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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creative Problem Solving With Ezra Jack Keats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for eight 50-minute lessons that use Ezra Jack Keats books to teach predicting, comparing and contrasting, and problem solving. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Glorious Empty Page

For Teachers 1st - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart prompts us to get excited about the possibilities of the blank page. Read the article by Peter Reynolds and begin to,"light the flame" of your own creativity. This is the time to play,...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fable Vison

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Introducing FableVision: This flipchart is designed to spark your interest in using FableVision. Check out the incredible resources for promoting creative thinking, writing and storytelling within the...
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: Creative Problem Solving: Show; Don't Tell! Secrets of Writing

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Front cover of the book Show; Don't Tell!: Secrets of Writing by Josephine Nobisso
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Describing Words

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Children are able to identify describing words in sentences and pictures. They then are able to brainstorm describing words about a picture and write sentences using the words.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Number Tic Tac Toe

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will practice number recognition by trying to identify three numbers in a row to win Tic Tac Toe. They will also trace the number on their grid to practicing writing numerals. This is a perfect independent game for pairs or...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Race to the Top

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will practice counting, number identification, and writing numerals in this competitive game. This activity lends itself to many variations.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Dice Addition 1

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will practice counting, adding, and writing numerals with this activity. This would be an ideal independent activity for centers. An example of student work is included.
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: Imagine! Introducing Your Child to the Arts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Creative play with a purpose! Information, from the National Endowment for the Arts, to encourage and guide your children in understanding and appreciating the arts. Learn how to engage them in arts of all sorts: writing, dance, music,...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Guess the Marbles in the Bag

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will make their best guesses as to how many marbles are in a bag. After recording 4-5 guesses, the teacher writes the number representing the total on the board, and the students then help sort their guesses into less than,...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Color Week

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Five-year-olds need to count things that relate to them. This activity builds on their need to be included or see the relevance of their counting. Young scholars will practice counting, writing numbers, and filling in a chart or bar...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Many Ways to Do Addition 1

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will learn that there are multiple ways to solve math problems, such as drawing a picture, using counters, using fingers, using a number line, and memorizing facts. The teacher writes a simple addition problem on the whiteboard...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Equality Number Sentences

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Students will compare the number of circles in two boxes. If they are equal, they will write a number sentence. Explanations and examples are included.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Boys and Girls, Variation 2

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Learners are asked to solve a word problem with both addends unknown. They will write an equation and draw a picture to use to explain their answer.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Number of the Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Repeatable, daily activities are one of the best ways to instill the counting sequence for children. This activity requires a 100 chart which can be made or purchased. Students will count the "Number of the Day" beginning with 1 on the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Comparing Numbers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
This task is a fun partner game in which students practice making two-digit numbers, decide which is greater, and write the appropriate comparison symbolically.
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Cengage Learning

Houghton Mifflin: Project Based Learning Space

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Inch by Inch Learning Is a Cinch

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson uses an interdisciplinary approach involving literature, math, and writing. Using the book, Inch by Inch, by Leo Lionni learners will explore the world of measurement. They will have the opportunity to practice measuring...
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Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A collection of images of school to use as writing prompts. Students can make text-to-self connections, write creative stories, or just write about how the students in the images might feel.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Groundhog Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an informational flipchart for Groundhog Day that contains a word list for creative writing, word usage, physical characteristics of groundhogs, and the history of Groundhog Day.
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Tikatok: Imagine a Story: Create a Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Tikatok is a tool for creating storybooks using your own text and images. It is free to join, but there are fees when you order a completed book. E-books can be downloaded fairly cheaply. Printed copies cost more. The value in the site...
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Other

Tikatok: Imagine a Story: Create a Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Tikatok is a tool for creating storybooks using your own text and images. It is free to join, but there are fees when you order a completed book. E-books can be downloaded fairly cheaply. Printed copies cost more. The value in the site...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Fact Families

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
As a whole class, the teacher presents students with 3 numbers on cards, such as 5, 8, and 3. The teacher asks the students to find all the ways the numbers can be put together in addition or subtraction sentences. This lesson includes...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 20 Tickets

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Students are given a word problem with multiple solutions. They are challenged to solve the problem using manipulatives, to draw a picture to represent their work, and possibly record their responses using equations. Examples of...

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