Curated OER
Fortune Cookies Motivate Writing
Fortune cookies are used as motivation for a story. In this creative writing lesson, young writers review the six traits process. They discuss interesting characters, setting, problem and solution in a story. Original stories based on...
Curated OER
Do You Feel Lucky?
Young scholars calculate simple probabilities using mathematics then roll dice to test their predictions.
Curated OER
The Best of Times March Puzzle
In this holiday instructional activity, middle schoolers find the words in the puzzle related to St. Patrick's Day and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Luck
A learning module that begins with "Luck" by Mark Twain, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Fate & Free Will: Can We Control Our Fate?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Can we control our fate?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...