Vista Murrieta High School
English II Research Paper Packet
If your school requires a senior research paper or if you are considering one for your class, then this resource is for you. The 43-page packet includes everything from a sample letter to parents to requirements, from topic suggestions...
Utah Education Network (UEN)
7th Grade Poetry: Ode Poem
Walt Whitman's "Captain, My Captain" and Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" provide seventh graders with examples of odes. After reading and discussing these and other examples, young poets craft an ode and respond to the ode of a...
PBS
Around the Block
Arthur and his friends help children explore the concepts of family, community, and diversity in a fun series of activities. From performing peer interviews to mapping out the different places learners have lived or visited, this...
Maine Content Literacy Project
Introduction to the Short Story
How should pupils read short stories? Set them up for this unit with an introductory activity that goes over the main characteristics of a short story and starts learners off reading their first short story of the unit. In order to get a...
Curated OER
Flicking Football Fun
Young mathematicians fold and flick their way to a deeper understanding of statistics with a fun, hands-on math unit. Over the course of four lessons, students use paper footballs to generate data as they learn how to create line...
Bierbaum Elementary School
Practicing Patience
As teachers, we have a lot of patience. Our scholars, on the other hand, may need some support. Give your pupils the emotional intelligence instruction they desire with a lesson designed to teach patience through grand conversation,...
Curated OER
Earthquakes: Kindergarten Lesson Plans and Activities
Beginning with a pre-lab, kindergarteners trace the letters in the word earthquake and discuss what happens in an earthquake. The lab portion allows young scientists realize that earthquakes trigger shaking of different intensities...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
The Power of Ten: Building a Magnitude Model
Add visual representation to teaching place value with a magnitude model. Using adding machine tape, pupils build a linear place value strip from 1 to 100.
Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
Festivals of Light Hanukkah
Five sessions make up a lesson on the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. After reading and teaching young historians the history of the Jewish holiday, learners explore the celebration through hands-on activities and collaborative learning.
Curated OER
"There Is No K In Christmas"
Do you hear a k in the word Christmas? It sounds like it, but it's really a ch that creates the same sound! Teach young learners this fun song, "There is No K in Christmas," and show them words that use ch to make the same /k/ sound.
David Suits
“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and...
Curated OER
Ehhhh?
Are your kindergarten learners working with the letter e and the sounds that is makes? They'll practice writing a capital e, hear the /e/ sound in a funny tongue twister, and then identify when the teacher is saying a word that uses the...
Curated OER
Henry Howls
Let's learn the letter h! Elementary learners will hear the sound, learn a catchy tongue twister, and identify the sound in different words the teacher says. After some writing practice, read A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle, to...
Curated OER
Say /o/
Ollie the octopus is occupied! Use this tongue twister to help youngsters learn the /o/ sound. After practicing the target sound, learners should print the letter. When they are familiar with the letter and its sound, the group will...
Curated OER
Open Up And Say Ahh
Who has a word that has an /o/? Teach kids this fun song (sung to the tune of "Skip to My Lou") to remember the /o/ sound and words that contain the target sound. Then have learners identify the sound in various words before reading In...
Curated OER
E Is For Elephant
In this letter e worksheet, students learn to form upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter e. Students trace examples of the letters and then print them on the practice line. Students color a picture of an elephant.
Curated OER
Dog
In this letter and word recognition worksheet, students recognize the letter d and the word dog. Students follow directions by coloring each part of the picture a certain color, and practice printing the letter d.
Curated OER
V is for Violin
In this letter v worksheet, students color the word violin, a picture of a violin, upper and lower case letter v's, then practice tracing and writing the upper and lower case letter. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
Curated OER
Y is for Yell
In this letter Y activity, students color in the word yell, upper and lower case letter y's, then practice tracing and writing the upper and lower case letters. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
Curated OER
B Is For Bear
In this letter B worksheet, students follow the directions to color the upper and lower case examples of letter B the correct colors. Students color a bear and trace upper and lower case letter Bb before practicing on their own.
Curated OER
R Is For Rabbit
In this letter R worksheet, students learn to form upper and lower case letter R. Students trace examples and then practice on the lines. Students then color a rabbit picture according to the directions.
Curated OER
T Is For Turtle
In this printing letter T, learners trace examples of upper and lower case letter T. Students color the word turtle and follow the directions to color upper and lower case examples of letter Tt.
Curated OER
W is for Walrus
In this letter W worksheet, students color in the word walrus, upper and lower case letter w's, then trace and practice writing the upper and lower case letter on lines provided. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
Curated OER
Z is for Zebra
In this letter z worksheet, students color the word zebra, the upper and lower case letters, a picture of a zebra, then practice tracing and printing the upper and lower case letter.