Curated OER
Commemorative Coin Poetry
Pupils discuss and research an individual or event that has been memorialized on a commemorative coin. They use the information they found to write acrostics, creating stand-up accordion books to display the poems.
Curated OER
Harvest Celebrations Around the World
Students, working in groups as cultural anthropologists, research harvest festival around the world. They design a Harvest web page based on their research.
Curated OER
Expressing Cause and Effect: Discovering Effective Sentence Patterns
In this cause and effect practice worksheet, learners collaborate as they complete 6 exercises that require them examine sentence patterns.
Curated OER
Human Rights Violations
Students explore how human rights are different in each part of the world. In this freedome instructional activity, students define human rights, research how human rights in one country ultimately affect other countries, and share...
Curated OER
LIGHTNING MYTHS AND FACTS
Students compose lightning safety rules and explore facts and fiction about lightning. They examine the cause of lightning when a channel nears an object on the ground, a powerful surge of electricity from the ground moves upward to the...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Summer Reading
Here are some great ideas for summer learning and reading.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: This Reading List Kids Who Love Reading and Don't
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides lists of the popular books for young readers along with a brief summary of each.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Novels for Growing Readers
Come and check out this informative resource featuring novels for growing readers. This site lists several appropriate books for students ranging from grades three through six.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Top 10 Graphic Novels for 2016
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides A list of the Top 10 Graphic Novels from 2016 along with a brief summary of each.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: My Kids’ Favorite Books
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides lists of the popular books for young readers.
Other
Presenting Sid Fleischman
This is children author Sid Fleischman's personal website, which offers a fascinating look into his life and work.