Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning Life Lessons through Fables

2nd Standards
Explore a variety of fables to learn life's lessons through engaging stories. Add rigor to the learning process with activities that include matching a a fable to the story's moral, short answer exit slips, and a three-column graphic...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading a Comparison-Contrast Essay

4th - 6th Standards
Turn your passive readers into active readers with an engaging lesson on reading informational text. Focused on compare and contrast structured essays, the activity prompts elementary learners to jot down questions and think-aloud...
Lesson Plan
Monterey Bay Aquarium

What's in a Name?

3rd - 6th Standards
Combine art and word analysis in a instructional activity about genus and species. Elementary children sleuth out the meaning of scientific names for a number of shark species using a prefix and suffix definition chart. They then draw an...