Curated OER
Introduce /k/
Explore the ins and outs of the letter k using these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /k/ sound. Use these tips to...
Curated OER
Writing Lowercase k and f
Here's some visual printing practice with lowercase letters k and f. Emerging writers trace each letter before trying a few freehand in the space provided. Note that there is no dotted middle line here to keep your printers on track as...
Curated OER
Practicing Letters k and l
Let's get to know the lowercase letters k and l. Scholars become familiar with both in this visual matching instructional activity. After tracing and printing each letter, they add them to an incomplete alphabet. Then, they draw lines...
Curated OER
Beginning Sounds: D, J, K, M, W
In this initial sounds worksheet, students examine each of 5 rows of pictures and identify the letter that makes the same beginning sound as the picture names.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Silent B, K, T, W Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate "b", "k", "t", or "w" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: b, k, t, w" lesson.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Potassium
This WebElements site provides a great deal of elemental information. There are audio files demonstrating the correct pronunciation of the element name, pictures showing the electron shells, and information on isotopes, properties and more.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: C and K Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words with "c" or "k" in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: c and k" lesson.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Silent B, K, T, W Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "b", "k", "t", or "w" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
University of Kentucky
Uk: Potassium Comics
Although this page focuses more on fun than on facts, it will quickly become a favorite of most Chemistry students. Find scanned panels and pages of comic books with elemental characters.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Potassium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about potassium. In this video, see some violent explosions and the gentle creation of a potassium mirror. [4:32]
Other
Chemical Elements: Potassium
A nice, clear site, containing a good deal of elemental information, including atomic weight, density, boiling point, isotopes and more. An image shows the electron energy levels for the element.
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
Above the Influence: Ketamine Facts
Fact sheet about the risks of using the powerful animal tranquilizer, ketamine.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: k.cc.a.2 Count Forward Beginning From a Given Number
Choose from a variety of tasks to practice counting forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).
TES Global
Blendspace: The Letter K
A ten-part learning module with links to images and videos for students to learn when learning about the letter "K."