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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Research as a Historian, as an Artist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together to research one area of history that is of an interest to them. Using primary sources, they examine photographs and disuss what they already know about the topic. They present their images and information...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

African American History Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research and retrieve information from the Internet. They participate in an online quiz. They identify areas of cultural diversity in United States history.
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Lesson Plan
National First Ladies' Library

States' Rights: 1798-1860

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students develop an annotated timeline specific to the concept of States' Rights. They research an example to the doctrine noting how the ideas change and beome more specific as time passes and discuss their findings through class...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Compatible numbers to 20

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students practice theories dealing with equals sign used as a balance, inequality symbols and practice utilizing a box or some other geometric shape to represent an unknown number. They assess numeracy problems embedded in language-rick...
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Handout
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Helping Struggling Readers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This resource provides information about how to improve reading instruction, especially for those students who need remediation.
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Handout
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Helping Struggling Readers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This resource provides information about how to improve reading instruction, especially for those students who need remediation.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and B D a Reading Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
History takes on new dimensions in this interactive multimedia activity that emphasizes the B-D-A (before-during-after reading) approach to research as students investigate the experiences of people with disabilities since the early 1800s.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The national literacy initiative, Reading Rockets, provides information and resources on how students learn to read, why so many struggle, and how educators can help.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 1: Roots of Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Hosted by Fred Rogers, The Roots of Reading looks at the earliest stages of literacy in such locations as a baby speech lab and a Head Start center. The program examines how parents, childcare providers, and kindergarten teachers can get...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: The Winning Shot

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks module contains a pair of literary texts that narrate teamwork-themed stories about a children's soccer game and a children's running race. Pictures, photos, and question sets are...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Helping a Friend

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks module contains a pair of literary texts that narrate teamwork-themed stories about a children's running race and a children's soccer game . Pictures, photos, and question sets are...
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Interactive
Free Reading

Free Reading: Guess What I'm Thinking?: Initial Sound Accuracy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A version of the "20 Questions" game. The instructor tells the class he is thinking of something that starts with, for example, /b/. The students have to come up with what the teacher is thinking of.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Can We Learn From Pigs?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This thematic language arts lesson uses a variety of beginning reading books about pigs to help special education/early elementary students learn about character traits and concepts. The wide use of graphic organizers introduces...
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Building World Knowledge: Informational Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Before, during, and after-reading ideas for introducing students to informational texts in the early-elementary grades in order to boost reading achievement through the upper-elementary grades.
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Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Strategies for Every Child to Read

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
What are some strategies for achieving the goal of every child reading? This site features several activities to achieve this goal with your readers.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Teaching Reading: Expert Interviews

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn from nationally known researchers and experts in literacy and early education. Topics include phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, writing, summer learning, early childhood education, dyslexia, and more.
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Website
Kidsource OnLine

Phonemic Awareness: Important Early Step to Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an article that looks at the importance of phonemic awareness as an early step to learning to read. Teachers will benefit from the information presented within this article.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 10: Toddling Toward Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Hosted by Reba McEntire, "Toddling Toward Reading" examines what it takes to give preschoolers the early literacy skills they need to become successful readers. Features children's book author and illustrator Sandra Boynton, whose...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students make purposeful choices for their reading materials, thinking about their reasons for reading a book and using strategies to match books to their abilities.
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Lesson Plan
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh: Leaders: Word Building

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan walks teachers through a strategy for teaching word building skills to early elementary students. The site includes links to a page on preparing the materials needed for word building lessons, and to a page which...
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Department of Education: Helping Your Child Become a Reader

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Help young learners become better readers with these literacy resources and ready-to-use reading strategies.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Second Grade

For Teachers 2nd Standards
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help second graders build strong writing skills. You'll also find videos on teaching writing....
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Kindergarten

For Teachers K Standards
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help kindergarteners build strong writing skills. You'll also find video on teaching writing....
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Pre K

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help preschoolers build strong writing skills. You'll also find a video modeling classroom...