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Curated OER

Tell Me A Story -- Feelings

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice using feelings as a way to reflect on past experiences. The poem The End and the text Tell Me a Story Mama are used to identify feeling words. As an extension, pupils participate in a service learning project and reflect upon...
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Curated OER

Telling Stories About Ourselves

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils discover how visual images communicate meaning. They create costumes that tell personal stories and perform dances wearing the costumes.
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Manchester University

Lesson 51: Scientific Notation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Discuss scientific notation with this mathematics lesson. Middle schoolers predict which problem is bigger of two numbers. They analyze the problems by observing the powers of 10 in order to decide which is bigger. This appears to be an...
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Teacher Vision

The Wampanoag Indians: A Thanksgiving Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Spark some lively conversation about American holiday traditions and debunk accepted notions about the first Thanksgiving at the same time. After reviewing the mainstream version of the Thanksgiving story with your class, offer some...
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Curated OER

Tell Time With Your Feet

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover what the latitude and longitude of their location is. They start walking and measure their shadow. They fill in a chart to discover the approximate time.
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Curated OER

Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore language arts by reading two similar stories in order to compare and contrast them in class. Young readers read two Aunt Isabel books, by Kate Duke, and discuss the main characters, plot, and setting. They complete a graphic...
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Curated OER

Frindle: A Guiding Reading Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Guide your class through a reading of the popular children's book, Frindle, with this comprehensive literature unit. Starting with a brief introduction to the guided reading process, the class goes on to read the story two chapters at a...
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Curated OER

How Hard Were the Times? Investigating the Meaning and Significance of the Great Depression

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine causes and effects of Great Depression and its significance on twentieth-century life, analyze value of various types of historical information, specifically primary sources, and relate events, issues, problems,...
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Curated OER

Grammar Lesson Plan: Simple Past vs. Present Perfect

For Teachers 4th - 10th
What's the difference between the present perfect and simple past? Have your class practice identifying and using both of these verb tenses through pair activities, whole-class discussion, and a worksheet.
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Worksheet
Prestwick House

The Best of Poe

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A chilling look of Edgar Allan Poe's works may not be a dream within a dream, but it's certainly a review within a crossword puzzle. Look down and across to find references to "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Black Cat," and "The...
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PPT
Mr. E. Science

Motion

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An informative presentation covers motion, metric system, conversions, graphing of coordinates and lines, speed, velocity, and acceleration problems, as well as mean calculations. This is the first lesson in a 26-part series.
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Activity
101 Questions

Volcano

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This resource will blow your mind! Young mathematicians estimate the rate of volcanic lava flow by watching a video. They apply the rate formula to determine how long it would take the lava to reach a city. Let's hope everyone gets out...
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Curated OER

Fraction Clocks

For Teachers 1st
First graders use a clock to practice telling time and using fractions. They review the different parts of the clock and play a game using time. They help each other with telling time.
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Curated OER

Introduction to Time

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of time. Through discussion and artistic projects, they define time in their own words and tell how it is used to represent the seasons. Students draw a picture to portray time as it elapses during the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Favorite Times

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this decision making worksheet, students determine their favorite activities throughout the day and complete a chart showing the time of each activity. Next students determine their favorite activities throughout the year and...
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Curated OER

ESL Got the Time?- Matching Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL time activity, students examine the time on 10 analog clock faces and match them with the correct time telling words.
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Curated OER

Comparing Two Poe Classics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart. In this poetry lesson plan, students construct a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two pieces of literature.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Poem in Your Pocket Day: Ideas for Celebrating

For Students K - 12th
First instituted in New York City in 2002 and recognized nationwide in 2009, "Poem in Your Pocket Day" is part of National Poetry Month (April) and celebrates poetry in everyday life. A brief news story includes 9 ideas about how to...
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Curated OER

Time Story Problems

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve story problems using an analog clock. In this time story problems lesson plan, 1st graders complete word problems on elapsed time and discuss their solutions. 
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Film English

If At First You Don't Succeed

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When faced with a challenge, how do your pupils respond? Starting with character analyses, learners participate in a lesson about appearances and perseverance. They watch a short film, talk about common English expressions, and write a...
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California Academy of Science

Kinesthetic Astronomy: The Meaning of a Year

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
How many times have you traveled around the sun? Aspiring astronomers grasp what a year is and they differentiate between orbit and rotation by walking around the sun right within your classroom. Place a lamp in the center of the room to...
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Film English

365 Grateful

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Encourage gratitude with a short film. Pupils first explore what grateful means and come up with five things they are grateful for. After a discussion, they watch the short film twice and discuss the content after each viewing, focusing...
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Curated OER

Castle Builder

For Teachers 5th
Discover a wonderful series of lessons on castles, life during medieval times, and finish by having your learners actually construct a castle. First, they look at the importance of castles during medieval times. Next, they study certain...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Native Americans—Regions and Cultures Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Native Americans are the focus of a read-aloud anthology. Over two weeks, third graders listen to and discuss informational texts detailing the life and culture of various regions. Pupils complete extension activities and show what they...

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