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Worksheet
Curated OER

The "ed" Sound: Jumped, Walked, Camped

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this "ed" suffix learning exercise, students read these words: jumped, walked, camped. Students print the words 2 times each, then draw a picture of "jumped" and "camped." <
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

SOUND VIBRATIONS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Student designs a test that uses their sense of hearing to judge the effectiveness of different solids to transmit sound vibrations. Learners experience vibrations using several of their senses.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan: Final Phoneme ll, ff, ss

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students apply word level skills through shared and guided reading.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Between the Lions: Exploring Short-Vowel Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review the short sounds of a, e, i, o, and u previously discussed in class. They read and be able to identify words that have short-vowel sounds and become familiar with the basic navigational features of a website.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Words With Short Vowel Sound of Letter A

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students learn 6 words with the sound of short vowel A. Students write these words on the lines and then draw a van and an apple.
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Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Initial Consonant Activity

For Teachers K - 6th
Bingo is a super fun game and can be used to reinforce a vast number of recognition skills. These bingo cards are prepared by constructing nine squares, each delineated with raised Wikki Stix or gluedyarn and containing a braille...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Collective Poetry: Teaching Tolerance

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Help your class create collective poetry following a simple, engaging model from Teaching Tolerance (tolerance.org). Each young poet writes five things on an index card: sayings from others, favorite sound, favorite place, favorite...
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Activity
Dr. Seuss Enterprises

Read Across America

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Celebrate the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a collection of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics activities, each linked to a popular Dr. Seuss story. 
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Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Put the Shoe on Your Foot

For Teachers K - 8th
Promote clothing identification, body part identification, and dressing skills acquisition with a fun and lively game. Each child takes turns grabbing a clothing item from the central clothing box. As he puts the item on, he sings, "Put...
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Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

I'm Thinking Of...

For Teachers K - 6th
Learning how to describe an object or a person is a great way to develop verbal and written expression. Learners with special needs improve their verbal expressive skills and concept development skills while playing a guessing game. The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time for Technology Glyphs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars create a time for technology glyph using Kidpix4. They complete a circle map on things they like to do on while on the computer and write about their favorite thing to do while on a computer.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 21: Words with /ur/ sound, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words 2 times each. Words are academic or have the 'ur' sound. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Instructional Software Resources for Grades K-3

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students become familiar with teh selection, evaluation, and use of instructional software for 4-8 classroom. They download software demos from the web and discuss critiquing software. Students browse software evaluations on web sites.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

MUSICAL ELEMENTS OF THE LITTLE PRINCE

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students demonstrate knowledge of musical instruments and the families of the orchestra. They acknowledge different voice types found in opera. Students interpret emotional expressions through listening. They compose sounds to express...
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Worksheet
Music Fun

Instruments to Trace Color and Label

For Students K - 8th
Handbells and castanets. Triangles and timpani. Trumpets and trombones. As part of their study of instruments, young musicians label, trace and color the parts of seven instruments. Also included in the resource packet are tracing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting Down with the Alphabet

For Teachers K - 5th
Students view magazines and discuss photographs that impacted on them. For this digital photography lesson, students use digital pictures to photograph the letters of the alphabet. Students look at lighting, framing and composition and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain - Kenya

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students accompany music to the story Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain - Kenya to show how sound and music can accompany story description. In this music lesson, students learn how to show sound during a story.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Reading for Life

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Imagine a packet packed with reading resources designed for every grade and reading level. Imagine worksheets, graphic organizers, flash cards, activities, and exercises. This is just such a packet and is well worth downloading, 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Technology In The Early Education Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students participate in a lesson that uses technology in the classroom. The goal is the full integration of technology into the class schedule to be used in various subjects. They demonstrate gradual comprehension of technology use as...
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App
Lawrence Hall of Science

HowtoSmile

For Students 1st - 12th
Access countless activities to use in STEM curriculum. This app is a collection of science, technology, engineering, math, and even art ideas are cataloged by topic and easily accessed from one spot. 
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Activity
Scholastic

Owl Moon Teaching Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Capture the engagement of young readers with this collection of activities based on Jane Yolen's book, Owl Moon. Following a shared reading of this children's story, the class explores the geography of the American Northeast, creates...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Fifty States

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students design a multimedia report on one or more of the fifty states.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alphabet Organizer

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. For this vocabulary lesson, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, students organize their vocabulary words into an online "Alphabet Organizer"...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Big Sneeze

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a variety of shared reading and writing activities related to the book "The Big Sneeze" by Ruth Brown. They develop a list of farm vocabulary, sequence the events of the story on a graphic organizer, act out...