Turtle Teacher Resources

This brief biography of Little Turtle describes him as "a rational voice in a troubling time." A slightly different perspective than encyclopedia entries. Links to significant names.

Read a short informational text called "Extinct Turtle Found," and then choose the correct answer for comprehension questions at the end of the selection.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The passages "Clara and Philip the Turtle" and "Chirping Chirp" share the common theme of caring for injured animals. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and one combined.

Find out about Kemp's Ridley, the smallest of the sea turtles in this informative site.

Observe a teacher's lesson, and see her introduce the engineering challenge of designing water filters with a picture book. In this story, Salila, a girl from India, learns about environmental engineering as she designs her own water...

Information about the Leatherback Sea Turtle.

Students build a model ecosystem to simulate the life and limiting factors of the Terrapin turtle.

This site is provided for by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Do fish sleep? Do they chew food? Can any fish swim backwards? How many Pinnipeds are on the Endangered Species List? Find out the answers to these questions and many...

Students will determine the correct double vowel sound to go in the given letters.

This printable consonant letter worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will look at pictures with many individual words and then identify each word that start with /t/ to...

This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [0:47] features information about compound words. Games and worksheets are included to supplement this video lesson about compound words.

This TurtleDiary video lesson [14:19] includes information about adjectives. Additional lessons, games, and worksheets are available to supplement this adjectives video lesson.

This TurtleDiary video lesson features all letters of the alphabet. Animals that begin with each letter of the alphabet are featured. (5:55)

This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [3:43] features information about antonyms. An additional video lesson, games, practice exercises are included to supplement this antonyms lesson.

This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [3:31] features information about attributive and predicative adjectives. Practice exercises and games are included to supplement this adjectives lesson.

This TurtleDiary video lesson features the letter "a" and its sound. Many words that begin with the letter "a" are featured. (1:44)

This TurtleDiary video lesson features the letter "b" and its sound. Many words that begin with the letter "b" are featured. (2:19)

This three-minute video focuses on the rules for capitalizing particular types of proper nouns, especially days of the week, months, holidays, seasons, and directions.

This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [4:28] features information about capitalization. Rules on capitalizing sentences, direct quotations, proper nouns, and family names are included. Practice exercises are provided to supplement...

This video presents a thorough explanation of collective nouns, including what they are and how they are usually structured in a sentence. Plenty of examples support learning this concept.

This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [2:44] features information about compound subjects and compound predicates. Practice exercises are included to supplement the lesson about compound subjects and compound predicates.

This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [2:05] features information about verb conjugation. Practice exercises are provided to supplement this verb conjugation lesson.

This TurtleDiary interactive video lesson [5:28] features information about coordinating conjunctions. Numerous examples of their application and clarifying tips are included. Written lessons, video lessons, practice exercises, and...

This TurtleDiary video lesson features the letter "c" and its sound. Many words that begin with the letter "c" are featured. (1:48)