Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Online Art Sites

For Teachers K - 8th
Students complete an online study of art websites. In this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Holiday Cards using Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a holiday card using technology. In this technology lesson plan, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Students organize, design, and edit their card.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Holiday Flier in Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use Publisher in this lesson to make a holiday flier. In this technology lesson, students create a holiday flier. Students choose fonts, use clipart, use grammar and spelling check, and save to their work to a flash drive or...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visit My Class Wikis

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students visit the links on the blog site to learn about class wikis. In this technology integration lesson, students visit the links to view class wikis.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: "Introduction to Poetry," by Billy Collins

For Students 9th - 10th
"Introduction To Poetry" is, appropriately, the first poem in the Poetry 180 site. Collins describes how he wishes students would read poetry, as opposed to the way they are trained to read it.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180

For Students 9th - 10th
Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem each day of the 180 days of the school year. Poet laureate Billy Collins has selected these poems with high school students in mind.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Interventions for Struggling Adolescent Readers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article presents a round-up of intervention initiatives aimed at struggling adolescent readers. It provides a snapshot of program characteristics and research findings for Reciprocal Teaching, Apprenticeship in Reading, Read 180,...