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Curated OER

Pioneer Trails and Towns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research pioneer trails to discover how they have changed. In this pioneer trails and towns lesson, 3rd graders identify trails on a map and gather information on how those trails are now major roads and highways along town...
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Curated OER

Scroll Art And Retelling Stories

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create Japanese scroll art that represents a familiar folktale in this elementary school lesson that can be adapted for small group, or individual projects depending on ability.
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Curated OER

Taro

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students locate taro growing areas on a map and how it got there, explain intercultural contact and how taro has been adapted in Hawaii and trace human/taro migration to Hawaii.
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Curated OER

Forests, Deserts, & Grasslands

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete activities to become familiar with the content and vocabulary related to biomes and ecosystems in order to mainstream into the classroom.
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Curated OER

I'm 93, But Quitting Job Would Drive Me Off My Trolley

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read and discuss a news article about the elderly in the workplace. They use the content of the article for practice in making predictions, determining verb tense, and basic comprehension.
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Curated OER

Guided Readers

For Teachers 1st
First graders read their Dr. Cupp Readers and guided reading books with an accuracy of 90%. They apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
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Curated OER

Laetoli Trackway Puzzle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students try to reach a "best explanation" after viewing diagrams.  For this trackway lesson students complete several worksheets, make observations and hypothesize.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Using Word and Picture Clues to Make an Inference

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders will use text evidence to make inferences about word and word phrase meanings in a text. Word and picture clues will be used to help students form inferences.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Building Meaning

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this tutorial, students will acquire tools from Handy Hal that will help them answer questions about unknown words in a text. Students will learn about word parts, picture clues, and context clues to help them with vocabulary...
Handout
Other

How to Study: Building Vocabulary: Using Context Clues to Learn Word Meaning

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource explains six ways authors use context clues that might help readers understand unfamiliar words. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4, 8.2.B
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Picture Hunt: Y as Long E

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Become a better reader with this interactive game. Hunt for pictures words with Y as a long E sound.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Super Why: A L L Rhyming Words Worksheet [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Print this worksheet for your students while teaching a rhyming/spelling unit. Student will fill in the beginning sound using picture clues to make a word ending in A-L-L. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Pictures and Text Work Together Too!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The class will read the informational text "Together They Were Better". As the teacher reads the book aloud, she/he will use the illustrations from each page to give learners clues as to the text on the page, helping them to see the...
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Read Works

Read Works: Sequence Kindergarten Unit: Sequence Clue Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach students to identify the sequence of a story by looking at transitional words such as "first" and "then" in the book Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures by Cynthia Rylant. Learning...
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context Kindergarten Unit: Using Sound and Picture Cues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert to teach students to use picture cues and initial word sounds to identify unknown words. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the learners learn to sound out the words.
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ed Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that the incorporate "ed" suffix. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Party Moose Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson, using the animated story "Party Moose" from the series Molly of Denali, shows the importance of paying attention to meaning while reading and using strategies, such as rereading, when something doesn't make sense. Molly and...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Adding S Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate that end in letter "s" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
Interactive
Other

Hud Kids: Community Word Scrambler

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The community scrambler must be caught in order to save the neighborhood. In order to catch the scrambler, all the words must be unscrambled. Each word is provided with a picture clue.
Activity
Other

Goodnight Stories: The Walk

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A combination of words and pictures creates a story about a little girl who takes a walk and ends up making friends with a little bird.
Activity
Other

Goodnight Stories: The Trip

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A combination of words and pictures creates a story about a little girl who rides a bus to the mall with her mother to get new shoes and a dress.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Activity: Story Magic: Word Girl

For Students 1st - 3rd
This WordGirl lesson helps students use new vocabulary and work in small groups to tell a story based on visual clues.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Context Clues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The flipchart focuses on context clues.