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Angel Island Immigrant Journeys
Young historians study the Angel Island Immigration Station with activities examining primary and secondary source materials, maps, and websites. The unit begins with individuals creating a map of Angel Island, labeling sites on the...
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Remote Teaching Strategies Upper Elementary Grade Students
This collection is designed to help you get started with remote learning. We provide an overview of basic strategies and combine them with some tools and resources for you to consider.
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Words That Heal: Using Children's Literature to Address Bullying
Books can create empathy. Books can build self-esteem. Books can offer insight and coping strategies. Books can encourage anti-bullying. Books can heal. The five discussion guides in the "Words That Heal: Using Children's Literature to...
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2nd Grade Reading Comprehension
A collection of 36 worksheets challenges scholars to read the informational text then answer short-answer questions. Reading comprehension skills examine the text's main idea, supporting details, and textual evidence. Grading or checking...
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Climate Action in Language Education lesson plans
The 11 lessons in the Climate Action in Language Education collection, designed for English as a Second Language and English Language Development classes, permits instructors to bring environmental and sustainability issues into the...
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Matilda Lesson Plans
A collection all about Roald Dahl's novel, Matilda, contains eleven lessons. Each lesson contains a theme and covers a different subject: literacy, social-emotional learning, science, and geography. Scholars work collaboratively and...
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Reading Fluency and Decoding Worksheets
Sixteen reading worksheets, organized by vowel sounds, help instructors teach reading decoding and fluency. The activities, aligned with Common Core standards, are designed to develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel...
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Ereading Worksheets: Making Predictions
A series of five worksheets and a PowerPoint presentation gives readers a chance to practice making predictions and develop higher-level critical thinking skills. Scholars read short text that ends abruptly and gather textual evidence to...
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Language of Place: Hopi Place Names, Poetry, Traditional Dance and Song
For Native Americans, the connection between themselves and the land on which they live runs deep and is apparent throughout their different cultures. During a series of three lessons, young scholars explore the culture of the Hopi...
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Informative & Expository Writing Prompts
Good writing prompts are hard to find, especially those for informative writing such as research reports, how-to instructions, and letters. The colorfully illustrated templates in a seven-prompt collection include lines to write on, as...
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Upper and Lowercase Letters Worksheets
Youngsters develop their motor skills as they practice writing the letters of the alphabet with the help of worksheets. Each page lets learners first trace letters, then practice writing them independently. Each of the 26 worksheets in...
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Poetry Power Printables
A collection of lessons calls kids to craft clever creations. Each of the 10 resources focuses on a single poetry form and includes an explanation of the form, rules to use when writing the form, and examples. Poems and poetry planning...
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End of year Activities K-5
Use this collection of digital and print resources to wrap up the school year. Activites include resources to use in the virtual classroom!
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Sight Word Fluency Lists
Reading takes place one word at a time. Increase scholar's word recognition fluency and create better readers with a collection of sight word fluency lists. Lists offer both new and review words and include space for teachers to record...
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
Celebrate Read Across America Day or Dr. Seuss's birthday with a collection of reading comprehension materials. Versatile for any Dr. Seuss book, the worksheets and activities promote both foundational reading skills and critical thining...
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Teaching and Learning About Autism
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that approximately "1 in 88 American children are on the autism spectrum." The teacher guides and other professional development materials in this collection offer information...
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St. Patrick's Day Story Starters
Let me tell you about the day I caught a leprechaun....Kids will love the whimsy of these story starters as they imagine they found the mystical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and weave a tale of the luck a 4-Leaf Clover brought...
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Cross-Curricular Reading Comprehension Worksheets
This series of cross-curricular resources covers just about every subject, ranging from social studies to geometry to physical science. Each worksheet includes a reading passage and five questions that require learners to apply reading...
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STEM: Elementary Inquiry
Encourage scholars to investigate and think critically with a collection of 14 STEM lesson plans. The following inquiry-based lessons explore the concepts of life cycles of plants and animals, measurement, magnets, evaporation,...
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Rockin' English Lessons: Rockin' Vocab
Support English language development with a collection of 19 videos created by Rockin' English. Each music video adds a melodic tune to your language instruction equipped with hand-drawn animation and the song's lyrics for singing loud...
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Rockin' English Lessons: Rockin' Grammar
Add some rockin' tunes to your grammar instruction with a collection of videos addressing the grammar needs of first to eighth graders. Each video provides the song's lyrics, so prepare your scholars to sing loud and proud.
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Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves
Give scholars the opportunity to discover their past with a collection from the Museum of Tolerance that highlights the uniqueness of every family's story. Learners gain insight through interviews, family tress, heirlooms, and oral...
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Discriminating Phonemes
Emergent readers will love these activities designed to help them understand basic phonemes. Find everything you'll need to create an engaging introduction to digraphs, consonants, and vowels.
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James and the Giant Peach Activities
Add some whim and fancy to your daily vocabulary lessons by pairing them with James and the Giant Peach! This trio of lessons has kids using their imaginations to create board games, graph moments of excitement, and infer characters'...