Curated OER
Bon Voyage: Travel and Exploration
Students use the internet and other media to locate and collect information about travel. They interpret the information they collect and convert American currency to foreign currency. Students create scale drawings of travel cards.
Curated OER
Pluperfect
In this pluperfect worksheet, students review and discuss how pluperfect verbs are formed and fill in the gaps with the correct verb in five sentences or phrases.
Curated OER
The Largest Volcano on Earth
Students create time-lines of tow major eruptions and use this information to determine what happens during an eruption. In this volcano lesson students read information about previous eruptions and create a time line.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: World's Oldest Man Dies
In this English worksheet, students read "World's Oldest Man Dies," and then respond to 20 fill in the blank, 15 short answer, 8 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Other
Children's Book Week: Book Week Online
Children's Book Week occurs in May and is a celebration of children's books and their authors. Here you will find many suggestions for how to celebrate in the classroom and the community.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: National Children's Book Week
As part of a unit on National Children's Book Week, this classroom activity suggests ways in which teachers can implement themes of the week into various lessons. The site also includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Seven Little Maids, Or, the Birthday Week by Mary A. Lathbury
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Seven Little Maids, or, The Birthday Week by Mary A. Lathbury (c1884), a picture book with a poem for children for each day of the week.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Children of the Week by William Theodore Peters
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Children of the Week by William Theodore Peters (1886), an illustrated children's novel.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Seven Little Maids: The Birthday Week by Mary A. Lathbury
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Seven Little Maids: The Birthday Week by Mary A. Lathbury (c1884), includes an illustrated poem for each day of the birthday week.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Around the Week
"Around the Week", written in 1931 by Ruby Hart, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 15 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Pleasure Book of the Year by George Routledge and Sons
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Pleasure Book of the Year by George Routledge and Sons [1870]. This is a collection of illustrated poetry representing each month of the year and activities for...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Holiday Week, and Other Sketches
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of The Holiday Week, and Other Sketches by Jane Alice Sargant, a book of stories for children.
University of Manitoba
The Manitoba Library Association: Cm Magazine
CM Magazine is an electronic magazine that is published every two weeks. It offers reviews of children's books and profiles of Canadian children's authors.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: How Do I Feel Today?
A story about the feelings children have each day of the week. Includes audio narration in 11 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Goodbye Days
A book about the days of the week. Includes audio narration in 11 additional languages with text in English.
Other
No Water River: The Picture Book and Poetry Place
This fun website offers weekly blogs including poetry videos, picture book and poetry book overviews, activities for each book or poem, interviews with children's poets and illustrators, links to resources including information on poets,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Reading Buddies
Students will increase reading and writing proficiency and heighten interest in reading through this Reading Buddy program. During this two-week unit each middle school student will use technology tools to create an original holiday...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Babes of the Year by Edith M. Thomas
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's picture book Babes of the Year by Edith M. Thomas. It features color illustrations of little girls and a poem for each month of the year.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: As Months Go by by Annie Matheson
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's picture book As Months Go By by Annie Matheson (1888). It illustrates the months of the year and provides a poem for each.
EL Education
El Education: How Does Your Garden Grow?
This book was created by kindergarten students from the East End Community Charter School in Portland, Maine, as part of an eight-week learning expedition on local food and gardens called, "How Does Your Garden Grow?" These young...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
This lesson is part of a week-long unit. It focuses on the pre-reading phase of guided reading. It aims to activate prior knowledge, preview vocabulary, and set a purpose for reading. This book deals with a very sensitive issue that most...