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Activity
Chateau Meddybemps

Chateau Meddybemps: Young Writers Workshop

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A wonderful collection of downloadable PDF story starters ("workshop pages") for young children. Each worksheet includes a colorful image, fun prompt and writing lines. Students can also submit their stories for publication on the site.
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Website
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Kids' Quest on Disability and Health

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
KQ, the techno-health wizard, lets kids choose a WebQuest about a disability-related question they may have been wondering about. They get a page of activities and resources about Autism, Vision Impairment, Mobility Restriction, etc.,...
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Website
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Kids' Quest on Disability and Health

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
KQ, the techno-health wizard, lets kids choose a WebQuest about a disability-related question they may have been wondering about. They get a page of activities and resources about Autism, Vision Impairment, Mobility Restriction, etc.,...
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Unit Plan
Rice University

Rice University: Who Wants Pizza? A Fun Way to Learn About Fractions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
These introductory lessons on fractions provide clear explanations and directions with interactive practice problems. Also includes a "teacher's notes" section with resource and standards information. Each section focuses on a different...
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Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Stopwatch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a general-use stopwatch that can serve any purpose, for any subject area. The stopwatch counts up and down, records times that events happen, and also includes a buzzer that will activate at any time the user chooses. Java is...
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Professional Doc
Scholastic

Scholastic: Separate but Equal? An Experiment Mixes Urban and Suburban Students

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Life is very different for students in urban and rural communities. Find out how these differences impact their everyday lives and experiences in the classroom.
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US Department of Education

Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math for the Fun of It

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This compilation of math activities engages parents and children in the use of math whenever they are at home. Packed with concise, high interest activities, related illustrations, detailed "parent pointers," and easy to following...
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US Department of Education

Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math in the Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An excellent compilation of activities that engage parents and children in math explorations at home. Detailed lessons covering a wide range of math topics such as fractions, measurements, money, data collection, and math in newspapers....
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Toxic Trees: Just How Toxic Is That Black Walnut Tree?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The goal of this plant biology science fair project is to make and test an herbicide made from the leaves of the black walnut tree and investigate the toxicity of black walnut trees.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Where the Wild Things Are [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of Maurice Sendak's early childhood book, Where the Wild Things Are, is provided on this script. Six character roles are needed in this performance.
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Unit Plan
Other

Science4 Us: Changes in Matter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Through an instructional video, games, and activities, students explore three types of change matter makes: physical change, in which only the shape of the matter changes; physical phase change in which matter changes to a different form...
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Activity
Other

Susan Kramer: Singing While Dancing to Learn Basic Math

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students will master basic rhythmic movements and incorporate songs and rhymes into math learning. Site provides sample music selections, songs, and accompanying movements for nine activities.
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Article
Scholastic

Scholastic News: Memories of Mandela

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the life and passing of 95-year-old political leader and civil rights activist Nelson Mandela.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creative Problem Solving With Ezra Jack Keats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for eight 50-minute lessons that use Ezra Jack Keats books to teach predicting, comparing and contrasting, and problem solving. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF...
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Website
US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Our Capital: Washington, d.c. (Grades K 2)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents a history of Washington, D.C. Links to related sites are available.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: "Aliens of Paz" Picture Activity: Oral Segmenting Accuracy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting activity that helps pre-readers identify sounds and break down words into segments. The students pretend to be "Aliens of Paz" who pronouce words very slowly. This activity also incorporates movement as the student touches...
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Syllable Slap! Segmenting Syllables

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A higher level activity that helps students develop fluency in identifying open and closed syllable words.
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Unit Plan
Other

Vanguard Group: My Classroom Economy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
My Classroom Economy provides programs appropriate to all grade levels K-12. Each program carries on throughout a school year, and while it involves some class time, that time is minimal. Throughout the grades, students learn financial...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Super Connect the Dots

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will practice counting skills to connect the dots. Numbers increase with each stage and students have the option of counting by multiples.
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Lesson Plan
Edutopia

Edutopia: Presidents' Day: A Life Lesson for Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With this resource, teachers can lead students in a topical conversation regarding President's Day. This free-form lesson includes suggested questions and encourages student discussion about the powers and responsibilities of the...
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Primary
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Science: A Work in Progress

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The scientific method is more than just a series of steps to be followed like a recipe. It is a fluid, ever-changing process. This video discusses student's perception of the scientific method and how to make learning science in the...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: K Act. 02: Name Games

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This lesson engages learners in many word play activities associated with students' names. Learners will participate in songs, games, and other phonemic awareness activities associated with names of students.
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Mars and Earth: Science Learning Activities for Afterschool

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This set of activities teaches learners about the big picture of science using Mars as an example: how to collect data, use evidence, and look at models.
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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Biosphere: Ecosystems

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ecosystems is an excellent resource for understanding what an ecosystem is and goes on to explain the types of ecosystems, known as biomes. Check out the wonderful panoramic photographs of different biomes.