Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vowels, Reading Fluency

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice identifying words with the short o vowel sound. They use the strategy will reading a page from The Hare and the Tortoise. They read the passage while focusing on increasing their reading fluency and practice...
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Curated OER

How Does Climate Affect Your Environment?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students access the Global Sun Temperature Project website and research the relationship between the location and climate of a participating school to its building structure. They consider how climate affects the type of structures...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Land Reclamation

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students identify the benefits of the process of land reclamation. They discuss examples of reclamation projects, and complete a word puzzle, word find, and energy sentence puzzle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Mitten by Jan Brett

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students hear the story "The Mitten," by Jan Brett.  After, students retell the story through a variety of different dramatic play activities. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometric Glossary

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use drawing and paint tools to identify, draw and state several geometric terms.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dear Wife and Children Everyone

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the issue of slave vs. free states. They explore the actions and personal commitment of John Brown and write a newspaper article about the Battle of Osawatomie from John Brown's perspective.
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Curated OER

Designing Families

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students design a tee shirt that depicts some aspect of their family history.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Great Migration

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the uses of herbal plants. They read the book Pharmacy in the Forest and discuss the vocabulary words that pertain to the structure of a plant. Students create a summary of what they have read and watch a video on...
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Curated OER

Habitat Is Home

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept and components of a habitat. They discuss the key components of a habitat and describe how certain factors can cause disturbances in a habitat and change its population. Activities are leveled for...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Water

For Students 7th - 12th
In this water learning exercise, students compare and contrast elements and compounds. Students define chemical symbols, chemical formulas, and chemical properties. This learning exercise has 19 short answer questions.
Unit Plan
Starfall

Starfall: How the Alphabet Got Its Order

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A cleverly animated story about how the alphabet got its A-to-Z order. Helps beginning readers and English language learners learn to recognize and pronounce all the letters of the alphabet.
Activity
Other

Up to Ten: Color the Letters a to Z

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Color the letters - A to Z. Learn the alphabet while having fun coloring online.
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Phonics Guide

Papa Jan: What Is Phonics?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How can you define phonics? Take this opportunity to learn a little more about phonics and its relationship to letters and sounds.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Haptics: Touch Command

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experience haptic (the sense of touch) feedback by using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots and touch sensors to emulate touch feedback recognition. With four touch sensors connected to LEGO NXTs, they design sensor attachments that...
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Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: Eeeeek! Long Vowel E (E)

For Students K - 1st Standards
This printable vowel letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will color the objects that contain long /e/. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
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Rock ’N Learn

Rock 'N Learn: Hodge Podge Lodge: Dge

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
This printable -dge activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will fill in words to complete sentences with the soft /g/ words [-dge letter combination] and then color associated...