Curated OER
Who's That?
Students create a classroom mural to help learn one another's names. They draw their bodies underneath photographs of their heads and write their names.
Curated OER
Air It Out
Students practice writing their names and print it in bold color ona piece of paper which is taped to a kite. They watch their names flying in the sky while running with their kites.
Curated OER
Charting the Great Winds
Students examine winds and discover that, in ancient Greek cultures, they were named based on the direction from which they came. They, in groups, make a wind chart naming the winds and marking them on the chart.
Curated OER
Angle Aerobics
Third graders review angle criteria and then stand. They demonstrate with their hands each type of angle called out by the teacher: right, acute, or obtuse. Music is added and students follow teacher in an angle aerobics class peppered...
Curated OER
Name Geneology Essay
Students research the meaning of their names and write an essay about their findings.
Curated OER
History of the English Language - Word Origins
Pupils use on-line resources to research their own name, determine its language origin and meaning. They take an on-line quiz to determine their "naming-style."
Curated OER
Reinforcing Alphabet Names/Sounds
Students reinforce knowledge of the alphabet essential to beginning reading by pulling random letters out of a hat and identifying the letter's sound.
Philosophy Pages
Philosophy Pages: A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms & Names
Alphabetized dictionary offering "concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy." Brief entries cross-linked to further entries. Quite useful.
Utah Education Network
Uen: K Act. 02: Name Games
This lesson engages students in many word play activities associated with students' names. Students will participate in songs, games, and other phonemic awareness activities associated with names of students.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Can the Government Outlaw Your Name?
This article describes the rules in Iceland about how names are selected. Provides information about the structure and importance of names in Iceland.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Teaching Concepts of Letter and Word
A great resource for teachers introducing the concepts of "letters" and "words" to early elementary students. Uses the names of the students themselves as a starting place in learning these concepts. Great site.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Integrating Math and Literacy
This lesson provides the elementary teacher with an opportunity to integrate the concept of mathematics with reading literacy. Students use models to learn shapes, practice spelling the names and shapes, and learn to reflect and write...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Name Bingo
Students will gain a sense of community during this lesson. Students will play School Bingo, engage in the shared reading of Chrysanthemum, and then play Name Bingo with the students' names featured on the Bingo cards.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 6-8) to pair with the nonfiction book "When I Was a Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago. Esmeralda Santiago, also known as Negi, describes her childhood growing up in Puerto Rico and her eventual...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How to Use the Correct Capitalization
Capitalizing is extremely important. Not only is it proper writing, but it also makes writing look polished and finished. Learn what should be capitalized and what shouldn't! [0:53]
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade K: Chrysanthemum
Young children are naturally interested in their names, and it is usually the first written language they recognize. Thus, using students' names is a powerful tool for introduction of the alphabet. Students explore their names and the...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Merry Times Abc by Graham & Matlack
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Merry Times ABC by Graham & Matlack (c1885), a picture book using names to represent the letters of the alphabet.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: French Names
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart resource was created for a French foreign language class. The content topic for this flipchart is French: Names.