Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Universal Traditions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners research personal bias towards the story Marriage is a Private Affair. For this tradition research lesson, students read the story and discuss the ending. Learners free write about the topic and complete a Venn diagram to...
Activity
Curated OER

Dinner Time Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students study reading. In this reading lesson, students choose a book and read it making it a point to read a book the same time everyday.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Quest for Independence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how settlers created and cooked over open fires.  In this home economics lesson, students will learn how to make a safe, open fire and will cook a meal over it.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: All 33 Chilean Miners Rescued

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read "All 33 Chilean Miners Rescued," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ski in Slovakia in Style

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a short article about the mountains and skiing in Slovakia. In this ESL lesson, students explore the reasons that skiing is a popular activity in Slovakia, then complete several short activities to reinforce the reading.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Irregular Verbs: Lay And Lie - Exercise 6

For Students 3rd - 12th
In this irregular verbs worksheet, students complete 20 multiple choice questions where they choose the correct forms of lay and lie to complete sentences.
Website
Sesame Street

Sesame Workshop: Talk, Listen, Connect, Military Families

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent videos, information and activities about emotional issues that military families go through such as deployment, homecomings, and dealing with changes.
Activity
Education Development Center

Tv411: Tune in to Learning: More Roots and Their Families

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Part 2 of a series of interactive exercises concerning word roots and vocabulary skills. Site initially explains vocabulary and word roots, then allows students to complete interactive exercises.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading Word Family Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The focus of the instruction of identification strategies in this lesson plan is the book "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type." Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Word Families: Ig and Ip

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This technology-based lesson will help students develop their phonemic awareness by teaching students to hear the sounds in the -ig and -ip word families. It also leads students to apply what they have learned.
Website
Other

National Military Family Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Website is the "Voice for Military Families" and provides help with topics such as "Deployment and You," "Education," "Family Life," and other emotional issues that military families must face.
Website
National Audubon Society

National Audubon Society: Audubon's Birds of America

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text and artwork from Birds of America by John James Audubon, an 1840 edition. Includes families of birds and an alphabetical listing of birds. A section of now-extinct birds and one of state birds have been added.
Graphic
William Mueller

William Mueller: Families of Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Meet the Function Family! Each member of the family has examples of their graphs and descriptions of the types of real-world situation that produce those graphs.
Article
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Provision in Alabama Immigration Law Forces Families to Move

For Students 9th - 10th
A news article posted on 9/16/11 about House Bill 56 in Alabama that requires immigrants to provide proof of documentation and schools to report the number of undocumented immigrant students they have enrolled.
Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Rti in Middle School: A Guide for Parents

For Teachers K - 1st
This document was developed to help middle school parents and other family members understand the essential components of RTI (screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making), ask questions...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Tree of Life Ii (Advanced)

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine that a biologist arrived at your big family reunion and had no idea who were sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc., but tried to sort it out by how all of you look. Just based on how you look, would s/he be able to guess whether...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Tree of Life I (Basic)

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine that a biologist arrived at your big family reunion and had no idea who were sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc., but tried to sort it out by how all of you look. Just based on how you look, would s/he be able to guess whether...
Article
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Academic Intervention Tools Chart

For Teachers K - 1st
The Academic Intervention Tools Chart is designed to assist educators and families in becoming informed consumers who can select interventions that best meet their individual needs. The Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC) on...
Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Parent Page: Responsiveness to Intervention

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2007 brief provides an overview of Response to Intervention (RTI) and its primary components. It was created by the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and could be of particular interest to families who are looking...
Handout
National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
Very detailed description of bipolar disorder, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Includes information on how families and individuals can get help, and on the ways in which bipolar disorder affects children and adolescents.
Website
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Kids Art Zone

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The National Gallery of Art has created this impressive gateway to make its vast collections accessible to children. Colorful, fun, and interactive. With links to an "Art Zone," where kids can make art online, to downloadable guides for...
Website
Other

U.s. Department of Health and Human Services: Child Welfare Information Gateway

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information on topics of interest to child welfare providers and researchers, and on trends in child abuse and neglect, Also includes a comprehensive assortment of resources for families and educators designed to inform and instruct....
Unit Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Media Balance Is Important

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students consider the feelings of themselves and others when making decisions about when, where, and how much to use technology. Includes slideshow, video, lesson plan, song and lyrics,...
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Digital Trails

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Does what you do online always stay online? Students learn that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." Depending on how they manage it, this trail can be big or small,...