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Curated OER

Block & Tackle

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners participate in a lab experiment in which they discover the need for so many blocks and tackles on sailing ships. In groups, they make and test their predictions and practice measuring objects in various units. They record and...
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Curated OER

ESOL Shape identification

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students review vocabulary shape cards. They match oral words of shapes with flash cards then they make and label their own set of shape flash cards and then review with a classmate.
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Curated OER

La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars are introduced to the composer, Gioacchino Rossini, and discuss his life and musical culture.
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ESOL COnsumer Education

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the importance of saving money by shopping sales and reading advertisements. They share personal practices with comparison shopping to save money then complet "Shopping" activity.
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Curated OER

The Impact of Disease on our Lives

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore infectious diseases. They analyze the effect of a disease on the community. Students develop a public health policy that addresses the containment of the epidemic. Students create a policy and present findings as part...
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Curated OER

ESOL School Map Identification

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students review a school map and identify areas along with vocabulary words. They label a map as a class then create corresponding flash cards and practice new vocabulary flash cards in pairs.
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Curated OER

What's an Ecotect?

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners develop creative thinking skills that will help them in future jobs.  In this investigative lesson plan students select from a list of job titles, get into groups and make up job descriptions for them. 
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Curated OER

The History of Thanksgiving Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the history of Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson plan, 3rd graders read about the history of Thanksgiving, complete vocabulary activities, and write a journal entry from the point of view of someone who lived...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using a Word Journal to Create a Dictionary

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson enables middle schoolers to track unfamiliar words as they read, link these words to their background knowledge, create new sentences for their words, and develop a final project that displays their new vocabulary. Great...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Internalization of Vocabulary Through the Use of a Word Map

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Students practice with words and develop both denotative and contextual knowledge through two agents-purposeful sequencing of steps and collaboration with peers.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Shared Spelling Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for a lesson that will provide students with strategies for spelling unfamiliar words. Students are asked to use phonological awareness and visual recall, analyze alternative spellings, and use a variety of resources...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Read Strategically: Retain New Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on strategies to retain new words such as reading voraciously, use a good dictionary and thesaurus, use new words, and learn a new word every day. It also provides an annotated biography of resource...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ready, Set, Research!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars will have the opportunity to do research on a weather topic in which they are interested. This lesson will teach the students how to use dictionaries, encyclopedias, resource books and the Internet to find facts about the...