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Messenger Education

Snow Goggles and Limiting Sunlight

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Why would someone need contact lenses that offer UV protection? With a 28-page packet full of instruction and worksheets, learners discuss solar radiation and its potential harm to eyes. They make snow goggles similar...
Activity
Poetry4kids

How to Write an Apology Poem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Put a silly spin on making amends with an apology poem. Budding poets think of a time they were made to apologize although they didn't mean it. They then turn their experience into a poem that offers details and ends with an explanation...
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Curated OER

Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers K - 1st
Here is a fun way to investigate fruits and vegetables. In this healthy diet and reading lesson, learners read and recite several poems about fruits and vegetables. They sort pictures and word cards with assorted names of fruits and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Building Background Knowledge: Stagecraft

For Students 9th - 12th
Mise en scene? Flyrail? Ghost light? As the title suggests, the object of this group scavenger hunt, is to provide young stagehands with the background information they need to understand the specialized vocabulary of the theater.
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Curated OER

Vowel Sounds

For Teachers 4th
This plan aims to increase the reading proficiency of your fourth grade class. While no materials are provided, a list of activities to practice are included. Various activities include creating songs for short vowel sounds, using cue...
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Curated OER

Madeline Coloring Sheet

For Students 2nd - 5th
Young artists draw a picture of what magical things can were seen in Washington D.C. while traveling along a magic tide. 
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Curated OER

See the light

For Students 2nd - 4th
How do light and eyesight function? Read a brief passage explaining the phenomena of light and sight. Then have learners draw arrows showing how a boy in a room with a lamp would be able to see a chair. A mini-experiment suggestion is...
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Pearson

Lesson Plan: Introduction to Plato’s Cave

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Can we perceive reality or are we chained by preconceptions that limit our vision? Plato’s allegory “The Cave” serves to introduce nascent philosophers to Plato’s dialogues and hopefully to engender a love of ideas and discourse. A...
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Curated OER

Keyboard Spelling Practice

For Teachers 2nd
After teaching kids the hand placement generally used for typing, give them a short list of common words to practice with. They type tight, light, sight, night, bright, and fight as fast and accurate as possible. 
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Curated OER

Musical Note Value

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students will identify each symbol by sight stating the value of each. They will use cardboard notes to who what they have learned so far about the note values creating 4 and 6 count phrases.
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Curated OER

Blushing Pumpkins

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore the changing seasons, and how the weather affects plant in various regions. They examine a pumpkin utilizing their touch, sight and smelling senses. They draw a large chalk pumpkin with a stem. They color their pumpkin...
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Curated OER

Maya Lin: Architect & Sculptor

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore and study about Maya Yang Lin and her influences on contemporary Chinese/American art. They assess the difference between architecture and sculptor and then create a miniature model of an expressive sculptor to symbolize...
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Curated OER

Read The Words, Copy The Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
Young readers are given a collection of ten sight words. They must read them aloud, then write them down in the boxes provided. This resource would serve well as an in-class assessment to see how your pupils are reading, as well as how...
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Curated OER

Read The Words, Copy The Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
Here is a simple worksheet in which learners read ten sight words aloud, then copy them in the boxes provided below. The worksheet could be used as a quick assessment of how your pupils are doing with their oral reading and handwriting...
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Curated OER

Read The Words, Copy The Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
Young writers read ten words, then write them down in boxes down below. This worksheet could be used as a quick in-class assessment to see how your kids are doing with their sight words and with their writing skills. Simple, but...
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Primary Success Publication

Apples: Basic Reader

For Teachers K - 2nd
Apples are a delicious treat, and this paper book is sure to treat your young learners to reading success through its use of repeated phrases, basic sight words, fun pictures, and rhyming words. A high-interest resource that can be used...
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Curated OER

Read The Words, Copy The Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
Very young readers and writers are given 10 basic sight words. They must read each one aloud, then write each of the words in the spaces provided. This would be a good way to assess how your kids are doing with their oral reading and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Read The Words, Copy The Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
Young readers are given a list of ten basic sight words. They must read the words aloud, then copy them down in the space provided. This resource might best be used as an in-class assessment. A teacher could quickly hear how children are...
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Curated OER

Math Worksheet 1: Subtraction B

For Students 2nd - 3rd
At first sight, younger mathematicians may be intimidated. Tell them not to worry because with a little practice they'll be able to subtract single digit numbers from double-digit numbers ending in 0 with ease. There are 16 problems...
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Curated OER

'I'm Just Totally Lost' About Finances

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the concept of financial planning with your class. High schoolers read an article about planning for the financial future and discuss what steps the family in the article took to be financially sound. They consider where they...
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Curated OER

The Shopping List: Vocabulary Words

For Teachers 1st
If used as a quick look at the long I sound, this resource would be a good addition. Although it only has a few examples, it could be a way to review this skill with younger students. There is also a list of sight words that students...
PPT
Curated OER

Phonics -

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
The "-ight" sound is the focus of this simple, yet effective, PowerPoint. Young readers practice identifying and saying the "-ight" sound. Then, they see how adding a variety of consonants in front of the "-ight" leads them to say new...
PPT
Curated OER

Alphabet N-Z: Beginning ESL Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Guide your ESL pupils through the second half of the English alphabet. Each slide features one letter (N-Z) and an illustration to accompany the letter. You could use this presentation in the context of a sight word lesson or in a review...
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Curated OER

Word List

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
High-frequency words can be used to construct simple phrases. Each of the 99 slides contains a 2-3 word phrase constructed using basic sight words. Could be used for early elementary or ESL.

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