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Core Knowledge Second Grade ELA Curriculum
The 12 units, each with its own theme for the read-alouds, comprise the Core Knowledge Second Grade ELA Curriculum Set. The richly detailed, carefully scaffolded, scripted lessons include word work practice, vocabulary skills practice,...
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Community Based Projects - Family Trees
Project-Based Learning Community Projects. Engage students in meaningful projects that impact their community!
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Air, Atmosphere and Living Systems
Check out these 12 lessons on air and the atmosphere, exploring air quality and how it can impact living things. There are plenty of hands-on activities, teaching guides, and videos to help making this unit come alive!
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Set Up a Remote Learning Schedule for 1st & 2nd Grade Teachers
Get a 2-week plan and planning template! This collection will provide inspiration for remote learning instruction. You will be given a variety of ideas to help you personalize learning for 1st-2nd grade students.
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Remote Teaching Strategies for Primary Students
Remote Teaching Strategies - Learn how to best communicate, plan and create engaging content for students who are working in remote locations.
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Needs of Living Things
Young scientists learn about the differences between living and nonliving things, needs and wants, and the basic requirements for survival. Fun activities like making lemonade, playing a game of Concentration, and blowing bubbles in...
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All About Food
Check out this 11-part collection for elementary learners! Each lesson is full of hands-on activities, handouts, and in-depth studies of the science of food. Your class will study balanced meals, how food grows, plant parts, the...
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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
It's never too early to think about our future! Boost enthusiasm about careers and occupations with a collection created for kindergarten through second-grade learners. Young minds discover future possibilities, such as becoming a...
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Nature of Teaching: Informal Curricula
The Nature of Teaching curriculum provides activity-focused resources designed for nature centers, field days, and 4-H clubs. Young scholars study and identify birds, build feeders for local birds, create exploding seed balls that they...
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Spelling Games
Add some F-U-N to your spelling instruction with a collection designed to get your learners moving, thinking, and spelling through activities that go beyond pen and paper.
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Social & Emotional Learning in Elementary School: Self-Awareness
Instill the importance of self-awareness with a collection designed to meet the needs of scholars in kindergarten through fifth grade. Resources include activities, lesson plans, units, worksheets, printables, and graphic...
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Words That Heal: Using Children's Literature to Address Bullying
Books can create empathy. Books can build self-esteem. Books can offer insight and coping strategies. Books can encourage anti-bullying. Books can heal. The five discussion guides in the "Words That Heal: Using Children's Literature to...
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Cyberbullying: Understanding and Addressing Online Cruelty
Three lessons comprise the "Cyberbullying: Understanding and Addressing Online Cruelty" unit. In the first, designed for grades 2-5, youngsters practice behaviors that model good online citizenship. The second lesson, designed for middle...
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First Day of Elementary School Activities
The first day of school can be daunting, especially for younger scholars. Instead, make the first day of school happy with these ice breakers, games, activities, and more designed to brighten your elementary learners' day!
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Elementary School Ice Breakers
Break the ice with a collection of icebreakers for Kindergarten through fifth grade. Scholars get to know their new friends through various activities such as quilt design, personal interviews, cootie catchers, singing, a game of "Would...
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Back-to-School Grades Pre-K-5
Be prepared for a new school year with a back-to-school collection equipped with various resources to create a warm welcome for your incoming scholars. Gain perspective, tips, and recommendations, with an assortment of informative...
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Overcoming Obstacles Elementary K-2 Curriculum
A 12-lesson curriculum set by Overcoming Obstacles focuses on several social-emotional competencies—self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Young scholars participate in...
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Lions Quest SEL Mindfulness Resources: Grades Pre-K-2
Mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-management are the focus of a 10-activity collection for social-emotional learning. Young scholars practice breathing techniques to stay calm, identify their feelings, control impulses, build...
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Social & Emotional Learning in Elementary School: Self-Management
Instill the importance of self-motivation with a collection of curated units, lesson plans, graphic organizers, handouts, printables, and activities that encourage kindergarteners through fifth graders to be their best selves. Resource...
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SEL Mood Meters
Check in on how your students are feeling today with this mood meters collection.
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Rockets Educator Guide
The 17 resources in NASA’s Rockets Educator Guide allow young scientists and engineers to engage in experiments as they examine images of more than 2,00 years of rockets. Scholars then read articles that provide an overview of the next...
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2nd Grade Reading Comprehension
A collection of 36 worksheets challenges scholars to read the informational text then answer short-answer questions. Reading comprehension skills examine the text's main idea, supporting details, and textual evidence. Grading or checking...
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Presidential Portraits - Library of Congress
Free to Use and Reuse: Presidential Portraits from Library of Congress.