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Curated OER

The Strongest Shape

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students work collaboratively to design and construct a roof out of Legos for a house that was built in a previous lesson. The roof must be structurally sound and pass certain criteria determined by the teacher.
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Stretching It

For Teachers K - 12th
Students recognize the use of exaggeration and understand how it may enhance the story, painting, conversation or event. Students transfer their understanding of exaggeration as it is used in many places, ie., daily life, paintings,...
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An Encyclo-ME-dia for Every Child

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a digital scrapbook that shows information-text and pictures that are specific to each child. They make charts and graphs. They use digital cameras, scanners, software, to write captions, stories, poems, letters, and...
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Community Map

For Teachers K
Students examine the relationship they have with the community and the location of the community in relationship to other communities. They practice using a map of their community and photographs to recongize the area.
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Curated OER

Blindfolded Building

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.
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Curated OER

I Think I Forgot Something!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students examine human health by reading a children's book in class. In this breakfast lesson, students identify the importance of starting the day with a good, nutritious meal. Students read the book I Think I Forgot Something and...
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Curated OER

Everybody Needs Somebody

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students brainstorm feelings words and discuss what causes us to have feelings. Using artwork, they discuss how different artists show feelings and emotions. Using the internet, they research how other cultures express their feelings and...
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Maths Zone

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A huge collection of math online games for all ages. Access different types of math such as: use and apply, count and understand, addition and subtraction number facts, multiplication and division number facts, shapes, measuring, and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Chinese Music & Dance: More or Less

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students learn about Chinese culture and the concept of greater than and less than. After watching a student performance of a Chinese song and dance students are taught the difference between locomotor and non-locomotor motions. Students...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Measuring What Counts: Memorization Versus Understanding

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The author considers a situation from her own math classroom that lead her to re-evaluate her ideas about assessment. She follows with advice for developing what she calls "applied learning" in the classroom.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Shape "Monsters" at Night

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Using Melanie Watt's book entitled Scaredy Squirrel at Night, this multi-day lesson allows students to apply information about Scaredy Squirrel's night time experiences and its fears as their final product model. Students will create...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Which Weighs More? Which Weighs Less?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners will use a block to compare with other objects to decide which is heavier/lighter. They will fill in a chart by drawing a picture of it under "Heavier" or "Lighter" depending which applies.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Partying With Two/three Digit Whole Numbers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The purpose of this lesson is to apply the operations of addition to solve problems using multiple strategies. The learners will communicate their math knowledge during the process by showing examples and discussing their work. This...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Tan Ii

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The Chinese character mark for Tan II (pronounced she-tow-bah) is the second of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students...

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