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Teaching Digital Citizenship
In today's world, knowing how to thrive in the digital realm is a huge asset. Check out these digital citizenship lessons covering everything from online collaboration to copyright law and protecting a digital reputation.
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Back to School - Elementary
Crisp apples, orange, and red leaves, and autumn sunsets - it must be time to go back to school! Welcome elementary students back to school with printables, lessons, and worksheets.
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First Week of School Grades Pre-K-5
Nothing is more exhilarating and exhausting than the first week of school. Make those five days meaningful and rewarding for you and your scholars with a collection that offers informative reads, lessons, activities, and icebreakers that...
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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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First Day of School Grades Pre-K-5
It's hard to believe that summer is coming to an end! Start the new school year with a collection equipped with a planning template, welcome and get-to-know-you activities, reading comprehension lessons, writing prompts, a rules...
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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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Lions Quest SEL Mindfulness Resources: Grades 3-5
A collection of eight resources boost social-emotional learning competencies; mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-management. Each lesson begins with a breathing exercise, goes into its activity, then ends with a reflection. Scholars...
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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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Tools for Supporting Emotional Well-Being: Youth and Teens
The “Tools for Supporting Emotional Well-Being: Youth and Teens” collection is comprised of six videos that provide young people with techniques they can use to help them cope with anxiety and stress. The comic book-style videos are...
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KidsHealth in the Classroom: Health Problems Series Grades 3-5
Teach kids in grades 3 through 5 about health problems with a collection of 11 lessons that cover issues related to physical health (alcohol, tobacco, and drugs), emotions and behavioral health (bullying, sadness, and stress), as well as...
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Solar System Super Page
Save time planning your next unit on the solar system with these resources brought to you by our team of credentialed teachers.
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Wax On, Wane Off
My saying for distinguishing between a waxing moon and a waning moon is, "wax on, wane off." When the moon is "turning on" or on its way to a full moon, we call it waxing. When the moon is "turning off" or on its way to a new moon, we...
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Volcanoes
This collection is a blast. Kids can explore the science behind plate tectonics, examine the life cycle of volcanoes, and engage in hands-on projects that model volcanic processes. They'll see lava.
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Literacy Beyond the Language Arts Classroom
Celebrate reading across the curriculum with a collection of lessons and worksheets that bring literature and informational text to life in math, science, social studies, and music. Each resource prompts interdisciplinary instruction...
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American Presidents
A collection of reading and writing activities that help us to better understand the election and voting process of our American government.
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STEM Ed Hub: Design Resources
Engineering design-based activities make learning science fun. Young engineers design dams, lifeguard chairs, musical instruments, candy bags, and much more. They also use measurement skills to solve the mystery of the missing pin. Each...
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How Do You Organize a Space Party? You Planet! (Lessons For Learning)
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars make up the inner planets in our solar system. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune make up the outer planets. Use this collection of lesson plans, worksheets, videos, and presentations to build young...
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How Do You Organize a Space Party? You Planet! (Lessons For Learning)
Welcome to the Solar System! Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars make up the inner planets in our solar system. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune make up the outer planets. Use this collection of lesson plans, worksheets, videos, and...
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Presidential Portraits - Library of Congress
Free to Use and Reuse: Presidential Portraits from Library of Congress.
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Core Competencies of SEL
Six short videos detail six competencies of Social-Emotional Learning—social awareness, self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision making, and future self. Videos stress the importance of social and...
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Classroom PE Games
If you're stuck inside on a rainy day for PE or want to give your class a brain break, try out these fun games and activities. Games include Lave Field, Animal Escape, Alphabet Aerobics, and many more. Each of the 20 activities in the...
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Climate Action in Language Education lesson plans
The 11 lessons in the Climate Action in Language Education collection, designed for English as a Second Language and English Language Development classes, permits instructors to bring environmental and sustainability issues into the...