Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adam's Fat Bat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and repeat words...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dribble The Basketball

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme /d/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /d/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /d/ with its letter representation and identify...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Naguib Mahfouz

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous leaders worksheet, learners read a passage about Naguib Mahfouz  and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communicating Through Pictures

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine photographs, paintings and drawings convey meaning and mood. The ability to 'read' a picture is an important literary skill. This activity gives students the opportunity to tell a story through pictures by creating a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy learning exercise, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Active Learner: "Dia's Story Cloth" Literature Guide

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discuss pre-reading focus questions and complete a KWL chart. In this language arts lesson, students mark passages or words they are unsure of with post-it notes to discuss later and answer comprehension questions after...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sammy Snake

For Teachers K
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cat Nap

For Teachers K
Students identify and interpret the concept of the vowel /a/ and recognize it in words and illustrations. They also practice writing both upper and lower case A on writing paper. Finally, students name pictures and circle the pictures...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Splitting the Atom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Internet to research the history of the splitting of the atom. They use that research to prepare a presentation on an aspect of that topic. A map is generated to record findings and results.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Can't Stop Itching

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. After reading the story "Liz is Six," students draw a picture with...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Emergent Readers With and Emergent Reader

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will sequence story events with the teacher and read an emergent reader in a guided setting. The chosen book, "Pilgrims and Wampanoag: Together They Were Better", has high use of sight words and high levels of picture support...
eBook
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Education: Kindergarten: Activity Book [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help kindergarteners reinforce their knowledge of the alphabet and learn sight words with the activities in this 325-page book. This workbook is designed to supplement the following Big Books: Animals in the Park: An ABC Book by Bob...
Website
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Storyplace: Children's Digital Learning Library

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site is a real find for teachers working with ELL students and all students who want to read great books! The Bookhive presents 100's of reviews of books recommended by librarians associated with the public libraries in Charlotte,...
Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Class Book Ideas: Story Frames

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site discusses how story frames are a great way to support emergent writers in the classroom. Lots of story prompts and writing frames to use in a K-2 classroom.
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Other

Wisconsin Educational Communication Board: Into the Book

For Students K - 1st Standards
This series of videos and interactive activities provide an excellent set of resources for teaching or learning the 8 research based reading strategies provided here. After receiving your "key" you can investigate the features inside and...
Website
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Mission Possible: Spy a Book! (Bilingual Resources)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explore history, culture, adventures, spies, secret codes, and mysteries through this collection literary activities and resources. Includes poems, clip art, and ideas for crafts.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Emergency Men" by George H. Jessop

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short "The Emergency Men" by George H. Jessop. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Unit Plan
Penguin Publishing

U.s. Penguin Group: Welcome to the World of Ezra Jack Keats! [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a collection of information about Ezra Jack Keats and his books for young readers. It includes biographical information, an annotated listing of his books; activity suggestions for four of his books; book suggestions by theme for...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Have Journal Will Travel: Promoting Family Involvement in Litera

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners build positive memories of literacy activities when they take turns taking home a book bag stuffed with items to encourage literacy interactions with their families.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Can We Learn From Pigs?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This thematic language arts instructional activity uses a variety of beginning reading books about pigs to help special education/early elementary young scholars learn about character traits and concepts. The wide use of graphic...
Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Maze

For Students K - 1st
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "The Maze". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Pegasus

For Students K - 1st
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "Pegasus". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Wings

For Students K - 1st
This is an interactive ebook of the Greek Myth "Wings". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.