Curated OER
Graphing Fun
First graders analyze objects and make a graphing picture to analyze the data. In this graphing lesson, 1st graders complete an object graph assessment, a picture graph assessment, and a bar graph assessment to analyze their given objects.
Curated OER
Ge-Oh Boy, Oh Boy
Young scholars listen to the book, Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt and discuss the art of quilting. They examine various symmetrical sewing designs, and identify reflection pieces, slides, and flips.
Curated OER
Adventures in Wonderland: A Genre Study
Students explore the concepts of fantasy writing through this nine lessons unit. The unit presents semantic mapping, discussions, comparisons of various works of fantasy, and the opportunity to create their own fantasies.
Curated OER
Social Studies For Elementary School
Fourth graders become familar with maps and work in groups to get an overview of what Europe is like. The real assignment is in the form of students creating their own trip if it could really be taken.
Curated OER
Rock Art
First graders create and share their own rock art based on Navajo and Hawaiian rock art.
Curated OER
Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 5, Lesson 28: The Mo-tea-if
Second graders explore tea dyeing cloth.
Curated OER
Family Mouse Behind the Wheel
Students examine how their transportation choices affect the natural environment and their physical health as well as the power of community involvement and the dangers of over development.
Curated OER
Trees!
Students are introduced to the parts of trees through discussion and participation in learning centers with hands on activities that focus on each part.
University at Buffalo
Circle Association: Harlem Renaissance History and Links
This resource from the Circle Association at the University of Buffalo gives background on the origins of the Harlem Renaissance and highlights its most famous authors.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Jigsaw Lit Circle Discussions
Students will participate in a discussion of a text by preparing for a literature circle. This lesson is an example of the Jigsaw Method. A student video and grading rubric are provided.
Other
Appalachian State University: Literature Circle: Revolutionary War: Sarah Bishop
This lesson plan and related resources are for the book Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell, an upper 5th-grade reading level novel about a girl's conflict with the beginnings of the Revolutionary War.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Title and Task Tent Cards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient strategy for the conducting of literature circles. Downloadable tent cards are provided for the following literature circle member roles: recorder, facilitator, summarizer, and...
Other
Literature Circles: Lesson Plans and More
What are the major roles in literature circles? Check out this site to learn more about the individual roles needed to form a literature circle. Includes links to various reading handouts and lessons.
Other
Seattle University: Literature Circles Resource Center
How can you get started with literature circles in your classroom? This site provides information on every aspect of developing your own literature circle instruction.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970
Read about the 1970 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who was honored "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature."
TES Global
Blendspace: 7th Grade Literature Circle Author Research
A seventeen-part learning module with links to images and information about adolescent authors Sharon Draper, Christopher Crowe, Joseph Bruchac, Susan Campbell Bartole, Jerry Spinelli, and Seymour Reit.
TES Global
Blendspace: Literature Circle Differention Using Web 2.0 Tools
A fourteen-part learning module with links to websites for use with literature circles.
University of Maryland
Romantic Circles Praxis Series
Use this informative site that serves as a host of the primary anthologies available in the field of Romantic literature. This comprehensive site will help you develop more knowledge of British Romantic authors and their works.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Colonial Literature: The Great Awakening
This lesson focuses on Johnathan Edwards and The Great Awakening, a movement to revival the Puritan religion. It features information about the Great Awakening and why in wasn't successful and a link to the sermon "Sinners in the Hands...
Other
Literature Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is for a character study that uses butcher paper, pens, pencils, and copies of assigned book. Students then complete a character study on at least two major characters.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: If You Give a Moose a Muffin
This teacher resource includes a review of Laura Numeroff's If You Give a Moose a Muffin, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.
Other
National Book Critics Circle Awards
At the National Book Critics Circle website check the background of the awards and previous winners.
Other
University of Rochester Libraries: Lincoln and His Circle
Examine letters and other artifacts related to 16th President, Abraham Lincoln and those within his circle. An extensive, indexed collection with links to related sites and literature.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: Romantic Circles
Extensive site dedicated to Romantic Studies. Best to use the search function. Includes modern poets reading Romantic poetry.