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Curated OER

Backwards Writing: Reflections and Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Why is "ambulance" written backwards on emergency vehicles? Young geometers apply principles of symmetry to translate words written backwards. See if your school or district subscribes to Jobland, where you can view a clip that explains...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Counting Circles II

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Fill those extra ten minutes of math time with this fun counting activity. Given a short sequence of numbers, young mathematicians stand in a circle and count one-by-one until the last number is reached, at which point the whole group...
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NASA

X-Gliders: Exploring Flight Research with Experimental Gliders

For Teachers K - 4th
Young engineers build a glider, and they experiment with ways to change the flight characteristics of the glider. There are some templates embedded in the plan that learners can use as guides to cut out their gliders. The templates are...
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Printables
Curated OER

Number Flash Cards 1 to 10

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Let a group of incredibly cute ladybugs help your youngsters learn and practice numbers one through ten. Each card features an image of ladybugs that matches the number on the card. Also included is a template for a wallet designed for...
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Curated OER

Hoping Backward to Solve Problems

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students use number lines to compare differences. For this math lesson, students use a number line to solve problems. Students predict differences and answer puzzles using subtraction.
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Activity
Curated OER

K-5 Mathematics Module: Number and Number Sense

For Students K - 5th Standards
Reinforce number sense with a collection of math lessons for kindergarteners through fifth graders. Young mathematicians take part in hands-on activities, learning games, and complete skills-based worksheets to enhance proficiency in...
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Curated OER

Drama: Working Together

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students participate in a host of activities designed to encourage creativity, collaboration, and cooperation. They experience walking in different ways, greeting various types of people, and mirroring, where one student duplicates the...
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Curated OER

Counting Back and Counting On

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Read aloud your choice of books about counting on and counting back (a list is provided, or tell stories of your own). Your learners will write horizontal equations to portray what happens in the story. They build a paper chain and...
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Essential Kids

Australian Word Search Puzzle

For Students 1st - 7th
From wombat to the outback, send your little learners on a mission to find words related to Australia with this word search puzzle.
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Curated OER

It Looked Like...

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of Charles Shaw's, It Looked Like Spilt Milk. They complete an art activity in which they spill white paint on blue paper and fold it to make a design. They write about their design following the...
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Curated OER

Letter and Word Scramble

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars engage in a lesson designed to encourage the identification of letters and their characteristics, as well as moving them using a variety of locomotor skills. This done using the instructional strategy of playing a game.
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Curated OER

Bean Bag - Throw And Catch

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students carry a bean bag with a teacher specified body part while traveling in and out of designated spaces. They practice tossing and catching the bag while moving and progress to playing catch with a partner.
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Curated OER

Robots

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the concepts of direction and movement as they attempt to program a robot to move. They design a set of instructions using right, left, forward, backwards, and quarter turn so that the robot can accomplish tasks.
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Curated OER

"Rapper" Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Turn your recycled wrappers in "Rapper" Art with this creative lesson plan! Your class will create a collage using wrappers. They will also create a print plate of words or phrases to go along with their project. What a great way to...
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Curated OER

Monoprinting with Washable Markers

For Teachers K - 8th
Practice the technique of monoprinting with this colorful plan. Your class will be able to create their own unique image to be inked on paper. "Everyone learns in this colorful, magical experience for young children."
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Dick Blick Art Materials

Monoprinting with Washable Markers

For Teachers K - 12th
Introduce young children to printmaking with with an activity that used washable markers to produce one, unique monoprint.
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Primary National Strategy

Ordering and Counting

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Are you in need of a 5-day unit intended to teach little learners how to count to 20? This is a well-structured complete set of lessons which employ a variety of methods to instruct learners about various ways to count from 1 to 20. They...
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Museum of Science

Balloon Racers

For Students K - 6th Standards
Watch those balloon cars go! Scholars build racers that run using the power of balloons and conduct races with the cars. They learn about Newton's third law of motion and how it applies to their balloon racers.
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Curated OER

Chocolate Chaos

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate the ability to understand the elements of a story (theme, plot, setting, mood) and characters, by discussing and writing about each. The children have fun with chocolate related activities and enjoy reading...
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National Gallery of Canada

Counting Circles

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners look at bands of colors and estimate how many rings of color there are. While working in groups, they come up with a plan of how to accurately count the rings. They attempt to find a pattern in the colors, and decide whether...
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Curated OER

A Chair for Mr. Bear

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and work collaboratively to create a chair for a small stuffed animal that will allow it to sit upright and withstand a short drop out of Legos. Students write about the engineering...
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Curated OER

How using number patterns help us add or subtract

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a number line to understand multiples.  In this number line instructional activity, 2nd graders use a floor size number line and calculate problems with multiples. Students complete a worksheet with multiples.
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Curated OER

Matter in Motion

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine matter, what it is and what the different states are. In this matter lesson students view The Magic School Bus Meets Molly Cule and answer questions.
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Curated OER

Four Corners Locomotion

For Teachers K - 5th
A simple P.E. activity will get young athletes running, jumping, hopping, skipping, and crabwalking! These locomotor movement exercises are a great way to build up aerobic endurance. Your students will ask you to play this game again and...

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