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Homeschooling Chronicles - Enrichment Activities
A full schedule doesn't mean a better one. Picking and choosing extra classes can be enriching and not overwhelming.
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Making a Difference: Community Helpers Lesson Plans
Children can learn about volunteering and put that knowledge into action with community helpers lesson plans.
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China: Dim Sum: K-1 Numeral Recognition Lesson
Students practice counting from one to twenty, identify numerals, write numerals one through twenty and match numerals to object.
Perkins School for the Blind
Personal Information
"Hi, how are you? My name is___." Seems simple enough but it's not always that easy to recall and relate factual information about yourself. Learners with multiple disabilities practice memorizing and relaying personal information about...
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ESL: Tenses in Passive Voice
In this ESL passive voice tense worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, writing verbs in proper tense and passive voice.
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Enhancing Listening Comprehension
Students develop, discuss and practice listening skills in English, focusing on prediction activities and strategies for coping with difficult listening situations.
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Tie Dye Eggs
Students create "tie-dye" easter eggs in this easy elementary school instructional activity. Materials needed include paper towels, food coloring, eggs, and rubber gloves. This Easter instructional activity can be accomplished in 30...
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School Violence: Is It in Your Backyard?
Students share, through discussion and writing, their feelings about violence in schools, as well as about ways in which such incidents and tragedies could be prevented.
Curated OER
Ocean Animals vs. Humans
Learners use critical thinking skills to solve word problems using ratios that allow them to compare humans to ocean animals.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Fellowship of the Whales
A documentary [50:38] sharing the first year of life of a humpback whale calf. From birth near Hawaii, to first months of life and the importance of bonding with the mother who teaches and protects the calf as they migrate north to...
Can Teach
Can Teach: Songs and Poems
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
Other
Abrams Books: Picture Day Perfection: A Common Core State Standards Aligned
This activity and discussion guide uses the book "Picture Day Perfect" to teach multiple common core state standards for language arts. Included in this lesson are discussion questions, a craft project, printable worksheets, and an...
Scholastic
Scholastic: National Poetry Month
A bunch of great poetry resources and lessons! Each lesson lists grade appropriateness. Although this site was created with national poetry month in mind, most of the lessons can be used any time of year.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teach Your Way
Teach your way with this timely collection of resources aligned to monthly themes and skills for PreK-2 students. Use the monthly Teach Your Way calendar and planner to integrate media in creative and developmentally-appropriate ways,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Is Today?
SWBAT identify the name of the month, number of the day, and number of the year on a calendar. SWBAT explore math tools, and will demonstrate their ability to count 20 objects.