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Curated OER

Language Arts: Take Me to the Hall of Fame

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write persuasive letters supporting a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Once they have written the letter, they respond to it from the coach's point of view. In addition, students compose various conclusions to their letters.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Treated Lumber and Alternatives

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students copy the KWL chart for Treated Lumber and Alternatives. They include the provided websites. Students work with a partner to research the use of CCA lumber and its environmentally friendly substitutes. They create a PowerPoint...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wild Christmas Reindeer

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to the children's story "The Wild Christmas Reindeer" while using the pictures from the story to help analyze the plot. In this reading comprehension lesson, students discuss the text and pictures of a story as they read....
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Curated OER

Lost Empires of Asia and Russia

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view a video on the Russian Revolution of 1917. In this revolution lesson, students research from the perspective of peasants or aristocracy and create a presentation promoting their side. Students refute each others arguments...
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Curated OER

Dictation: Violence

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this dictation worksheet about violence, students take dictation from a passage about violence.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Agriscience

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research and write a paper on any agriscience related topic. In this series of agriscience lesson, students create a presentation to teach their peers about the animal industry. They explain the uses and importance of...
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Graphic
New York Times

New York Times: A Diverse First Family

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate Barack Obama's family tree to discover his family's diverse multicultural roots.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Do You Speak American?

For Students 9th - 10th
The home on the web for a television program about the nature of American English, which originally aired on PBS in January 2005. "Do You Speak American?" examines the differences in the ways American speak across age groups, ethnic...
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Activity
Other

Clear Ink/spell Web: Let the Web Decide!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A different type of spell checker, giving results from search engines, not based on dictionary word lists, but on frequency of use on the Web. If you're looking for a word that hasn't become official or want to see whether one...
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Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Phoneme Substitution [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Classroom teachers will learn how to use phoneme substitution as an instructional strategy. Teachers will learn direct instructional techniques for phoneme substitution. Word picture cards are included to be used with phoneme...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Let's Read It Again: Comprehension Strategies for Ell's

For Teachers K - 1st
Help Spanish-speaking English-language learners unlock the mysteries of their new language by using a bilingual book to recognize unfamiliar words and construct meaning from the text.
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Other

Brookfield High School: Lesnansky's Control Center: Cool Google Tricks

For Students 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, students will read an article that defines ways to improve the Google Search process to get better, more accurate results, and then write a short essay defining what new skills have been learned. The...
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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Vocabulary: Words in Context [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students look for new vocabulary words and context clues to define them while reading an independent reading book. Materials are included.
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Website
Other

Modern World History: Early Modern Empires (1500 1800)

For Students 9th - 10th
The roots of globalization began in the 15th century as modern empires began to thrive through trade. Asia was at its strongest during this time period, while Europe lagged behind until the discovery of America and an ocean route to Asia...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers: Computing Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A great resource to discover fun new computer activities to bring to your classroom.
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Activity
World Food Programme

Free Rice: Learn French Vocabulary and Give Free Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this web game and learn new French vocabulary words while providing free rice to hungry people around the world through the United Nations World Food Program. There are ten levels of difficulty.
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Interactive
World Food Programme

Free Rice: Learn Italian Vocabulary and Give Free Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this web game and learn new Italian vocabulary words while providing free rice to hungry people around the world through the United Nations World Food Program.
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Interactive
World Food Programme

Free Rice: Learn Spanish Vocabulary and Give Free Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this web game and learn new Spanish vocabulary words while providing free rice to hungry people around the world through the United Nations World Food Program. There are ten levels of difficulty.