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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Learning Brain: Neuroscience

For Students K - 1st
This series of videos introduces students to the brain, including why it is so special, its parts and functions and how it recalls memories and stores new information. Other videos explain how the brain processes sensory information and...
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Website
University at Buffalo

University of Buffalo: Center for Assistive Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Center for Assistive Technology conducts research, education and service to increase knowledge about assistive devices for persons with disabilities. This site has four major components: research, education, services and...
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Lesson Plan
Student Achievement Partners

Illustrative Mathematics: Addition and Subtraction Fluency Set of Tasks [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students explore the relationship between addition and subtraction and develop an understanding of decomposing numbers in different ways in this first-grade lesson plan.
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Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Rti Implementation Processes: Middle School

For Teachers K - 1st
Planning, developing, implementing, and sustaining organizational change, such as RTI, in middle schools is a complex endeavor. This brief is designed to give guidance to practitioners at the school, district, and state levels based on...
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Other

Grandfamilies.org

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site has a wealth of legal information for grandparents raising grandchildren, as well as articles and fact sheets on many topics, such as housing, raising children with disabilities, getting financial assistance, and much more.
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Other

Hpedsb: The Geometer's Sketchpad: Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lessons and activities for The Geometer's Sketchpad that span Kindergarten to Grade 11 can be found on this site. There are also tutorials and posters. As this is an older site, some links may no longer work.
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Article
The National Alliance on Mental Illness

Journal of School Health: Mental Health Screening in Schools

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The National Alliance on Mental Illness presents this article from the Journal of School Health. It discusses the importance of screening students in schools for mental health problems.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Bill of Rights Day Is Observed

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for seven lessons that ask students to examine Supreme Court cases that have impacted civil liberties in the United States. Students work in groups and report their findings using PowerPoint presentations. In addition to...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson is a great way to teach students about rhymes and word recognition. This plan includes suggest nursery rhymes for you to use, and several supplementary sites to help you out.
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Unit Plan
J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Dorothea Lange Curriculum

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An incredible Dorothea Lange resource, this site has it all. It contains lesson plans, an image bank, a biography, a timeline, and even a set of guidelines for discussing photography.
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Article
Other

Nwea: The Five Formative Assessment Strategies to Improve Student Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Dylan Wiliam provides the five strategies that he has come to believe are core to successful formative assessment practice in the classroom.
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Handout
University of California

Teaching Guide for Graduate Student Instructors: Cognitive Constructivism

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide will provide information on the different aspects of cognitive constructivism.
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Lesson Plan
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: National Poetry Month

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site offers extensive resources for teaching poetry. Find interviews with poets, ideas for poetry lessons, book lists, and ways to use poetry across the curriculum. There are also resources specifically for National Poetry Month....
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Economic Choices

For Teachers K - 1st
A learning module on choices people make with their money. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will learn how families get...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Geography, Humans, and Environment

For Teachers K - 1st
A learning module on how humans change and shape their local environment. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Abc Fun

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this differentiated instructional activity, teachers will engage students in working with letters and their sounds. Word-making (low level), word making with several letters (middle level), and word generating with random single...
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Other

Georgia Institute of Technology: Ceismc

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing is featured for their encouragement of students pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers and furthering teachers' training in the...
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PBS

Pbs Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides activities in art, literature, social studies, science, music and more. PBS kids primarily focuses on early elementary children, K-2.
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Other

I Am an Artist: Bringing the Visual Arts to Life

For Students K - 1st
Learn about materials that can bring art to life! Click on a category to view a 6-minute video, play an interactive game, and see various lessons revolving around the selected topic. Also included is a link to project ideas.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Sculpture

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a nice selection of lesson plans for classroom activities that teach both hands on creative skills as well as art history and theory.
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Graphic
National Science Teachers Association

Nsta: Science & Engineering Practices: Obtaining, Evaluating, Communication

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site from NSTA includes a progression of the Science and Engineering Practice for obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. In addition, thereare performance expectations that make use science and engineering practices.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Topics a to Z

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A large collection of articles and resources on reading instruction, including for English language learners. The Teacher Education section includes a complete self-study course on teaching reading and writing.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Needs of Living Things

For Teachers K - 1st
For this lesson, students watch video clips of animals and plants in their natural environment, to gather evidence that all living things have basic needs that must be met in order to survive. Then, to illustrate their understanding of...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Photo Analysis Presenting the Statue of Liberty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
The ability to examine a primary source is a gateway to building critical thinking skills and constructing knowledge. This lesson provides the students an opportunity to observe similarities and differences between 2 visual images,...