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Curated OER

The Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research origin of solar system, discuss theories they have found, and create paper mache solar system models.
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Curated OER

Louisiana Regional Foodways

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students strengthen their research techniques in locating, selecting, and synthesizing information from a variety of texts, media, references and internet resources to study regional food way traditions in Louisiana. They assess the...
PPT
Curated OER

Cite Right

For Teachers 7th - 9th
What do you need to cite, and how can you avoid plagiarizing? This presentation is aimed at beginning writers, and it details some of the ways people plagiarize (even accidentally) and what sort of information needs to be cited. The...
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Curated OER

Using "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" to Teach Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners discuss cause and effect relationships and the chain reaction involved before listening to the story "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears". Students create flow charts to show the chain reactions of causes and effects in the...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Test Skill Builders for Reading: Making Judgments [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Standardized test practice for students in grades 5 and 6. Students read a practice passage and answer questions that require them to make judgments about such things as fact or opinion and the author's purpose. Answers to the practice...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Cutest Animal Finalists

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the information about animals that students have voted as being "the cutest" in a Weekly Reader contest. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fact or Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will be introduced to the difference between facts and opinions. They will practice determining which statements are facts and which are opinions. Activities include sorting and classifying...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Natural Gas: An Energy Resource [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Natural Gas: An Energy Resource" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about how natural gas is located, drilled for, and sent through pipelines throughout the country to people's homes. It is followed by questions which require...
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Read Works

Read Works: Food for Thought

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the implementation of healthy lunches at schools. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works

Read Works: Nasa's Stardust Review

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the world problem of unsafe drinking water. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Read Works

Read Works: Fashion Do or Don't

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage expresses the pros and cons of school uniforms. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...