Curated OER
Hatchet: A 4th Grade Literacy Focus Unit
Fourth graders discuss the story "Hatchet" after the story is read. For this literacy lesson, 4th graders explore various habitats researching the characteristics about each, complete a Venn Diagram comparing their habitat with the...
Curated OER
Understanding Genres
Young scholars identify genres of literature. In this literature instructional activity, students read definitions of the various genres. Young scholars choose books and list clues in the texts that help them identify the appropriate genre.
Curated OER
Sounds of the Heart
Students investigate the sounds of the heart, construct a stethoscope, and explore the workings of valves.
Curated OER
The Painting Ballerina
Young scholars read one or two chapters from The Painting Ballerina, then pick a scene or idea from the story that is very vivid in their imagines and draw it. They display their finished works and talk about them as a class.
Curated OER
Career Biographies
Students choose an occupation that they would like to pursue and write a career biography that outlines the path they would need to follow to achieve their goals.
Curated OER
The Painting Ballerina
Pupils read the book "The Painting Ballerina" by Gloria M. Buono, discuss the book, and use images from the story to create their own artistic paintings. Emphasis is placed upon literacy and creative exploration in this cross-curricular...
Curated OER
Subject and Object Pronouns
For this pronoun worksheet, students review the definitions of subject and object pronouns. Students then complete three pages of exercises about pronouns.
Curated OER
Vocabulary Blaster
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete a quiz, answering 8 multiple choice questions about definitions of given words. Students check answers in the dictionary when finished.
National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society: Audubon Adventures: Wild About Birds
Colorful and engaging resources for learning about birds. There is a downloadable 4-page guide with information about John James Audubon, guidelines for how to observe and identify birds, and tips on how to be a friend to birds. There is...
National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society: Audubon Adventures: City Life for Wildlife
Colorful and engaging resources for learning about urban-dwelling wildlife. There is a 4-page guide to urban animals and a multiple-choice quiz. Visit the Teachers' Lounge area to find resources for teaching about this topic, including...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts
Wild Kratts joins the adventures of Chris and Martin Kratt as they encounter incredible wild animals, combining science education with fun and adventure as the duo travels to animal habitats around the globe. Each adventure explores an...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Rambles and Adventures in the Wilds of the West
A scanned copy of the 1873 publication Rambles and Adventures in the Wilds of the West by Catherine Cooper Hopely, a fiction book for children.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Camp Wild' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In Camp Wild by Canadian author Pam Withers, fourteen-year-old Wilf runs away from a summer camp and sets out on his own in a canoe. Two other boys follow him and together they must battle a raging river. This teacher's guide includes a...
University of North Carolina
North American Slave Narratives: Life and Adventures of Nat Love
Provides the text of the book, "The Life and Adventures of Nat Love," an autobiography written by Nat Love.
PBS
Pbs: Archives of the West: The Life and Adventures of Buffalo Bill
Read the version of Buffalo Bill Cody's autobiography, from this text originally published in 1917. Presented as html text chapter by chapter, it makes interesting reading.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jack London
Lesson plans, e-notes, activities, and other resources are provided for teaching students reading Jack London's The Call of the Wild and his other works.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Wild Kratts Amazin' Amazon Adventure
This is an interactive game set in the Amazon requiring using the arrows to navigate the movement through the Amazon in a chase to catch the zacbot.
Other
Will Hobbs
Author Will Hobbs has put together an interesting and comprehensive website about his life and his novels. Included are activities for teachers to use his books in their curriculum.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: On the Trail of the Moose by Edward S. Ellis
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book On the Trail of the Moose by Edward S. Ellis (1892), a novel of outdoor adventures from the Wild-Woods series.
Other
Postcards From America: Homepage
This site is provided for by Postcards From America. Hitch a ride on "Harvey the RV," and share the adventures of several teachers as they explore the great United States of America. Their electronic postcards take a quick "snapshot" of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Wild Water Adventure
Students will learn how a system of equations can be used to find the best use of information to make decisions in real-world situations.Students will work in groups of 3s or 4s to develop a system for the best buy on tickets at a water...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Buffalo Bill Cody
America's Story gives a concise overview of Buffalo Bill Cody's (1846-1917 ) life. He helped to create the captivating picture of myth of America's West. Hyperlinks to additional stories about Buffalo Bill.