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Curated OER

Creative Homework Assignments Can Motivate Students

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Teachers can make homework more meaningful by giving students interesting and motivating assignments.
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Curated OER

Integrating Science and Literature: Life as We Knew It

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Supplement your science units with science fiction novels!
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Kid Pix

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore technology and its uses. They explore Kid Pix software and create pictures displaying their interests. They review their spelling list words and use Kid Pix to choose tools to demonstrate their words. They write...
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Curated OER

Colds: Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this colds reading comprehension practice worksheet, students read a 2 paragraph selection and respond to 11 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Dinosaurs - Online Research

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders familiarize themselves with dinosaurs through online research.
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Curated OER

Heat: Mini Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars experiment with heat. In this physical science lesson plan, students engage in hands-on activities to develop concepts related to heat. Young scholars offer explanations for their observations using given vocabulary.
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Curated OER

Weather or Not

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore weather. In this meteorology lesson, 6th graders create weather instruments and compare and contrast weather data.
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Curated OER

"Hand 'n Glove"

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify community helpers and learn about their jobs with this role-play game.
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Curated OER

An Encyclo-ME-dia for Every Child

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars create a digital scrapbook that shows information-text and pictures that are specific to each child. They make charts and graphs. They use digital cameras, scanners, software, to write captions, stories, poems, letters,...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Music Center: Days of the Week and Area

For Students K - 1st
Join Skip the kangaroo and help him decide the days of the week.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: Time & Data: Days of the Week

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn the mysteries of time and date with Dalia in Egypt.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Igloo: Days of the Week

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On this interactive website, student practice various math skills using a real life scenario at an igloo. Those skills include naming the days of the week and identifying the differences between weekdays and weekends.
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Day of the Week

For Students K - 1st Standards
The interactive resource displays the day of the week a student was born on. A nursery rhyme about the different days is also included.
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Number of the Week [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Students will be given numbers of the week and each day will have acitivities to complete using those numbers.
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Weeks

For Students 6th - 8th
The time resource investigates weeks. Topics discussed are days in a week, weeks in a year, weekdays, and weekends. Practice exercises with solutions are also provided.
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendar Math Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This website offers plenty of links for activities around the topic of calendar math using estimation, measurement, and computations.
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: A Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st
How long is a day? What do most children do during certain hours of the day? What is day? This site offers the answers to these questions, lists the days of the week, and provides a hour-by-hour listing of what a typical kid's day...
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Days, Weeks, Months, and Years

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Simple explanation of what makes up a day, a week, a month, and a year.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Math Minute

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a cumulative math review for each day of the week.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Math Minute

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a cumulative math review for each day of the week.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Monday's Child

For Students K - 1st Standards
Do you know what day of the week were you born? You can find the exact day when you try this math challenge that explores problem solving with algorithms. Find out how scientist and statisticians use algorithms in their jobs. A one page...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Measurement: Using a Calendar

For Students 2nd - 5th
This site provides great practice on the concept of using a calendar and elapsed time. Students can first learn about the topic by watching a step by step instruction video that also points out areas of concern. Finally, students can...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: First Grade Math Calendar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a calendar activity that takes place each morning. The students are introduced to a variety of standards. The students continue to build on their learning and the calendar becomes a...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Heart Line Express

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, learners will plan and execute a week-long school-wide valentine sales business. From the Grand Plan to job applications, interviews, valentine production, advertising, sales and profits students are immersed in the...