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Activity
Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "The Persian Cinderella"

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Another version of "Cinderella," by Shirley Climo! Here you will find a variety of student activities and lessons to enhance your study of fairy tales!
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Unit Plan
Kids' Wings

Winner of the Bluebonnet Award: "Cook a Doodle Doo"

For Students 2nd - 5th
Here you will find many student activities and lessons to enhance the award winning book "Cook-A-Doodle-Doo."
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Unit Plan
Cyberbee

Cyber Bee: Meet Henry David Thoreau

For Students 2nd - 5th
Here you can find a series of movie clips with children's author Richard Smith portraying Henry David Thoreau. These clips portray Thoreau on a personal level as he answers numerous questions about his life and work.
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eBook
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Education: Grade 2: Treasures: Practice Book O [Pdf]

For Students 2nd Standards
Help second graders reinforce their understanding of the reading skills, vocabulary acquisition, phonemic awareness, and sight words with the pages in this 260-page workbook. This workbook is designed to supplement the stories from Grade...
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eBook
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Education: Grade 2: Treasures: Spelling Practice Book [Pdf]

For Students 2nd Standards
Help second graders reinforce their understanding of spelling skills with the exercises in this 128-page workbook. This workbook is designed to supplement the stories from Grade 2 Treasures.
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: Echo

For Students 1st - 5th
A short story about a bat named Echo trying to communicate with other bats.
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Interactive
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Dirt Detective

For Students 1st - 5th
Archaeologists study artifacts and soil and they use post holes to determine just how old the layers of soil is. Based on the location of post holes, archaeologists can determine if they are finding a house, or a wall or even a fort....
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Website
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor: Deaf Interactivate: Tools (With Text and Asl)

For Students 1st - 9th
This collection of computational science resources discusses a variety of topics, from fractions to telling time to conducting scientific experiments. Videos provide narration in ASL. Requires Quicktime.
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy: Mystery Match

For Students 1st - 8th
I SPY activities consist of software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. Students use problem-solving skills to complete the interactive matching game. The sample match gives learners a clue to whether the match is by association,...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: The Snowball

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Join Max and Ruthie on a snow day math adventure and see how many things can happen in just one day. Teachers will like this lesson's approach to experiencing and telling time. Use the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra...
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Website
University of Missouri

University of Missouri St. Louis: Wise Pockets World

For Students 2nd - 5th
Join the adventures of Wise Pockets, a curious koala, to learn about money concepts. Great elementary website to explore earning, saving, and credit. The website includes a student, teacher, and parent section with resources.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
This page gives students specific guidelines & tips for a descriptive writing assignment. Students can publish descriptive writing here, as well. A thorough teacher's guide to descriptive writing is also provided.
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Graphic
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Embryology: The 21 Day Chick Lifecycle

For Students 2nd - 6th
Provides a look at the development of a chick during each day of the 21-day chick lifecycle. Gives detailed information about the major events that happen each day in the development. Contains many photographs of real chicks in...
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Third Grade Activities (Spanish)

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Links to 100 third grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
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Unit Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Plot & Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students understand the elements of a story provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as DLTA/DRTA, Plot Diagrams, Story Clock, Story Mapping, Summary...
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Global Trek

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This site is for learning about different cultures and countries. Students choose a destination around the world and the Global Trek takes them there. There are activities and journal topics throughout the site.
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Activity
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghous: Lit2 Go: The Brothers Grimm

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
The translated texts of seven of Grimms' Fairy Tales, including "The Golden Goose," and "Sleeping Beauty." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual stories in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each story has downloadable...
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Primary
University of South Florida

Lit2 Go: Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?

For Students 1st - 9th
Audio [2:26] and text of speech made by Sojourner Truth, Ain't I a Woman? (1851)
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: What Do Inquiry Based Lesson Plans Look Like?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Inquiry-based lesson plans are usually referred to as "facilitation plans," to help teachers remember their role as facilitator of learning, rather than fount of all wisdom. The notion also helps teachers structure lessons more loosely...
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Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Lessons 44 67 Review

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews how to pronounce words that incorporate"y", "ie", "ind", "ild". More review is also includes "2 & 3 syllable" words Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Si, Su, Ci, Ti, Tu Quiz

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "si", "su", "ci", "ti", or "tu" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: si, su, ci, ti, tu" lesson.
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Lesson Plan
University of Maryland

Education: Umd: Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This is a complete lesson plan with objectives and rationale for learning shapes, followed by a tutorial and practice exercises. Given pictures of shapes, their definitions, and everyday examples, students determine simple shapes with...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Teachers: Cinco De Mayo

For Teachers 1st - 8th
This collection offers a wealth of resources on Cinco de Mayo. Includes historical information on the holiday, Mexican culture, classroom activity ideas and lesson plans.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Parachutes and Air Resistance

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
By using different materials students construct a parachute to show how air resistance slows down its fall in this lesson.