Curated OER
Cultivating Caring - Filling Buckets of Caring Carrots
Learners practice compassion. In this character education lesson plan, student read Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud. Students discuss the book as well as ways to demonstrate they care for one another. Learners fill...
Curated OER
Lever as a Simple Machine
Students study the three different types of levers and develop a simple machine. In this levers and simple machines lesson, students look at different types of levers, and experiment with a ruler and a marshmallow to determine how they...
Curated OER
Sounding out accuracy, Word Potato
Learning to sound out CVC words can be fun, when you turn skills practice into a game. Kids play "Hot Potato" by passing a bucket filled with phonetically regular words on cards. When the music stops, students choose a word and sound it...
Curated OER
Liquid Measurement
Third graders investigate liquid measurements by estimating how many cups it takes to fill containers. The students predict the liquid measurements and then find the actual amount using the water in a bucket. Students then compare...
Curated OER
Building Blocks of the Community
Learners recognize what a community is and how those who live there work together. In this community activity, students use words and blocks to create a new community. Learners understand that the placement of the block relates to its...
Curated OER
Making a Difference in Our Community
Young scholars reflect on the needs of the community and of the school. In this philanthropy lesson, students work in pairs to answer the questions, "Can kids make a difference?" Young scholars understand the importance of making a...
Curated OER
Wacky Water Critters
Students visit a local creek or stream. They collect water samples from the creek and observe and sort the "water critters" they find in the sample, observing smaller organisms under a microscope if necessary. They identify each organism...
Curated OER
The Water Cycle
Learners are introduced to the components and importance of the water cycle. They are shown how groundwater moves using a model. Students list 9 places on earth where water is found. They define the terms cycle and water cycle.
Curated OER
Capacity and Volume
Second graders estimate capacities, compare pints and quarts, and identify pints and quarts.
Curated OER
Kids for Conservation: Water Conservation Winter
Students rotate through various hands on and critical thinking activites designed to show the amount of water actually used by various people, companies, etc..., and helpful ways of conseving water.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Carol Mc Cloud: Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
A video of the book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?", written by Carol McCloud, and illustrated by David Messing. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.