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Curated OER

ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Skills Necessary to Listen, Speak, Read and Write Effectively

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, using a basic word picture dictionary, review the vocabulary terms on the board in conjunction with the picture dictionary and tie the two together for placement association. In addition, they practice using key grammar words...
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Museum of Disability

Buddy, The First Seeing Eye Dog

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Learn about how the seeing eye dog program began with a reading lesson about Eva Moore's chapter book, Buddy, The First Seeing Eye Dog. With vocabulary words, discussion questions, and extension resources, the lesson is a great way for...
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Penguin Books

Folklore and Fairytales: A Guide to Using Traditional Tales and Reimagined Classics

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Every culture has its own stories to tell. An interesting educator's guide shares a large collection of fairytales and folktales, some from different cultures and some re-creations of classics. A summary and brief teaching ideas...
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Curated OER

Print & Go ESL

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Improve reading comprehension with a set of ESL worksheets. Kids read through various passages, note which facts are true or false, mark their opinion on two statements, and write a short reply based on a writing prompt.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All Together Now: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
All Together Now is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Provide support to your language learners through games, role play, stories, and discussions all about greeting others, giving commands, telling about themselves, and being...
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Curated OER

Reading Research!

For Teachers K
Students investigate the life of an animal and how it responds to winter. The lesson's focus is on reading and research skills using pictures to assist in the understanding of the information presented.
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Organizer
Education Center

Star Rules

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Why are rules so important? Just ask the main characters in the children's book Officer Buckle and Gloria. After a class read aloud, compare and contrast the safety tips mentioned in the story with your classroom rules, noting any...
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Curated OER

Book: The Southern Colonies: Quest for Prosperity

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils, after reading Chapter 1 in the book, "The Southern Colonies: Quest for Prosperity,"begin to analyze the motivation behind European colonization. They convey the setting of the scene into a writing piece to illustrate the picture...
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Curated OER

Guided Imagery: Canyons, Chapter 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Individuals use words or illustrate what they experience during a reading of a passage from chapter eight of Gary Paulsen's Canyons. Complete directions for the guided imagery exercise, and a suggested passage, are included with the...
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Curated OER

Bridge to Terabithia

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore scenes from Katherine Paterson's book, Bridge to Terabithia. In this visualization lesson, students listen to the story read aloud. The students then choose words and phrases that paint a picture in their heads. Students...
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Curated OER

Map It Out

For Teachers K - 4th
Explore how illustrations add to a story. Young learners will look at picture books to see how the pictures tell the story. They create illustrations to go with a chosen story, and then flip the activity so they have to write a story to...
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Curated OER

Sharing African Culture

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students investigate African American culture by reading aloud an African folk tale and illustrating the tale. They use their illustrations to create a book or a bulletin board that retells the folk tale.
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ReadWriteThink

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Me: Identifying with a Hero

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here, young historians compare their early lives to that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s. They listen to a read aloud of a story by Dr. King's sister, and then write in the provided reflective journal template. Lastly, they share their...
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Curated OER

Reading Research!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe the pictures in non-fiction books that focus on animals in the winter. In addition, they also listed to some read aloud books about hibernation, migration, adaptation and dormancy. Students draw pictures and write notes...
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Curated OER

SWOOP Reading

For Teachers 1st
First graders read fluently. In this phonics lesson students practice reading strategies for fluency. They write a response in their journal about the book read in class.
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Curated OER

Birds in Flight

For Teachers 1st
First graders begin a KWL chart about birds and listen to books read aloud by the teacher before accessing Internet sites. They use a hotlist of websites to find information and use software to make a computer based movie.
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Curated OER

WHAT DO BEARS EAT AND HOW DO THEY WALK?

For Teachers K
Students listen to the poem "Five Bears" read aloud several times, and study what bears eat by naming the foods (mentioned in the poem) out loud. They draw a picture to illustrate one line of the poem and practice choral reading.
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Curated OER

Journey to Topaz: Directed Reading Thinking Activity

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Have you used the directed reading thinking activity in your classroom? Doubling as either a prereading strategy, or a during reading strategy, it helps readers connect the historical background of the text to the text itself. As the...
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Curated OER

Discussing How Plants Grow

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Study how plants grow with your English language learners with a cross-curricular lesson revolving around pumpkins. These activities provide opportunities to practice new scientific vocabulary while practicing skills such as estimating...
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NWT Literacy Council

How to Kit: Readers Theatre

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Immerse your class in a good story with an extensive resource featuring reader's theater techniques. The worksheets are designed for both teacher and student, and carefully explain how to organize, write, and perform stories in a...
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Curated OER

Introducing Vocabulary: Christopher Columbus (Weinberger)

For Teachers K - 3rd
The story of Christopher Columbus has fascinated young historians for centuries; use this vocabulary-in-context strategy to dive into Kimberly Weinberger's picture book about this classic explorer. Begin by introducing the new words:...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Yummy Apples!

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young learners listen to a read aloud of Gail Gibbons book, Apples and the story A Red House With No Windows and No Doors. They compare characteristics of a number of kinds of apples, graph them and create a apple print picture. Learners...
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Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.

Classroom Setup: Grade 3

For Teachers 3rd
There's a lot of thought that goes into setting up safe and supportive classroom environments. From establishing a whole group meeting area and arranging desks, to organizing classroom supplies and creating bulletin board displays, this...
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Curated OER

Comic Book Project

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students write a fictional story into a comic book format. In this creative writing lesson, students analyze example comics and discuss the format. Students create a comic book using imaginary characters that find a solution to a problem.

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