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Baylor College

How Do We Use Water?

For Teachers K - 5th
Send youngsters home to survey how they use water in their homes. Then bring them together to discuss which uses are essential for our health and which are not. A helpful video offers teaching tips for this lesson, and a presentation...
App
Pala Software

SpellBoard

For Students 1st - 8th
How do you spell great? G-R-E-A-T! Ensure that your pupils can spell great and so much more with this effective app.
Printables
Homeschool Creations

Gingerbread Baby and Lapbook Printables

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
The perfect companion to Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby is a series of printables featuring several different types of activities. Kids can practice handwriting, spelling, matching, and drawing with gingerbread baby cutouts....
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Federal Reserve Bank

Sheep in a Shop

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
What do you think sheep might be able to barter when they don't have quite enough to buy a gift? Your pupils can find out this and much more during this lesson about Sheep in a Shop, spending, saving, and bartering.
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Addition and Subtraction

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
After watching a brief video on addition and subtraction, young mathematicians are put to the test. Including 12 problems, individuals solve word problems to find the least number, total amount, and difference of numbers. 
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Curated OER

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the story Joseph Had a Little Overcoat about using a coat and making it into many things. In this reading lesson plan, students make a picture out of scraps and discuss how to reuse items to make new items.
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Curated OER

Diary of a Fly, Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Spider

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students read the books Diary of a Fly, Diary of a Worm, and Diary of a Spider and write diary entries about them. In this reading lesson plan, students also draw pictures to go along with their diary entries.
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Curated OER

Farm Frolics

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students learn about farms through literature and center activities. In this farming lesson plan, students read about farming, sing songs about it, sort materials, and do more activities related to farming.
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Curated OER

Ray Charles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners read the book Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis. For this biography lesson, students read about the life of Ray Charles. Learners answer pre-reading questions about senses, strengths, and weaknesses they have. The lesson...
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Curated OER

Zora Hurston Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners explore American culture by reading classic literature in class. In this African-American history lesson, students read the story Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree while identifying the work and contributions of the real life...
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Curated OER

Journey Home: The Active Learner

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discuss focus questions prior to reading and preview the book, "Journey Home." In this language arts lesson, small groups present vocabulary words. Students complete after-reading discussion questions and choose writing...
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Curated OER

The Active Learner: "Dia's Story Cloth" Literature Guide

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss pre-reading focus questions and complete a KWL chart. For this language arts lesson, students mark passages or words they are unsure of with post-it notes to discuss later and answer comprehension questions after...
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Curated OER

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!: Manners Discussion

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students have a class discussion about appropriate behaviors and manners.  In this manner lesson, students read the book entitled Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and discuss the events within the book.  Students recognize...
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Curated OER

I Went Walking Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study writing structure and patterns in repetitive texts. In this writing structure lesson, students read portions of a story and predict what will come next based on the repetitive text. Students create their own repetitive...
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Curated OER

Classroom Guide for Coming to America

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss the pre-reading focus questions. In this reading instructional activity, students discuss and explore the book cover and title. Students predict what they will learn from this book. Additionally, students read to find...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

The Care and Feeding of a Gingerbread Man

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read about the gingerbread man and have community members come to their class saying where they have seen him. In this community lesson plan, students listen to different community members about how the gingerbread man has been...
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Curated OER

Interrupting Chicken

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars read the book Interrupting Chicken about someone who keeps interrupting. For this reading lesson plan, students discuss how they should not interrupt in class.
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Curated OER

Comparing Fairy Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners read and review common fairy tales and come up with a list of characteristics from them. The Teacher models filling out either a compare & contrast graphic organizer comparing two fairy tales.
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Curated OER

Berenstain Bears: Grow It

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read several books and complete an activity that coincides with each book. i.e. They read 'Berenstain Bears: Grow It' by Stan and Jan Berenstain and then decorate a flower pot, plant flower seeds in it and record their...
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Curated OER

Bookmark Strategy: Building Comprehension and Keeping Track of Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore the concept of comprehension.  In this comprehension lesson, students use a bookmark to mark a place in a story they want to "stop and think" about what they are reading.  Learners practice this skill with a...
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Curated OER

Tutors & Readers Theater

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students complete literacy service learning projects. In this literacy instructional activity, older students work with younger students to tutor them in reading and writing. They help prepare a Readers Theater for the younger...
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Curated OER

Wilfred Gordon McDonald Patridge

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read the book Wilfred Gordon McDonald Patridge and discuss how we can help others. In this Wilfred Gordon McDonald Patridge lesson plan, students read about helping elderly people, discuss it, and then interview their...
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Curated OER

Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 8: Can You Please Give Me Directions?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in a guided reading experience by following directions to cut out tangrams. They listen to the directions and cut as the reading progresses.
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Curated OER

Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Learners engage in reading comprehension activities for the story "Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet". In this reading comprehension lesson, students make prediction drawings before reading the story, create new illustrations for...

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