Curated OER
BEE a Part of Our Community
Pupils reflect how to form a respectful classroom community. In this communities lesson, students construct a "community web" of positive comments and predict what happens to the web when negative comments are made. Pupils discuss how to...
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A Worm World
Pupils maintain a compost bin and build a worm observatory. They design experiments relating to worms and record observations in a worm journal.
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A Happy Time
Second graders listen to stories about feelings, identify their own feelings at specific times in their lives, and express their feelings in words and through writing.
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Introduction to Creative Thinking and Dr. de Bono's Thinking Methods
Students become more familiar with the setting of the instructional activity. They know who Dr. de Bono is and what he invented. Students know the lessons ground rules. They have sparked their creativity to be stimulated.
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What A Woman...The Silver Queen
Fourth graders realize that women have played a strong role in the history of Utah. They explain that the study of individuals can give glimpses of the life and times of the era. They experience their personal histories.
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A Day in the Park
Fourth graders brainstorm a list of criteria for a quality recreation center. They draft a written proposal the center they plan to design. They write to persuade a land developer to hire their company.
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Contemporary Chicago 1936-2000
Seventh graders produce stories, poems, and drawings about Weisenborn's 1936 mural and make a comparable collage about Chicago in 2000.
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5 A Day
Students examine the 5 a day program. They sing different songs and discover how to be healthy. They identify different parts of the music as well.
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Salmon and Steelhead Life Stories Web Search
Learners conduct an Internet investigation to discover the natural history of local salmon and/or steelhead. They then write a story that describes the life of a salmon or steelhead from the local creek, including a description of each...
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Remembering Anne Frank
Students study the life of Anne Frank. In a class discussion, students discuss the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. They analyze the sacrifices Anne Frank and her family made in order to assist others.
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Family Life Cycle - Breakfast Lab
High schoolers review the nutritional needs of various age groups. In groups, they plan a breakfast meal for different age groups and spend time making the foods. To end the instructional activity, they serve the food to their...
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Homophones dictation
Learners notice their problems with a particular listening activity or even with spelling a word wrongly. They write 8 to 10 homophones and check what they have written down. They say the spelling and also the meaning and discover the...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: What We Can Learn From Objects in Museums
Ways to take advantage of children's natural curiousity to ensure that your next museum visit is a lively and engaging learning experience. Provides excellent question prompts, along with advice for tailoring a visit to suit your child's...
Other
Kim's Korner: Color Coded Parts of Speech Kinesthetic Lesson Plan
Students can brush up on their knowledge of the parts of speech when they do this lesson. This site contains a kinesthetic lesson plan that caters to children with all types of learning styles.
Other
Children's Software Press: Book Report
Learn how your computer can help you write a book report, from the outline to the final draft.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Talking Textiles: World Costume
Interactive resource for exploring what traditional forms of dress reveal about the culture and location of the people who wear them and the climate where they live.
Other
Paul Fleischman's Official Website
Have you ever wanted to know more about the life and work of Paul Fleischman? Use this site to learn more about this famous children's author.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Paul Fleischman
Web English Teacher offers a group of resources for teaching and learning about author Paul Fleischman.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Family Reading Activities
This site features family reading activities that will guide parents with their children's reading development.
EL Education
El Education: Architectural Features Cards
Fifth grade students at Genesee Community Charter School created these cards during an expedition called Liberty and Justice for All ? To create the cards, students researched and sketched Federal, Georgian, Colonial, Greek and other...
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Diamante Poems
Do you know how to write a diamante poem? Check out this site to learn how to accomplish this task. This site features a lesson plan for writing poetry.
abcteach
Abc Teach: Abc Activities
[Free Registration/Login Required] Offers numerous hands-on activities for young children learning their ABCs.
EL Education
El Education: If You Take a Dog to the Beach
Kindergarten students created this children's picture book. If You Take a Dog to the Beach was based on the commercial book series that includes If You Give a Moose a Muffin in which a sequence of events is kicked off by an initial...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Family Art Guides
Even if you are miles away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these four-page downloadable family guides to the museum's collections make wonderful tools for teaching interesting things about art to children. Full-page illustrations...