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Career Education for Early Elementary Grades
It's never too early to connect children with the real world meaning of their work. A series of four one-hour sessions, plus a field trip, make up this unit on college and career readiness for first and second graders. After viewing a...
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Teacher picture
Primary learners will color a picture of a teacher and trace and write the word"Teacher." They color, trace, and write the words 1 time each.
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The Many Roles I Play in My Community
Second graders are asked: "What roles do people have in the community?" They view a large web on chart paper. Students discuss the roles that they play in their community. They are told that just as the principal or teacher has many...
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Teachers
In this teacher activity, learners read about the role and job of a teacher. Students then write about why teachers are important.
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Islam - Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha, Panel Debate Teacher's Information
In this panel debate worksheet, students argue their assigned character's viewpoint regarding the importance of reading religious material. The worksheet is a guide for teacher's to utilize when holding a panel debate in class.
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What Bah¿¿'¿¿ are Doing Around the World
Students investigate the goodness of God according to the Bahai Faith and establish his goodness for all mankind. They define how Bahaullah was a teacher who came as an example of performing good deeds for God, and his intention was to...
PBS
The Math of Bicycles: Wheel Figure This Out (Grades 4 7)
Several good activities here. Look particularly at Wheel Figure It Out (which is the opening page) and Gearing Up. There are answers to the very good questions at the bottom of each.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Teachers Rule!
Most students like their teachers. However, they may not always say so. Peer pressure may keep a student from expressing how they really feel. In this experiment you will find out if more students like their teacher in younger grades...
Language Guide
Language Guide: School La Escuela
Vocabulary tutorial depicting things you would find in the classroom. Interactive media plays audio and displays the correct spelling of the vocabulary when the mouse is moved over each illustration. Some vocabulary is particular only to...
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Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Miss Nelson Is Missing [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Harry Allard, Miss Nelson is Missing, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
Other
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Educator Licensing
This state site provides you with all you need to know about educational licensure within Wisconsin.
Utah State University
Utah State University: Teacher Link
Utah State University offers an excellent resource for teachers that includes free lesson plans, YETC resources, NASA lesson plans, and more.
Other
Tefl.net: Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Have you considered teaching English as a foreign language? Explore the TEFL resources to investigate this career opportunity.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Albert Einstein
A truly complete biography of the great man. Some adequate discussion of his theoretical and scientific work, but the accent here is on his personal life. Many anecdotes, many quotes from him, many references and hotlinks to other...
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Reading Music in Elementary School
A description on how to teach elementary music to children.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Reading Writing & 'Rithmetic in the One Room Schoolhouse
Comparing and contrasting are skills that are utilized in this lesson plan. Teacher resources and detailed activities will help the learners learn about the schools in early America.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Monarch Migration
This video from Nature features the start of the monarch butterfly's northward trek. [3:02]
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Gratitude to Old Teachers
In this two-stanza non-prose piece, the poet expresses gratitude for old teachers.
PBS
Pbs: Multiple Methods of Reading Instruction
This article surveys three strategies to incorporate into classroom repertoire. They include guided reading, choral reading, and readers' theater.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dustin Madden: Science Teacher
In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet teacher Dustin Madden, an Inupiaq who hopes to inspire students to take an active role in protecting the natural environment by giving them a foundation in math and science.
Trent University
Mas Arriba: En La Clase
This resource provides an interactive vocabulary exercise on things you would find in the classroom, their plural forms, numbers, saying how much something costs, and colors. Activity includes pictures, audio, instant feed-back and...
Other
Multicultural Pavilion: A Diversity Newsletter
This is a great newsletter/e-zine with information, articles, links, and much more.
Indiana University
Area 10 Math and Technology Project: Nutrition Labels
Lesson Plan involving all aspects of reading a nutrition label. Emphasizes math skills. Includes links to a teacher outline, student copies and reference materials.
International Reading Association
Reading Online: Practice Makes Practice, or Does It?
In this journal article, the authors sought to determine the relationship between theory from teacher training programs and actual reality of what happens in an instructional setting with new teachers. The researchers concluded that...