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Curated OER

Holidays Around The World

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the different holidays that are celebrated in cultures around the world. They identify the different symbols used in celebration and differentiate the interpretation. Students demonstrate in writing how the...
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Curated OER

Shhhhh, the Baby's Asleep

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ in...
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Curated OER

The Jewish Community in America, Past and Present

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine the beginnings of the Jewish Community in America. Using the internet, they examine the role of Jewish organizations and resources that are available to them. They compare and contrast the view of the community they...
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Curated OER

The 3 Bees

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars 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...
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Curated OER

Bug Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students strengthen observational skills by searching for insects in their home and classroom. In this observation activity, students use magnifying glasses to classify what kinds of bugs were found. Students then create a bar graph to...
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Curated OER

Picture Sentences

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create sentences using word wall or spelling words. In this literacy lesson, 2nd graders type their sentences and attach a clip art picture that coordinates with the word or sentence.
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Curated OER

How Can Our Talents Be Used Together?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate their individual talents. In this togetherness lesson plan, students listen to the poem "Togetherness Chant" and change the final stanza from play to work. Students brainstorm how they can use their individual...
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Curated OER

Food Pyramid Nutrition Puzzles

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars put together food group puzzles on the computer and identify the healthy message in the end. For this food lesson plan, students identify the food group that the puzzle is representing as well.
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Curated OER

Interactive Food Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in the game, "Talking Food Pyramid." In this nutrition lesson, students recognize the organization of foods in to five groups. Students conclude by physically classifying a selection of foods in two groups.
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TES Global

Tes: Guided Reading Resources: Nonfiction

For Teachers 2nd - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module contains several guided reading resources. Learners will be able to use the charts to guide themselves as they discuss informational texts and persuasive texts. Teachers can monitor...
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Guided Reading [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Learn what guided reading is and how it to use it in the classroom to increase literacy skills. Discover guided reading strategies to use before, during, and after reading. Then follow-up with information on how to create right questions...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Guided Reading Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
The benefits of guided reading are plentiful! Students will have increased fluency, an expanded vocabulary, stronger phonemic awareness, and a greater motivation to read. Use the following PDF as a template for your guided reading lesson.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Teacher's Guide: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Use this teacher's guide to plan how you'll integrate video clips, biosketch readers, and graphic organizers for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum across your Grade 1-2 classroom curricula. From guided reading to a living wax museum,...
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Read Works

Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Compare/contrast Genres

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use fiction and nonfiction books from a classroom library to identify the similarities and differences between fiction and nonfiction and to create a Venn diagram...
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Read Works

Read Works: Point of View Unit

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students first and third person point of view and the differences between them. Lessons are based on the books White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman, Where...
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade Lesson: Realistic Fiction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber to learn about the characteristics that define realistic fiction. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice,...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Listen, Look, and Learn: An Information Gathering Process

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This lesson models an information-gathering process for primary learners as they listen to and look at resources, seeking information pertinent to the questions on an information wheel. Guiding the listening, looking, and learning...
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre 2nd Grade Unit: Encyclopedias

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia edited by Jayne Parsons to learn to locate information and find facts about a subject in an encyclopedia. Lesson includes...
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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Main Idea

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify main ideas through headings and chapter titles, and then to write appropriate titles of their own. Lessons are based on the books...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Web Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
The important thing about this lesson is that it connects literature and science. The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown provides a model for original student poems about a content area topic. Web-based bookmarks guide students to...
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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Four Lesson Unit: Drawing Conclusions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify the difference between explicit information and conclusions and to make text-to-self and text-to-text connections. Lessons are based on the provided text "The...
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Read Works

Read Works: Drawing Conclusions Kindergarten Unit: Verbal Cues

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan asking students to use verbal cues in the form of yes/no questions to guess an item inside a bag. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....
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Read Works

Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Figurative Language

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan in which learners use the book Once in a Blue Moon by Nicola Morgan to learn to identify and interpret the meaning of figurative language in a fiction text. Lesson includes direct...
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Read Works

Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Personification

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use the book The Runaway Tortilla by Eric A. Kimmel to learn to identify and understand the use of personification in a fiction text. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice, and...

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