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Curated OER

The Very Hungry Kindergartner

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create The Very Hungry Kindergartner books. In the books, students will write in and illustrate a page for each month they are in school.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Immigration Scrapbook

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use the internet to gather information on immigrants from the beginning of time. Using this information, they create a scrapbook showing the various immigrant groups and their effects on different cultures throughout the world....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Forests, Deserts, & Grasslands

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete activities to become familiar with the content and vocabulary related to biomes and ecosystems in order to mainstream into the classroom.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fraction King Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Primary Documents: The President and African Americans

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the efforts of the federal government to address discrimination in the U.S. before and after WWII. They read and discuss two executive orders, complete a worksheet, and answer discussion questions.
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Curated OER

Perimeter

For Teachers All
Students calculate the perimeter of a random shape on a grid.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dr. Teeth and Dr. Gums To The Rescue

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders role play as dentists researching teeth and their care. They create a slide show showing how a character, Bear, can take care of this teeth explaining habitats, diets and teeth.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sketching Perspectives

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners list perspective types, identify views, list uses for perspectives and correctly define terms associated with perspectives.
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

For Students K - 1st Standards
Delve into this wonderfully illustrated and comprehensive picture dictionary. Research up to 1,905 illustrated entries. Each word is used in a meaningful sentence.
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Interactive
Other

Education Galaxy: Picture Dictionary

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Test your picture dictionary skills by playing these games!
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Make a Picture Dictionary

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Children will create a picture dictionary to encourage the development of letter-sound recognition and fine-motor and creative-thinking skills, and increase their awareness about informational text.
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers: English Portuguese Picture Dictionary

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a great tool for visual learners and students of English and/or Portuguese. The site features pictures and illustrations--great sample vocabulary words--for a letter of the alphabet. Some words also include labeling activity...
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers: English Portuguese Picture Dictionary

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a great tool for visual learners and students of English and/or Portuguese. The site features pictures and illustrations--great sample vocabulary words--for a letter of the alphabet. Some words also include labeling activity...
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Interactive
Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Sorting Pictures

For Students K - 1st Standards
Test your skill at sorting pictures or using a picture dictionary. Choose test mode for an assessment or game mode for fun!
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Rocks and Minerals Find It! Quiz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to seek answers to questions about rocks and minerals. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and earth science vocabulary, would work well with...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Suggestions for Memoirs: Learning Social Vocabulary in a Menoir

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After discussing the picture book Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, students brainstorm the meaning of teacher-selected words. Once the students have a clear understanding of the words, they create a...