ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Bright Morning
Use this lesson to delve into the exploration of character development in fiction through the novel "Bright Morning," by Scott O'Dell.
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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Maya Angelou Classroom Activity
A brief activity for students in commemoration of the birthday of Maya Angelou. Provides a short lesson on the poem "On the Pulse of Morning," other lesson plans, web links, and an annotated bibliography. From April 4, 2007.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Morning Mania
This printable consonant letter activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look at a picture with multiple items and then identify each item that start with with /m/. An answer...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Let's Celebrate 100 Days!
Elementary teachers will find a excellent ideas to include math into their daily morning activities which build to a 100th Day celebration which usually takes place mid-February. Fun math activities for the actual 100th Day celebration...
Morning Earth
Morning Earth: Thirty One Learning Activities Toward Ecological Literacy
This informative lesson plan site explains how to use art in the classroom to teach science. Thirty-one plans are provided on various ecological topics. As the art is made the students are implicitly learning the ecology principle.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Mfc April Morning Meeting
[Free Registration/Login Required] A great way to begin your day! The students will engage in activities covering objectives in math, language, and science. Made for my 3rd grade class, Morning Meeting can be easily adapted for grades 1-4.
Other
Mes English: Daily Activities Flashcards/daily Routine Flashcards
This site includes flashcards that show daily people engaging in daily routine. PowerPoints are included to supplement the flashcards that show daily routines.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Lesson: An Introduction to Estimation and Measurements
Pancakes anyone? Young scholars explore estimation and measurement by learning how to make pancakes. A hands-on lesson designed for students in grades 3-5 where young scholars are engage in hand-on experiences involving measuring volume,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities! Creating Routines Packet: Pre K and K
Use these routines-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
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Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Caring for Each Other: Pre K and K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, explore caring for each other.
abcteach
Abcteach: Social Studies: History
[Free Registration/Login Required] A directory of history resources (games, activities, puzzles, graphics) to be used as part of elementary study of Ancient Egypt and Greece, the Middle Ages, the Revolutionary War, and other topics....
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens is featured in this succinct biography for his modernistic poetry which draws upon his theory regarding the importance of perception. See "Wallace Stevens Activities" for related resources.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation: Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath is featured in this brief biography for her writings which focused on her views of feminism. See "Sylvia Plath Activities" for related materials.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Introduce Ramps
An introductory activity where students discover the way things roll and slide down ramps and hills.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Using Traffic Data to Reinforce Inflection Points in Calculus
Real data from the morning rush on the Chicago expressways is the basis for a piece-wise regression. The students' success depends on their understanding of inflection points. Students need to use the Select command to split the data...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Counting Cup
Students will count counters, draw a picture of the counters, and record the number in a booklet. A list of materials and how to put together the booklet is included. This activity is most effective if initially it is done daily with all...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: First Grade Math Calendar
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a calendar activity that takes place each morning. The students are introduced to a variety of standards. The students continue to build on their learning and the calendar becomes a...
Other
Lorea Martinez: 3 Steps to Increase Students' Self Awareness
Students (and adults) who can identify their strengths will be more likely to build on them to improve their areas of growth; they will probably have greater motivation and will be more self-confident. Here are 3 suggested steps to talk...
Can Teach
Can Teach: Novel and Picture Book Ideas (Lesson Plans)
Novels and picture books are great ways to teach across the curriculum. This site lists about 75 novels and picture books around which CanTeach has constructed lesson ideas and plans. All grade levels indicated.
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Ramps Around Us
Set up several ramps around the room and allow the students to explore and investigate how they work.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Sliding Peep
Students make their own ramps and test them out by sending various objects down them.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Read and Discuss: Ten on the Sled
Discussion and integrations ideas for the read aloud book, Ten on the Sled by Kim Norman.
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Snowy Hills
Students make two snowy hills, one steep and one gentle, to discover their effects on rolling objects.