Curated OER
Butterfly Camouflage
Fifth graders discuss camouflage and warnings by butterflies as a class. Students design and color their own butterflies that they are to place somewhere in the classroom. Students explain why their butterfly is colored the way that it...
Curated OER
Hoosier Trading Cards
Fourth graders create a trading card depicting information about a famous Indiana resident. Using traditional and internet research, they gather information about a famous Hoosier of their choice. Students use their information to...
Curated OER
Which One Doesn't Belong?
Third graders identify words that are related with 80% accuracy. Given a list of four vocabulary words, 3rd graders identify specific relationships between three of the four words. They also identify which of the four words are not...
Curated OER
Keeping Warm
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
Curated OER
The 3 Bees
Students review what the three bees are: respect, responsibility and safety. Individually, they use the internet to complete a webquest to examine how to be respectful to others and be responsible for their actions. To end the lesson,...
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Digit Reversal Correction: 6 Doesn't Mix
Students practice methods of remembering by association. In small groups, children explore directions of numbers. Students practice procedures for digit reversal correction.
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Best Practices
Students create displays throughout the year to generate interest in upcoming events. They develop a plan to increase awareness of a variety of physical fitness programs. Students create flyers about local activities and share the...
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A Halloween Counting Book
In this Halloween counting worksheet, students cut out and staple pages together to create a counting book of Halloween art. Each page has a different Halloween icon such as a witch, spiders and jack-o-lanterns.
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Identifying Conflicts in Stories
Fifth graders practice analyzing story points by discussing Cinderella. In this reading comprehension lesson, 5th graders identify the four main types of conflicts in stories and how they are presented in modern day...
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Good Judgement and Honesty
Seventh graders write about the importance of honesty. In this character education lesson, 7th graders reflect about the value of honesty and following the rules. This lesson is part of a larger unit on honesty.
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Christmas Truce
Students research the Christmas truce during World War I. In this social studies lesson, students discuss World War I and the Christmas Truce. Students write a response about the truce.
Other
Infed: Self Direction
Teaching a student to be a self-directed learner can be a difficult concept to approach since learners are often driven intrinsically. This article takes a critical look at the process, product, and problems with self-directed learning....
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Motivating Reluctant Adolescent Readers
How can you motivate adolescents who have never turned on to the magic of reading? Tutoring teenagers is as much about building self-confidence as teaching skills. Low self-image and feelings of powerlessness trouble many unmotivated...
Mind Tools
Mind Tools: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: Learning How to Be More Aware
Internet article discusses the five main elements of emotional intelligence, including self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills, and offers practical and applicable ways to incorporate these qualities into...
Other
Lorea Martinez: 3 Steps to Increase Students' Self Awareness
Students (and adults) who can identify their strengths will be more likely to build on them to improve their areas of growth; they will probably have greater motivation and will be more self-confident. Here are 3 suggested steps to talk...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Do You Mean?"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. Used to motivate students to use higher-level thinking skills, read, and develop an appreciation for their culture. Good resource.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Do You Mean?"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. Used to motivate students to use higher-level thinking skills, read, and develop an appreciation for their culture. Good resource.
Other
E Learning Developers' Journal: What Is Personalized Learning [Pdf]
This article takes on the complex issues of designing personalized learning strategies for web learning instruction and environments. What do students do when teachers are not there to provide motivation, direction, goal setting and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Storing Android Accelerometer Data: App Design
Young scholars work through an online tutorial on MIT's App Inventor to learn how to create Android applications. Using those skills, they create their own applications and use them to collect data from an Android device accelerometer...
Goshen College
Visual Art: The Conversation Game
When we prompt our students to create art based on "self," how many of us get generic pictures or simple ideas? This game is designed to stretch each student's self list so that they have a wide variety of expressive ideas to choose from.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Reading Fluency
This lesson engages learners in reading fluency practice. Teachers will modeling auditorily, use timed self-assessments, and ensure partners give feedback to motivate the students.
Other
Sage Publishing: Play and the Learning Environment
Play is an important vehicle for developing self-regulation as well as promoting language, cognition, and social competence. This chapter discusses the definition of the physical environment and play, the defining characteristics of...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Using Cbr in Egg Drop Competition
Egg drop competition is a popular activity to reinforce the lessons in force and motion. In the activity, the students are asked to design a vehicle to carry the egg safely when dropped from a height of 10 feet (about 3 m) or more....
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Saskatoon Public Schools: Instructional Strategies Online: Independent Study
Teach your students to become self-motivated learners with these independent study strategies including essays, computer assisted instruction, journals, learning logs, and many more. Then click on some of the strategies to learn more...