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Curated OER

Tony Bennett VH1 Storytellers for VH1 Save the Music

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners compare two recordings of Tony Bennett's music.
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Curated OER

The Librarian from Conneaut School

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify the elements of the story "The Librarian from the Black Lagoon." They listen to the story and list the story elements of character, settling, problem, and solution. They then use KidPix to create individual...
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Curated OER

Whales

For Teachers 2nd
Write factual accounts, reports and express personal viewpoints about whales. They eill also write on a variety of topics related to whales, shaping ideas and making choices in language and form.
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Curated OER

Teaching in the Shared Way of Ghandi and Montessori

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this differentiated instructional activity, students incorporate different subjects using the Ghandi and Montessori methods instead of the traditional method used in regular schools. In math they investigate shapes, colors and sizes....
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Curated OER

Tee Off!

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners explore about one of the many products created by gain-based process. They investigate the ways agriculture can protect and preserve the environment. Pupils use their scientific processing skills to conduct a full inquiry based...
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Curated OER

Dr. Teeth and Dr. Gums To The Rescue

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders role play as dentists researching teeth and their care. They create a slide show showing how a character, Bear, can take care of this teeth explaining habitats, diets and teeth.
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Curated OER

Creature Creation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of a fictional story about a frog. They compare the characteristics of the main character with a real frog. They work with two partners to create a creature; one student draw the head, one the body,...
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Curated OER

Settling America in 1640

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a presentation on life in colonial America in 1640. They compare early colonial life to the present and use software to write a story showcasing their research.
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Curated OER

Clay Tiles: Family Mosaics

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design and create a clay tile to represent their families. They research and discuss similarities and differences among families of different cultures, create a tile to represent their own and then compile the tiles in a...
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Curated OER

Constrating Cinderellas/ Connecting LA Cenerentola

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars contrast the traditional Cinderella character with a modern, independent and socially conscious Cinderella. To activate prior knowledge by eliciting from the students some of the familiar story elements of the traditional...
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Curated OER

Com-Post With Us? Learn About Recycling While Having Fun

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine the importance of recycling to help the environment. In groups, they make a compost bin on the school grounds recording how the material changes from week to week. They collect other materials for recycling like cell...
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Curated OER

Graphic Organizers

For Teachers K - 6th
Students complete graphic organizers. In this graphic organizer lesson plan, students fill out various graphic organizers in order to better understand a comprehension skill. Eighteen graphic organizers are included.
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Fuel the Brain

Solve problems using application of time (Calendar)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Your youngsters are familiar with the calendar, but are they ready to solve some simple word problems with one? Figuring out dates and days of the week may be challenging, so there is a calendar graphic attached to the page.
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Curated OER

It's Alive! Or is it?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students differentiate the characteristics of living and nonliving things. In this life science lesson, students compare and contrast robots and living things. Given an object, they decide whether it's is living or not and defend...
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Venn Diagram

For Students 2nd - 5th
An introduction to Venn Diagrams. The opening site offers game of keeping score of your understanding of Venn Diagrams containing three circles. The site offers explorations through the "what?" link.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Working With Sets and Venn Diagrams

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A collection of activities that help students understand number relationships by using Venn diagrams to solve math problems. Practice problem solving skills in the interactive practice. Then, follow up with a classroom activity using the...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Venn Diagrams

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
The point of this lesson is to introduce children to the idea of comparison through Venn diagrams. Children will compare two stories using the Venn diagram.
Graphic
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Square Compare and Contrast Diagram [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
A graphic organizer where students compare and contrast items by writing similarities and differences in overlapping squares, similar to the circles on a Venn Diagram.
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Read Works

Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Compare/contrast Genres

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use fiction and nonfiction books from a classroom library to identify the similarities and differences between fiction and nonfiction and to create a Venn diagram...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare Contrast [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
This graphic organizer can be use with students when they read an informational text. Using a Venn diagram to organize content, students will write important similarities and differences after reading an informational text and analyzing...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: A Lesson on Comparing & Contrasting Using Cinderella

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
In this lesson plan, young scholars will learn to compare and contrast 2 different versions of "Cinderella." Students will use a Venn diagram and make predictions.
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Teaching Ideas 4u: Make Synthesizing Easy With These Simple Strategies

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Learning to synthesize can be challenging for some students, but there are a few different support strategies that teachers can use in their lessons: REST method, ADD method, and Venn Diagram to teach synthesizing.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: A Cinderella Story (Grade 2)

For Teachers 2nd
Create a venn diagram to look at similarities and differences of their own school cultures.
Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Compare and Contrast [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
This graphic organizer includes a Venn Diagram. Students will then answer a guiding question to synthesize the information on the Venn Diagram.

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