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Text Talk (Read Aloud)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This online lesson supports the language development and reading comprehension of kindergarten through second graders. Through the use of an innovative "Text talk," strategy, students will explain, develop, and expand upon story ideas....
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Context Clues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson in which students learn to use context clues in surrounding sentences to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Make a Picture Dictionary

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Children will create a picture dictionary to encourage the development of letter-sound recognition and fine-motor and creative-thinking skills, and increase their awareness about informational text.
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Fed Stats: Mapstats for Kids Color Scheme

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Mapstats is a unique cross-curricular site that uses maps to teach about monochromatic color.