Curated OER
The Gruffalo
In this The Gruffalo worksheet, students listen to the story The Gruffalo, sequence sentences, choose the correct words in sentences, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Kitty: Cat Vocabulary
In this cat vocabulary worksheet, students complete a 6 question on-line interactive exercise. From a list of vocabulary words, students fill in the missing words in a story about a cat.
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Rules
Learners read about an autistic boy and learn about how he communicates. In this picture book summary lesson, students draw illustrations of events in the story that convey the theme.
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Thanks Be To You
Students research U.S. history by completing a worksheet activity in class. In this historical figure instructional activity, students identify the contributions and risks taken by the former African-American leader Martin Luther King...
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Abraham Lincoln
In this biography worksheet, students read a one page factual story about Abraham Lincoln. Students then answer 7 questions about the story.
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O Time, thou must untangle this": Tangling up the Love in Twelfth Night
Tenth graders are broken into groups to review a section of The Twelfth Night. They are then given a handout of the same material in which they are to break up material which conveys a single idea. They are to preform this idea to the...
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Koala Lou: A Lesson on Love From Australia
Students will learn how family members can help and support each other as they listen to the story Koala Lou by Mem Fox. They will also learn about Australia as they study the animals illustrated in the book.
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Loving Letter "L"
Learners identify the grapheme and phoneme for L. They practice writing the letter L and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /l/. They associate the phoneme /l/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Lost Lyrics of Love, Lust, and Losers
Twelfth graders explore the connection between poetry and the "real world". They are reminded of the elements used in poetic interpretation, and use them to analyze various texts.
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TO LOVE, HONOR AND OBEY (ONE'S PARENTS!)
Young scholars examine parent-child tensions regarding obedience and communication, in order to explain the conflicts in the opening scene of King Lear. They discuss ways in which expectations for studenT obedience were different in...
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Shirley Loves To Shake Her Shakers
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Let's Read! I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
Students demonstrate portion sizes that are too large and ones that are "just right."
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I Think Mom Loves You Best
Sixth graders listen to, "The Pain and the Great One", by Judy Blume. They discuss advantages and disadvantages to having a particular position in a family. They write a paragraph from the main character's point of view.
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Adjectives Cloze Exercise
In this language arts worksheet, students insert appropriate adjectives in 14 sentences with missing words. A picture clue at the end of each sentence will help students choose an adjective to put in the blank.
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Homophones: Cloze the Gap!
In this homophones review worksheet, students use words from the homophone list to fill in the blanks in 13 sentences so that they make sense.
British Council
Romeo and Juliet
An engaging video featuring William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is accompanied by six activities designed to reinforce vocabulary, story elements, and comprehension. Scholars match words to pictures, place events in sequential order,...
Saddleback College
How to Find the Main Idea
What's the difference between the main idea of a text and the topic? Take kids through the process of literary analysis with a presentation about finding the main idea and supporting details. Additionally, it guides learners through...
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Twelfth Night: QAR
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is used to model for readers how to craft four levels of questions that promote comprehension. Questions that can be answered with evidence right there in the text, questions that require readers to think and...
Art Educators of New Jersey
Exploring Eric Carle’s Painted Collage
Where does inspiration come from? Where do writers get their ideas? What about visual artists? A PowerPoint and a video introduce middle schoolers to children's author and illustrator Eric Carle and how he found inspiration in the work...
Innovative Mobile Apps
Fry Words
Looking for a straightforward app for practicing high-frequency words? You've found one here! This app includes all 1000 Fry words and several ways for kids to practice with each and every one.
Prestwick House
Our Town
A crossword puzzle asks readers of Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, to recall events and characters in the 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.
Ingram
Teaching Guide Charlotte's Web
Enrich your study of Charlotte's Web by E.B. White with this useful resource. Included here are 22 discussion questions, 15 extension ideas, and 10 curriculum questions that cover characters, plot, farming, and much, much more.
Lied Center of Kansas
The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare
Both The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare are great additions to an elementary language arts instructional activity. Young readers focus on the literary elements of each story, including characters and plot development, and...
Prestwick House
Romeo and Juliet
What is the setting of Romeo and Juliet? Who is the rich count who wants to marry Juliet? The 24 clues in a crossword puzzle test readers' knowledge of the events in Shakespeare's famous play of two young star-crossed lovers.