Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clifford Phonics Fun

For Teachers K
Students develop phonemic awareness skills. They recognize consonant sound spellings and distinguish easily confused letter pairs. Students examine common short and long vowel sound spellings. They read stories containing high frequency...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Holiday Celebrations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore three cultural holidays and compare and contrast the ways varied cultural groups celebrate their heritage.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Valley Forge

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation. They also describe the lives of American heroes...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tall Tales

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students are provided with an opportunity to explore not only the interface but also the variety of scenery and objects available on the program. Younger students may require additional teacher assistance during the computer activity.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Gingerbread Man - Cutting in Half

For Teachers K
Students use the gingerbread man that they made earlier in the day. They demonstrate how to cut the gingerbread man in half, leaving two fair shares or two pieces the same. The gingerbread man pattern is imbedded in an attached file in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interrupting Chicken

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the book Interrupting Chicken about someone who keeps interrupting. In this reading lesson plan, students discuss how they should not interrupt in class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Plants Are Important to Us

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore plant life. In this plant instructional activity, 1st graders examine various plant life and categorize them. Students graph their data and make journal entries regarding their work.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Haggadah Pesach

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students recognize that the seder is targeted for all types of learners and generations across time. They internalize that questions, and not merely the answers, are an integral part of the learning process, according to Jewish tradition.
Activity
Other

Tikatok: Imagine a Story: Create a Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Tikatok is a tool for creating storybooks using your own text and images. It is free to join, but there are fees when you order a completed book. E-books can be downloaded fairly cheaply. Printed copies cost more. The value in the site...
Activity
Other

Tikatok: Imagine a Story: Create a Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Tikatok is a tool for creating storybooks using your own text and images. It is free to join, but there are fees when you order a completed book. E-books can be downloaded fairly cheaply. Printed copies cost more. The value in the site...
Website
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Not So Scary Storybook October

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Great list of ideas for creating a storybook about the month of October.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Games: Create Your Own Storybook Adventure

For Students K - 1st
Create your own storybooks by first choosing a character: Pretty Princess, Word Girl, or Becky Botsford. Next, choose a book from the shelf, and then, as you listen and follow along with the story, select things to be included in the...
Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Analyzing a Project Description

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Read the project description for learners creating a children's storybook. Analyze the text based on five elements (describe task, achieve authenticity, establish criteria, clarify strategies, communicate rubric).
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Character Web

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, young scholars will create a character web. Students will use a character from their storybook character for the web.
Professional Doc
Other

Calendario Enriquecedor / Transformative Calendar [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This 41-page calendar is a collection of book and poem suggestions for children, in Spanish and English, that align with special dates thrughout the year. The calendar was created by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy.
Website
Other

Story Jumper

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students can create their own storybooks using this website. They can add backgrounds, props, characters, personal photos or artwork, text, and their own voices. Free registration is required in order to save their work. There is a cost...
Unit Plan
Globe

The Globe Program: Air Quality Module

For Teachers K - 1st
In this storybook, the GLOBE Kids investigate colors in the sky and learn how air pollution affects sky color and our health. Learning activities engage students in describing sky color and conditions in the atmosphere, creating a model...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Southwest Mn Fish Families

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Describes a activity where students are introduced to a live fish caught locally. After discussion of its characteristics, and having students draw and label it, they listen to a storybook about fishing, and are introduced to a set of...