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Scholastic

A House for Hermit Crab

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Engage young marine biologists in a reading of Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab with a fun hands-on activity. Given a set of clipart images of the different aquatic animals that appear in the book, children identify each one during a...
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Curated OER

Infusing Equity By Gender Into the Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 7th
Young scholars participate in activities to develop life skills related to gender equity.  In this gender equity activity, students examine the roles of people using hats. Young scholars will role play various occupations related to the...
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California Academy of Science

Fish Forms

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you can add art to any lesson! While little learners are discovering why fish have specific body parts such as, scales, fins, and gills, they start making three-dimensional fish forms. Children...
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Curated OER

Monet's Magical Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students study classic paintings by masters like Monet. In this art history lesson, students listen to the story Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert and sing flower songs with the rest of their class. Students examine the painting The...
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Museum of Disability

A Picture Book of Louis Braille

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Teach kids about the beginnings of the Braille writing system with a lesson about Louis Braille. A series of discussion questions guide young readers though A Picture Book of Louis Braille by David A. Adler, and once they finish the...
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Workforce Solutions

Workforce Solutions Pre-K Lessons

For Teachers Pre-K
Four lessons, each following the same routine, explore the careers of a teacher, nurse, electrician, geologist, plumber, and police officer. After listening to a read-aloud and thoughtful discussion, young scholars construct puppets on...
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Curated OER

Paper Bag Butterfly Puppets

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Whether you're using it to tell stories, explore the letter b, or during a life science lesson plan, these butterfly puppets will be a hit. Youngsters use crayons, tissue paper, and paper bags to create butterfly puppets.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Counting Overview

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Develop automatic, meaningful counting skills with your class by using everyday classroom/school items, objects, and opportunities. Counting skills should be practiced during the year using objects and items they are familiar with and...
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ESL Kid Stuff

Intro ESL Lesson (Ages 3-7)

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
If you are working on colors, printing names, introductions, and other projects in the first few weeks of school, use a series of activities designed for English language learners. It includes cute ways to wish your little ones hello and...
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Curated OER

Ethnic Folklore in Your Classroom: Traditions, Tales, and Treasures from Tijuana to Timbuktu

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Students create their own festival. In this folk life lesson plan, students research their folklore history by interviewing their parents and grandparents, organizing the data found, and presenting that material to the class. Students...
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Curated OER

Big Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students read the book Big Words and do literacy based activities that are based on the book. In this literacy lesson plan, students read the given book and do activities that include synonym matching, word building, maze finding, mood...
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Curated OER

Learning about air

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students read a book and have a class discussion about the air around them. In this air lesson plan, students learn about properties of air, and discuss other gases they have observed.
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Weston Wood

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th Standards
Create a cross-curricular learning experience based on the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat with this collection of learning activities. Starting with a class reading of the story, children go on to learn about the sequence...
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Curated OER

Diversity of Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Young scholars study the classification of viruses and describe their structure.  For this investigative lesson students complete an activity and answer questions about viruses. 
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Curated OER

Memories of Friends

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here is a gentle and important lesson on death which is designed for young children. The teacher tells his/her pupils a story about a pet who died. A discussion ensues about feelings we all have when an animal or a person who we love...
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Scholastic

Cooking Dinner (Thanksgiving)

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
American traditions of Thanksgiving come to life through culinary activities. Young chefs practice cooking a turkey and setting a table for a Thanksgiving family feast. They use math and reading skills to follow directions and measure...
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Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Using Our Senses to Observe

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Look around and explore. Little ones use their five senses with some day-to-day activities designed to guide observation and apply STEM strategies. Young scientists learn through comparing/contrasting and observing with magnifiers as...
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Curated OER

Sports Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have your class participate in a variety of sports and craft activities using this resource. With sports as the theme, learners work on art projects. Students create soccer ball prints, a three dimensional football, and a sports collage.
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Curated OER

We're All In This Together

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students discover what a coral reef is and the animals that live there. In this ecosystem lesson, students act out a story with ocean organisms. They answer questions that show the interdependency of the sea animals. 
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Curated OER

Activity Plan 5-6: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars become entomologists for a day. In this life science lesson, students go on an insect hunt and investigate insects and their homes. This leads to the creation of an insect by each student. Lesson includes a take-home...
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Curated OER

My Favorite Things

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a body portraits to depict their favorite things. In this self-expression lesson, students use drawings, paintings, and magazine clippings to fill in their life-size body portraits with pictures representing their...
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Curated OER

Activity Plan 5-6: Book-Character Homes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners use their creativity to build character homes. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop creative-thinking, social, language, math, and motor skills as they work together to create buildings for characters from...
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Curated OER

All Aboard! Railroad Transportation

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create a picture of a train. In this train lesson, students read Freight Trainand discuss the trains that they see. Students discuss what it would feel like to be a train and play a game where they pretend to be a train. They...
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Curated OER

The Westward Movement

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Learners study the westward movement through examining stamps. In this westward movement lesson plan, students draw conclusions, determine cause and effect relationships and examine the westward movement of the United States by...

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