Curated OER
Ramadan - living in a diverse world
Students examine Muslim traditional and Ramadan. They explore traditions and history of Ramadan. Students discuss positive and negative habits. They create a Ramadan 'advent calendar.
Curated OER
Word Choice: Loss and Lost
In these word choice worksheets, students read the sentences and then complete each sentence with the word loss and lost.
Mind Tools
Mind Tools: French and Raven's 5 Forms of Power: Power and the Work Place
Understand the quality of how to hold power and influence others through John French's and Bertrum Raven's five elements of power, including legitimate, reward, expert, referent, and coercive. Learn how these powers are linked to become...
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Frank Merriwell\'s Reward
This ebook version of Burt L. Standish's Frank Merriwell\'s Reward has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Reward" by Melville Davisson Post
Text of the short story "The Reward" by Melville Davisson Post. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Read Works
Read Works: Flying High
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the risks and rewards of extreme action sports. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Read Works
Read Works: Pizza Problems
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the appropriateness of reading programs that reward students with unhealthy food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
Read Works
Read Works: Pizza Problems
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the problem with reading programs that reward students with unhealthy food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: The Wise Choice
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Peter whose wise decision earned a reward from the queen. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: News Debate Cash Courses
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether students should or should not get paid to attend class. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Tricks for Treats: How Long Does It Take to Train Your Pet?
Have you ever been to an animal show and seen a sea lion balance a ball on his nose, or a tiger jump through a hoop? Or maybe you've met dogs who can sit, fetch, shake, or beg on command. The range of tricks that you can teach animals is...
Other
The Poem Tree: X. J. Kennedy
The Poem Tree, an anthology of metered poetry, provides a brief biographical note about Kennedy, and links to the text of some of his works.
The Franklin Institute
Marie Curie
Read the history of Marie Curie and her work with radium. Use the tabs above to read more about this scientist, her research, and her rewards.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Entrepreneurs
Starting your own business can be a daunting task. But for many, the idea of working for themselves rather than a large corporation is a dream come true. And although it can be a lot of hard work, owning your own business can be...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Inventive Incentive
There are many ways in which people are rewarded or penalized for doing, or not doing, their work. These are known as incentives.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Mystery of Is It Mine or Ours?
Students will learn that people respond predictably to positive incentives (rewards) and negative incentives (penalties). They will identify incentives in their daily lives at home and school. Students will discuss which incentives have...
Code.org
Code.org: Careers in Tech
Careers in computer science and technology can be fun and rewarding. Find out what a person working in these fields does.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Sci Girl: Collection
SciGirls has the bold goal of changing how millions of girls think about science, technology, engineering and math -- or STEM. Each half-hour episode highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Sci Girls
SciGirls has the bold goal of changing how millions of girls think about science, technology, engineering and math - or STEM. Each half-hour episode highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Little Red Hen [Pdf]
"The Little Red Hen" is a one page fable about the other animals not helping the little red hen plant wheat, harvest it, or bake the bread, so they did not get to eat it either. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Great Ideas for Motivating Students
Strategies and downloadable content to use while motivating students in your classroom. Includes topics such as: Establishing a Framework for Achieving Success, Establishing Class Identity, Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal, Make...