Harp Week
Harp Week: Cartoon of the Day: March 18, 1876
This Thomas Nast cartoon depicts an abbreviated explanation of the problems the government had with the Whiskey Ring. The commentary gives a very good recounting of the fraud and how it was perpetrated and eventually prosecuted.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Donald Trump Might Be in Real Trouble This Time
Let's take a step back from the news of the past few days and ask a fundamental question: Why does everything suddenly seem different? Donald Trump, the unsinkable candidate who seemed immune to political consequences while winning...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Capital Letters Days of the Week
Students will identify where a capital letter is required in a sentence that uses days of the week in this SMART whiteboard activity.
Other
Conversions for Time Measurement
This site allows you to convert various time measurements. Example seconds to days.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Pleasure Book of the Year by George Routledge and Sons
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Pleasure Book of the Year by George Routledge and Sons [1870]. This is a collection of illustrated poetry representing each month of the year and activities for...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Babes of the Year by Edith M. Thomas
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's picture book Babes of the Year by Edith M. Thomas. It features color illustrations of little girls and a poem for each month of the year.
Harp Week
Cartoon of the Day: On This Day: May 13, 1882
Flooding along the Mississippi River system has been a problem for many states and presidents. Look over this political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast and read a little history behind the problem and see why President Arthur vetoed the...
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Mythology and the Odyssey: Myths and Today
This lesson focuses on the influence of mythology on the present day including the days of the week named for the Norse gods and the months of the year on the Roman gods.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Calendar Basics
[Free Registration/Login Required] Student exposed to basic design of calendar and how to understand the days of the week and the month. Student will understand how to move forward in the calendar month and how many days are in each month.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Division:
Do you think you are a time expert? Let's put your skills to the test with this conversion activity. We are going to give you some crazy number of days and you need to turn it into a week value that is easier to understand. You're going...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Calendar
[Free Registration/Login Required] Working with a one year calendar to identify various days and dates.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Month Calendar of December
[Free Registration/Login Required] Identifying days, weeks, and dates on a calendar for the month of December.
Other
Chabad Lubavitch: The Jewish Calendar
A storehouse of resources about the Jewish calendar from the educational wing of the Lubavitch Hasidim movement. Choose to view information about particluar holy days. View a current calendar page (by day, week, or month) to see events...
Scholastic
Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendar Math Activities
This website offers plenty of links for activities around the topic of calendar math using estimation, measurement, and computations.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Measurement: Using a Calendar
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: October 2005 Calendar
[Free Registration/Login Required] A variety of activities all having to do with the calendar; days of the week, months of the year, Pledge, and counting.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Calendar
[Free Registration/Login Required] The history of our calendar is presented through the passage of time with complete cycles of seasons in ancient history providing a starting place. Complete cycles of seasons are discussed and the...
Quia
Quia: Basic Spanish Vocabulary Games
Use this website to practice your basic Spanish vocabulary using matching game, flashcards, concentration, and word search type formats.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Meet the Vikings [Pdf]
Practice capitalization rules by underlining the words that need to be capitalized and matching them to the rules that apply.
Other
Ello: Listening Games
Listening games based on a range of every day, "authentic" themes: making a sandwich, hair, getting and giving directions, taking a phone call, holidays, etc. Listen to an audio description, then pick the picture that matches it. Geared...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Special Names
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through these activities, students begin to demonstrate control in the writing process.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teach Your Way: September
Stay organized this school year using this editable teacher planner from PBS KIDS including:A monthly calendar with timely resources aligned to early learning themes and skills for PreK-2 students. A weekly planning page to schedule...
Other
Story md.com: Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common medical problems, affecting 8 out of 10 people at some point during their lives. Back pain can range from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp pain. Acute back pain comes on suddenly and usually...