Curated OER
Pass It On
Fifth graders participate in a class activity that helps them learn some geometric terms along with their definitions. They describe relationships between two and three-dimensional shapes and analyze attributes and properties of...
Curated OER
Election 2000
Young scholars review the 2000 presidential election. Students write an expository essay in response to the following: Should the election process in the United states be changed?
Curated OER
Narrow Road to the Interior
Students investigate the life and work of the Japanese poet, Matsuo Basho as the Japanese poetic forms are studied. Nature, symbolism, and history are probed as the lesson is developed.
Curated OER
More or Less Pigs in the Pen
Students practice simple addition and subtraction. They identify relationships among whole numbers.
Curated OER
Bringing Math to Life with Laserdisc Technology
Students explore various problems. They present their final results and explain the path they followed in order to obtain their answers. Students show their written work as well as orally explaining their work.
Curated OER
Inter / Intra Personal Lesson Plan
Students identify the causes of the American Civil War. Using the internet and print sources, they read about the causes and personal backgrounds of those who participated in the war. They choose a character from the time period that...
Curated OER
Sum It Up to Learn the Most!
Learners review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they follow six given steps in summarizing a written passage. Then they read a passage independently and follow the same steps in summarizing the...
Curated OER
Summarize What You Read
Third graders summarize a selected piece of nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to use a Venn diagram, 3rd graders read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using their Venn Diagram and the five-step process...
Curated OER
Olympic Flyers
Students watch videos, conduct research, and apply their previous knowledge of respiration, breathing, drugs, alcohol and diet to prepare a presentation (pamphlet, poster, PowerPoint) to give advice to athletes going into the Olympics.
Curated OER
How Does Matter Look Up Close?
In this matter worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by identifying tools that are used to magnify objects too small to see with just their eyes.
Curated OER
Test Your Reading Skills: Cloze Activity
In this reading comprehension cloze instructional activity, students are instructed to fill in blanks with any word or phrase that "fits." The paragraph is about a shopping trip. Possible answers are given.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Investigating Nonfiction Part 3: Independent and Guided Reading
This article provides tips for using nonfiction with guided reading and independent reading. The following strategies are shared: ways to help kids select "just right" nonfiction books; lessons to use with nonfiction in guided reading...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Publishing a Book Report Using Word Processing
This lesson provides students with the basic steps to using word processing. Students will use word processing software to publish a final copy of a book report. Students will review the main parts of a book report. This lesson will...
Other
Ken Lopez Book Seller: Silko's Introduction
A brief history of the writing career of Leslie Marmon Silko. The main part of the website focuses on the books similar to "Ceremony" and the influence and dialogue they create.
EL Education
El Education: How Does Your Garden Grow?
This book was created by kindergarten students from the East End Community Charter School in Portland, Maine, as part of an eight-week learning expedition on local food and gardens called, "How Does Your Garden Grow?" These young...
EL Education
El Education: It's All Greek to Me
This book was created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine as part of a learning expedition on ancient civilizations, focusing on ancient Greece.The book includes collage-like portraits and background information on famous figures...
EL Education
El Education: Abc's of the Intertidal Zone High Tide
This guide to the intertidal zone was created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine, as part of a Learning Expedition called, "In the Zone." Each student was responsible for studying and researching a particular species within the...
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Perspectives: Ida B. Wells
Read about the efforts of Ida B. Wells to combat lynchings of African Americans that were still occurring mainly in the South during the first part of the 20th century.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Electromagnetic Spectrum
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn what an electromagnetic wave is, gain a feel for the main parts of the spectrum, and work on problems involving basic properties of electromagnetic...
Other
The Cranberry Isles: Rachel Field's God's Pocket
This website, part of a larger site celebrating the Cranberry Isles, ME, provides a reproduction of the dust jacket from Rachel Field's work God's Pocket: The Story of Captain Samuel Hadlock, Junior of Cranberry Isles, Maine. The site...