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Curated OER

Making Grading Manageable, Efficient, and Purposeful

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Maintain your workload through focused assignments, expressed objectives, and clear rubrics
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Achievement Strategies

CCSS Unit Design Template for Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Art classes, like any lab class, require extensive preplanning and set-up time. Use this planning template in the quiet before the storm to identify the equipment and materials that will be needed, the procedures and processes...
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Curated OER

How to Deal With Class Size Increases

For Teachers 1st - 6th
While class size increases make it more challenging for teachers to meet students' needs, there are ways to make things a little easier.
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Curated OER

Fall Bulletin Board Ideas

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Fall is a perfect time to make colorful bulletin boards that you can use to display student work.
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

Ato Zteacherstuff: Report Writing in Primary Grades

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This is a fun, hands-on lesson from AtoZteacherstuff! Students go through a study of frogs while learning how to interpret and restate factual information.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing a Topic & Concluding Paragraph for the Essay

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This lesson is a final step towards supporting students to practice writing an informative/explanatory paragraph conveying complex ideas and presenting information clearly and accurately. Second-grade students can usually write a...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to young scholars and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Curiosity for Descriptive Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Lesson plan which allows kindergartners to combine their experiences and curiosity into developing beginning descriptions. Students use memories and illustrations in writing.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: President Barack Obama

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Activities and an easy to read biography on President Barack Obama for the elementary student. With printable activity pages; including cloze activities, synonym sheets, essay topics and more! Also includes links to information on the...