Curated OER
Can You Hear the River?
In this camping beginning reader learning exercise, students cut apart, color and assemble a 12 page mini book about a camping trip. The page text is in the form of questions and answers. The sight vocabulary writing practice and...
Curated OER
Colors
When young learners practice color recognition they are also building skills in matching, identifying, and naming. Students will veiw several slides showing a color word writen in that color, then several slides showing just the word,...
Curated OER
I Can Make New Words
A fun rhyming song written out on these slides help learners comprehend what word families consist of in order to make their own new words! For example, they first see tan, can, fan, and ran with the initial different letters in a...
Novelinks
The House on Mango Street: List-Group-Label
Encourage close reading of the text and a focus on how Sandra Cisneros' develops her characters with an activity that asks teams to sort, group, and label character descriptions from The House on Mango Street.
Curated OER
Match the Words with Pictures Starting with Q
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and match them to the appropriate words that begin with the letter Q. The worksheet may be printed in color or black and white.
Curated OER
Color and Read Long Vowel Words #4
In this long vowel worksheet, students read and color words with the long e sound, 8 words total. The worksheet has a reference web site for additional activities.
Curated OER
Sorting and Using Materials: Words That Describe Objects
In this describing objects worksheet, learners color 6 pictures of common objects. Students read the 16 describing words in a word bank and write the words that fit each picture in the box underneath each one.
Kelly's Kindergarten
April Daily Resources
Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics.
Curated OER
Reading
Primary readers read books in order to practice word recognition, rhyming, and play reading games. They will "read" simple books to reinforce basic reading skills in order to create a foundation. Readers are available to print out along...
Curriculum Corner
7th Grade ELA "I Can" Statement Posters
Help your seventh graders relate the ELA Common Core standards to their own learning with these "I Can" statement posters. Each standard has been translated into a statement that pupils can understand and placed on its own page for...
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
0-10 Table Number Lines
Support your mathematicians' number fluency using this table number line. Each line includes numbers one through ten, the number written in word form, and a color picture representation.
EngageNY
Deepening Your Research
Give credit where credit is deserved. Scholars discuss what makes a credible source as they take a look at "An Apparel Factory Defies Sweatshop Label, but Can It Thrive?" Learners read the article to look for answers to the research...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 8 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 2)
Divide, hundreds, and place value are just a few terms included in this 16 flash card set designed to support math vocabulary. The set offers two types of cards; a word card, and a corresponding picture representation with labels. ...
Channel Islands Film
Dark Water: Lesson Plan 2 - Grade 3
A discussion of bioluminescence launches an investigation of animal adaptations. After re-watching the opening minutes of Dark Water, class members listen to a reading of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This, and then create a new...
Curated OER
Exploring the Sky: Reading Maria's Comet
Discover the science behind astronomy. After reading the book Maria's Comet, which is about a young woman who breaks new ground by becoming a female astronomer, young learners practice reading comprehension with...
K12 Reader
The Grand Canyon
After reading s short description of the Grand Canyon, readers demonstrate their ability to use context to determine the meaning of words in the passage.
Resources for Educators
Math & Science Connection
Whether you're using a collection of Dr. Seuss books to teach basic math skills like counting, adding, and subtracting, or exploring the different states of matter by melting a crayon with a hairdryer, a series...
K12 Reader
Proverbs and Adages: What Do They Mean?
You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but feel free to find the silver lining in a learning exercise about common proverbs and adages. Learners read six popular adages and write their literal definitions on the lines provided.
Yummy Math
Valentine’s Day = Roses
Roses are red, but did you know that some are lighter while others are darker? Scholars read an infographic to decipher the fraction and percent of rose color and their country of origin. They go on to make comparisons and estimate while...
Memorial Art Gallery
Art Alive! - Towing a Boat, Honfleur
Color, light and shadow, the placement and size of objects. These are some of the tools artists used to tell their stories. Model for learners how to read a painting by closely examining these features. The richly detailed packet...
Curated OER
I'm a Little Teapot
In this rhyme worksheet, students read a nursery rhyme about a teapot. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
Curated OER
Color, Play, Podcast
Students encounter the format of a podcast and plan what content they will include. They work in small groups or with the whole class to develop an outline. Students practice reading their scripts to other students.
Curated OER
Bible-based Easter Season Packet
Several activities supplement the study of Bible verses that tell the story of Easter week (Luke 19:28-40 and Psalm 118:27-28a). Young religious scholars apply what they learn from listening to the reading to a crossword puzzle, word...
K20 LEARN
Poetry as Social Justice: Reading and Writing Poetry
Words can be a powerful tool in the hands of a poet. Class members examine a poem written by Ross Gay in response to the death of Eric Garner and a news report of the same death. They then read an article about the death of Tamir Rice...