Worksheet
Curated OER

10 x 10 Paper Grid

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math literacy paper, learners find the solution to counting to ten in various patterns. They can practice counting horizontally or vertically.
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Education World

Sending E-Mail

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this literacy instructional activity, students pretend to send an e-mail to a friend. They fill in the subject and heading like a real e-mail of using a computer.
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Curated OER

Months of the Year - in Japan

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this literacy worksheet, students identify and write the various months of the year as found in Japan. They compare those in Japan to those months in America. There are four pictures and four months to interpret.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth Day

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students practice solving the word search puzzle that is based upon Earth Day. There are extension activities.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Basketball

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy activity, students practice the vocabulary words of basketball because they use the word search puzzle. Spelling is also practiced.
Worksheet
Starfall

My Horse Glory

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy learning exercise, learners read the story, cut out the cards, and color them.
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Starfall

Car Race

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students cut out the parts of the story and play a game of putting it in the logical order and color the pages.
Worksheet
Starfall

Sky Ride

For Students K - 2nd
For this literacy worksheet, learners put together a book called "Sky Ride."
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

No Name Calling

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use literacy skills to gain information about tolerance. In these lessons on acceptance, student read stories, answer questions, survey students, and plan a citizenship week to encourage participation in a No Name Calling week.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keeping Safe (911)

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore "emergency safety" rules through a series of activities led by the teacher. In this safety lesson, students practice dialing 911 on a paper or play phone after listening to the interactive book It's Time to Call 911:...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Retelling the Main Event in Sequence

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify the key events in a fiction book. In this literacy lesson plan, students read the book Harry and the Lady Next Door and work in pairs to discuss the main events of each chapter to develop a short summary.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dancing in the Desert: The Genie

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study nuclear destruction using visual literacy. In this nuclear destruction lesson, 5th graders work in groups to examine a group of pictures that show the destruction of a home by a nuclear blast. They discuss the type of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Gulf Oil Spill in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students investigate the media response to the Gulf oil spill as they examine live streaming video, interpret data, and share their personal...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Discovering the Journal of Augustus Pelletier

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore journals. In this Discovering the Journal of Augustus Pelletier lesson, students read the historical fiction book and conduct research activities to validate events in the plot that reflect the Lewis and Clark...
Interactive
Curated OER

Vocabulary Review - Money

For Students 5th
In this vocabulary review - money worksheet, 5th graders interactively complete 15 sentences by selecting the correct word about money and finances with immediate online feedback.
PPT
Curated OER

The Numbers in Nonfiction

For Teachers 4th - 7th
This library media PowerPoint introduces the system of nonfiction call numbers. Each slide includes information on what numbers go with each subject, along with colorful illustrations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Play Ball!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this literacy worksheet, students participate in an interactive spelling activity involving wall words and tossing a foam ball back and forth to each other until each word is spelt correctly off the wall.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Ahead of the Game

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
According to the movie Wildcats, "It's the sport of kings, better than diamond rings, football!" It is also, however, the sport of severe concussions and ongoing blows to the head. In order to keep our Seahawks soaring and Broncos...
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Common Sense Media

Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Peers discuss cyberbullying and how they can defend their friends that may be bullied online and offline. They discover the value in showing empathy for those who have been cyberbullied. Class members then generate multiple...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

The President Under the Articles of Confederation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The Articles of Confederation sounds like one big, fancy title to middle schoolers. Here, scaffolded steps help to ease novices into understanding this all-important American document. Discussion questions, activity activities, and ideas...
Worksheet
Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Is Dilution the Solution?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Systematically diluting a full-strength sample of food coloring is meant to help earth scientists understand concentration in parts per million. While they will enjoy the lab exercise, it might be a challenge to help them relate it to...
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Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Greenhouse Effect

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Pupils compare the temperature change in a closed and open box as a demonstration of the greenhouse effect. 
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Teach-nology

Harold Searches for the Book

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Practice using context clues with a reading passage about Harold's day. Once kids approach a blank in the sentence, they use the word bank to find the word that fits.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bright Ideas for Bringing up Smart Savers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of saving money. In this saving money instructional activity, students read an article about saving money. Students discuss ways to save money and what makes it difficult to save money. Students compare...