Curated OER
An Experiment in Unfair Treatment/Prejudice
A rigged spelling bee gives class members a chance to experience some of the feelings associated with unfair treatment. Team one is given easy words while team two is given difficult words. As teams realize the unfairness the instructor...
Curated OER
Similes and Metaphors
Reward your class with tasty treats while teaching them about simile and metaphor. After a teacher demo and explanation of simile and metaphor, pupils read books, looking for examples of these literary devices and copying them down....
Curated OER
Karaoke in the Classroom
In this word recognition activity, students use a karaoke program to read and sing songs, enhancing their sight word recognition. Students preform these songs to each other. This could also be a fun way to introduce new vocabulary or...
Curated OER
Classroom Animals and Pets - Insects and Co.- Walking Sticks
Students observe walking stick insects. They prepare a habitat for a walking stick. Students discuss the characteristics of these insects. They examine the parts of the body.
American Psychological Association
Teaching Is Fundamental
It's important for teachers to have a strong support system—especially in the first few years of their career. Help teachers' partners, spouses, and friends understand the most compassionate ways to provide emotional support with a...
Nemours KidsHealth
Safe and Healthy Summer: Grades 3-5
Scholars become familiar with a tool designed to ensure a safe and healthy summer. Following the "5-2-1-Almost None" rule, pupils eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables, keep screen-time under two hours, be physically active...
Nemours KidsHealth
Screen Time: Grades K-2
Two lessons encourage class members to go screen-free. The first lesson plan challenges two teams to create a list of screen-free games. The team with the most ideas wins. Individuals then draw a picture of themselves doing one of the...
Certificate Street
Most Improved Student Award
Recognize improvement with a certificate and reinforce the idea that hard work does pay off. The document is editable; type in a student name, date, and teacher name to personalize and finalize the award.
Curated OER
Bonus Reinforcement System
While this resource is specific to one autistic learner, it may serve to assist you with developing a similar behavior modification system in your class. The resource includes a full rationale for the use of the system and the printable...
Curated OER
Rushing to Succeed
Pressure to cover standards may lead to less time spent on important critical thinking skills.
Cengage Learning
Economics and Personal Finance
You don't have to be an economist to understand this packet packed with information and exercises about economics and personal finance. Designed for high schoolers, the activities explain why setting short and long terms goals is...
Curated OER
Be Strong / Live Strong Stationary Bike Program
Pupils participate in a Be Strong Bike Program that rewards them for exhibiting positive behavior. If a student is caught doing something good, they receive a positive behavior slip that has a written description of their positive...
Curated OER
Kindness Cards
Students participate in the random acts of kindness program. In this acts of kindness lesson plan, students receive a card for each random act of kindness they are associated with. They receive monthly rewards and are entered into a...
Curated OER
Learning About Writers
Young scholars explore how authors write stories. For this careers lesson, students invite an author into the classroom and ask him/her questions about writing as a career.
Curated OER
Weekly Math Challenge
Learners solve a new math challenge every week. In this math center activity, students explain the process of solving the weekly challenge. Learners are assessed on what is included in their challenge notebook. Students earn rewards for...
Curated OER
Comparing Colleges
Learners begin process of selecting suitable colleges by exploring colleges in foreign countries and reflecting on a possible future life far from their native countries. They rank various criteria for selecting colleges, discuss...
Curated OER
Using High School Students to Teach Biology to Deaf Elementary Students
Young scholars teach Biology concepts to elementary students, in particular deaf young scholars, by traveling once a month to the elementary classroom with activities / lessons that have been selected and prepared by the older students.
Curated OER
A Peaceful Place Is Powerful for the Mind
Fourth graders explore, analyze and interpret how schools can become peaceful places to learn and interact with others. They study a wide variety of avenues to achieve this task through classroom, community and career activities...
Curated OER
Diamonds Are Forever Fueling Civil Wars
Students explore the failures of the UN embargo on conflict diamonds from Sierra Leone. They participate in a trading game to explore the international trading system and the ways in which it rewards and punishes countries.
Curated OER
What a Garden Can Teach Us
Third graders read "Seedfolks" and "What a Garden Can Teach Us" and discuss how a garden is like a community. They create a class quilt illustrating how their classroom community the lines of the poem.
Autism Speaks
Improving Sleep for Children with Autism
Sometimes learners with autism have trouble getting into routines and schedules, especially when it comes to sleep. Quickly refer to a guide that provides tips, checklists, sample schedules, and visuals to help your child become a better...
University of New Mexico
Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Three mini units make up one large unit designed to explore multiculturalism and encourage cultural identity. Each lesson sparks thoughtful discussion, critical thinking, and are equipped with activities and assignments geared to...
Pearson
Past Tense Game
Teach and taught, learn and learned! Work with your class on the past tense with some guided practice and a game. As a class, match the present tense verbs with their past tense counterparts. Learners then split off into pairs to play...
Little 10 Robot
YodelOh™ Math Mountain
Save the yodeler from falling off the top of the mountain using basic math skills. Have endless fun while developing fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.