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Oakland Unified School District

Class Animal Report

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Whether preparing your second graders for an expository writing proficiency assessment or just planning on introducing the writing process, this 37-page packet is for you. The unit has everything you need from scripted lessons to...
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Wisconsin State Reading Association

Next Step in Guided Reading

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Here are three guided reading lesson plan templates; each designed to meet the needs of a specific level of readers. Levels in focus are emergent, early, and transitional readers. Additionally, prompts to support your small group...
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Southern Poverty Law Center

Choosing Reliable Sources

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
It is more important than ever that 21st-century learners develop the skills they need to become savvy consumers of media. Young learners locate and identify reliable sources of information with a helpful media lesson.
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Curated OER

Lesson 3: Labeled Diagrams

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Examine the book Stargazers by Gail Gibbons. Young readers will practice reading and interpreting information from diagrams in this informational text. They work together as a class on this skill and then move into independent...
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August House

The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Read the story The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog: A Folktale from Great Britain by Margaret Read MacDonald and choose from multiple activities to learn about the tale's theme—kindness. With so many options, your kind kids will...
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Lesson Plansos

Guided Reading Activities with Pizzazz

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Get the most out of your guided reading lessons with this collection of literacy materials. Offering a system for using color-coded tags to mark pages while reading books, as well as an assortment of comprehension and grammar...
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Illustrative Mathematics

The Napping House

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How many people and animals can cram into a single bed? Find out with this cross-curricular math and language arts lesson. Following along with a reading of the children's book The Napping House by Audrey Wood, young mathematicians...
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Samaritans

Developing Listening Skills

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Being a good listener is key to building and maintaining positive relationships. Use this lesson as a way to help children connect with others by becoming active listeners and improving their listening skills.
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Curated OER

Lesson: Word Exploration

For Teachers 1st - 5th
The painting Molten Polyester shows two words that contrast greatly with the image they are juxtaposed against. The artist bends the meaning of the words to create a new form of visual communication. Learners analyze the painting and...
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Curated OER

Lesson: A Spider's Perspective

For Teachers K - 5th
A fun way to grow a class of creative thinkers, is to add creative projects to your weekly line up. Kids pretend they are small insects or spiders crawling up the side of a huge building. They use vivid imagery, rich detail, and their...
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Curated OER

Lesson: Nimble Symbols

For Teachers K - 5th
Comparative thinking is one way to build critical analysts. Budding artists discuss symbols and how they represent concepts, beliefs, or ideas. They compare the symbols found on an ancient Egyptian mummy case to those found in...
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Curated OER

Let's Create a Sculpture!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners engage in a lesson that is about creating a sculpture with the help of viewing sculptures in the Watts Towers in Los Angeles. They use modeling clay to create personal sculptures using the pictures as examples for personal artwork.
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Curated OER

Father's Day Wind Chimes

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Young scholars create wind chimes for Father's Day. In this art lesson, students construct a wind chime for their father using plastic tubs, metal washers and fishing line.
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Curated OER

Season Sarcophagus

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students analyze a sarcophagus art and create a similar piece of art. In this sarcophagus art lesson, students investigate possible meanings of the Season Sarcophagus and create a work of art that is similar to the subject or meaning of...
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Curated OER

The All About Me Poster

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
First and second graders become familiar with the components of a biography. In this language arts lesson, pupils create an "All About Me" page using components of a biography. They also create an interractive poster, and work with a...
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Curated OER

Go Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here is a good art lesson on creating colorful versions of fish. After studying images of a variety of fish, young artists choose one that they want to create an image of. Using some high-quality materials, they create their masterpieces...
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Curated OER

Story Retelling Using Creative Dramatics

For Teachers K - 2nd
Doing things in the proper sequence is the focus of a solid language arts lesson. In it, pupils discuss the importance of doing things in the right order. Then, they pair off and read a short story together. They must retell the story to...
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Curated OER

Comparing and Contrasting Heroes

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Here is a language arts lesson that can be used with virtually any grade level. The only thing that changes is the reading level of the books. Learners compare and contrast different heroes and the characteristics they hold. They use a...
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Curated OER

Where Are You?: Prepositions of Place

For Teachers K - 3rd
Examine prepositions of place in this language arts lesson. Learners participate in activities to indicate prepositions and physical actions that demonstrate those prepositions. They create drawings with shapes, play the games "Simon...
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Curated OER

The Eyes Have It

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a bulletin board using a digital camera. In this creative arts lesson, students take photos of one another's faces and eyes. Students try to match the eyes to the face.
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Curated OER

What is a Haiku? How Do You Write a Haiku?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Haiku poetry is explored in this language arts lesson. Yong readers identify the characteristics of haiku and read several examples. Students make connections between their study of Japan and the poetic form of haiku, and they write...
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Curated OER

Colorful Paper Masks

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars create individual masks using poster paper, string or elastic, and basic art supplies in this wonderful Art lesson for any level. Emphasis is placed on the discussion of cultural and personal uses of masks and personal...
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Curated OER

Elephants

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore elephants.  In this elephant art activity, students compare Asian and African elephants, and draw an elephant by following step by step instructions from the teacher.
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Curated OER

Lesson 1: Classifying Texts as Fiction or Nonfiction

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders characterize fiction and non-fiction books, they discover the characteristics of each type of book and compare two books (one fiction & one nonfiction) about the same subject. They make a list that describes what...

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