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Instructional Video2:41
American Museum of Natural History

They Glow!

For Students 6th - 12th
Would you believe marine animals can make their own light? An online resource describes the process of bioluminescence and how animals in the ocean use it to survive. The lesson features a catchy tune that describes the behavior of ocean...
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Instructional Video2:41
American Museum of Natural History

They Glow!

For Students 6th - 12th
Let there be light! An interactive online lesson describes the process of bioluminescence and how ocean species use it to their advantage. The lesson highlights several specific species as well as provides vocabulary support with...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pride and Prejudice: Darcy's Proposal to Elizabeth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Why did Elizabeth refuse Darcy’s first proposal? Was it pride or prejudice? Readers of Austin’s classic struggle with the significance of Darcy’s proposal and Elizabeth’s refusal by crafting personal response journals and sharing these...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problems Over the Border

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Discuss the issue of illegal Mexican immigration and its effects on the Mexican people. Play the song "Migra" by Carlos Santana, and have learners analyze the lyrics to help gain an awareness of the difficulties Mexicans face. This is...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pre-AP Strategies for French Language and Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Build vocabulary, fluency and confidence in your French speakers by having them participate in some of these engaging activities. Several suggestions are given, but you will have to design the actual lesson plan yourself.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Animal Action ABC

For Teachers K - 3rd
Explore the meanings of tier two vocabulary words. In small groups, young learners listen to a read-aloud story and evaluate new vocabulary words for their meaning.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Politics of Change

For Students 8th - 12th
Empty rhetoric in Washington timelessly inspires political cartoons. Examine this concept through an analysis handout, which features a cartoon by Pat Oliphant (archived work is linked for possible extension activities). Although this...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Subject-Verb Agreement

For Students 6th - 8th
Subject-verb agreement is featured in this activity. Students answer 10 questions, making sure that the subject and verbs agree in each example.
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Curated OER

Acting for the Common Goods

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The first of a three-part series on bullying, this plan has class members present skits about bullying, write and sign an anti-bullying pledge, and complete a service project. For the skit, learners use information from previous lessons...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Explore Myth and Legend with the Lure of Loch Ness

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Take your class on a journey to explore the real and the imagined through these activities related to the legend of Loch Ness.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reflexive Pronouns

For Students 6th - 9th
What a great review of reflexive pronouns! Grammarians of all ages will benefit from this packet. The first page gives descriptions and examples of different reflexive pronouns and common mistakes. The second page holds two, short...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Animal Action ABC (Pandell)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Get your kinesthetic learners engaged in a vocabulary study using Karen Pandell's book, Animal Action ABC. They move around as you read, and raise their hands whenever they hear one of the words you are learning. Pre-teach the terms:...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

The Pumpkin: An Outstanding Teaching Tool

For Teachers K - 5th
Capitalize on the availability of this seasonal squash by designing a lesson for a variety of disciplines.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

My Antonia: What Do You Think about Reading?

For Students 9th - 12th
How do your pupils feel about reading? Hand out this survey to find of if your students read often, enjoy reading, talk about what they read, and more.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Twelfth Night: QAR

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is used to model for readers how to craft four levels of questions that promote comprehension. Questions that can be answered with evidence right there in the text, questions that require readers to think and...
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Lesson Plan
Quia

Charlotte’s Web Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Make your classroom into a place of kindness and compassion with E.B White's Charlotte's Web. The first four pages of the lesson plan guide you through several steps and projects, including discussions on Charlotte and Wilbur's...
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Lesson Plan
Resources for Early Childhood

Making Math Meaningful and Enjoyable

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Your young learners will enjoy mathematics that is meaningful correspondence as they play their way to a deep mathematical foundation. Organized around the math standards, this appropriate sequence of conceptual, preschool...
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Student Handouts

Your/You're Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Does the sight of a misspelled your make you cringe? Then this is the worksheet for you! Make sure your learners are prepared to make the right decision next time they are faced with the task of choosing between your and you're.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shizuko’s Daughter: Unsent Letter

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Have you ever wanted to tell a character what you really thought of him or her? Use a lesson based on Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter to encourage learners to write a letter in response to a character's actions. 
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LearnEnglishFeelGood.com

There, They're, Their

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Accompany a there, they're, and their lesson or test your pupils' comprehension with a grammar worksheet where scholars read sentences and fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word.
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PPT
Pearson

Articles

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Take a trip to Africa with an educational grammar slideshow. Featuring pictures, sentences, and examples with an African safari theme, the presentation guides learners through definite and indefinite articles.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Valentine’s Day Word Search

For Students 2nd - 5th
Want another puzzle for your Valentine celebration? Check out a colorful word search that features words related to the holiday.
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Writing
Teachnology

Shape (Or Concrete) Poems

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Poetry comes in all shapes and sizes. Young writers pick a shape, select words and phrases that describe how the shape makes them feel, and create a shape poem. A raindrop example and step-by-step instructions give your budding poets a...
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Writing
Curriculum Corner

Wonderful Words for Writing!

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Twenty slides make up a set of festive, May-themed writing prompts designed to grab scholars' attention and warm-up their writing skills. Prompts include story starters, holidays, research questions, the five senses, and more! 

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