Scholastic
Pilgrim and Wampanoag Daily Life
A lesson looks at the Pilgrims and Wampanoag tribe during the first Thanksgiving. Scholars compare and contrast information presented by an online activity then discuss their findings. Learners examine the two group's daily routines and...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonemic Awareness Instructional Routine: Rhyme
As a class, kindergarteners identify rhyming words. The teacher provides an example of a rhyming pair and explains why they rhyme. Individual learners then respond by saying a word that rhymes with a given word.
Curated OER
Vocabulary Instructional Routine: Identify and Sort Common Objects into Categories
Kindergarteners build vocabulary by learning about categorization. They discuss the attributes of living and non-living things. As a class, they view and sort pictures into each category. They discuss the word category and what it means.
Facing History and Ourselves
Exit Cards
Everyone wants to feel heard and valued. Provide learners with an opportunity to share their thoughts and have them heard with this closing routine. Participants use an exit card to share their response to prompts that ask them to share...
Curated OER
Patterning Lesson Plan
Open the eyes of young mathematicians to the patterns that are found everywhere in the world around them. After a shared reading of I See Patterns by Linda Benton, children complete a series of hands-on activities that teach them...
Curated OER
Maniac Magee: Fishbowl Discussion
Split the class into two groups for a fishbowl discussion using of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee. The first group initiates the conversation by reviewing the important points of Chapter thirteen while group two...
School World
Moon Observation Project
Mrs. Flynt has designed a 12-day moon observation activity that is best assigned when daylight hours are shorter. Middle school moon experts record several factors, including the altitude above the horizon, the azimuth, the phase, and...
Orange County Public Schools
Vocabulary #25 Worksheet – English 1
Practice ten vocabulary words with a series of critical thinking activities. After reviewing each word in context and matching them to their definitions, kids complete analogies and find antonyms to complete the assignment.
Curated OER
Help the Upset Person Activity
Assess what self-help techniques your students know for dealing with upset emotions with this conversational activity. The teacher begins by role playing as an upset individual, using visual images as prompts, and then asks students...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: All About Emotions: Pre K and K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week children will learn to label emotions and how they can express them in different ways.
New York Times
New York Times: 650 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing [Pdf]
A wonderful collection of 650 writing prompts organized into categories and issues, e.g., role models, family, memories, race, gender, sexuality, social media, etc. Each prompt is linked to an article on that topic. W.9-10.10 Write...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Morning Badges Home Activity
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.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 1: La Rutina Diaria
In this first unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about the history of Spain and how to talk about their daily routine. Vocabulary includes reflexive verbs, bath items, schedules, the simple future tense, and clothing....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Printable Games and Activities
Move and play with these activities from Peg + Cat! From playing hide and seek and imagining pirate stories to dancing like Misty Copeland, you will find a treasure of fun ideas in these five printable activities.