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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Image Conscious

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students take a stand on the concept of changing their appearance. In this changing of ones image lesson, students create a design that would change their image and discuss the age they think they should be to make that change in their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geography and Culture in South Carolina

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore South Carolina. In this cultural heritage instructional activity, students investigate the topography of South Carolina using maps. Students are engaged in identifying the different regions of the state and examine the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Middle Passage

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore slavery conditions by viewing a video clip on the Internet. In this slave ship instructional activity, 5th graders discuss the transportation of black men and women from Africa to the United States in the 1700's and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Determine the Main Idea

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the main idea of a reading passage. In this identifying the main idea lesson, students read short passages, highlight or underline important information and record the main idea of the passage. They participate in a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

3R Activity (Reading-Relating-Responding)

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students read for detail. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read a passage and share their thoughts with a small group. Students reflect upon the passage and develop an oral summary of the text.
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Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Unit 4: The Renaissance

For Teachers 5th Standards
The Renaissance is the theme of a five-week unit designed to boost reading comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, and expository writing skills. Scholars listen to and discuss daily readings and engage in skills practice activities...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a Difference in Our Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reflect on the needs of the community and of the school. In this philanthropy lesson, students work in pairs to answer the questions, "Can kids make a difference?" Students understand the importance of making a difference by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Service Learning Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students plan a service project to contribute to their community and then reflect on their experience. In this service project lesson, students help in a food pantry or donation center in their community. Students then write statements...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting Your "Hands-On" a Great Outline

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students write with controlled and/or subtle organization. They learn three ways to arrange a formal outline. Students demonstrate this knowledge by creating an outline as class. They cover the concepts of anticipation, investigation,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Leads for Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write two descriptive leads to learn how to reel in readers. After their leads have been written, they will share with a partner to decide which was the most appealing. In this leads instructional activity, students can also...
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Writing
K12 Reader

Something I'd Like to Learn

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
It's no secret, writing is a lot more enjoyable when it's about something we care about. This simple exercise engages children in producing original writing, while allowing them to share their personal interest with others.
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Lesson Plan
Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Section Three: What's the Status of Biodiversity?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Biodiversity is essential for every habitat, but many species are at risk due to pollution and other factors. Explore several different species native to Illinois in a gallery walk with posters that learners have created after research...
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Writing
K12 Reader

Describe It with Adjectives

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Put children's descriptive writing skills to the test with these fun collaborative writing activities. Presented with the picture of an object, young writers are are tasked with creating a description that provides enough detail for one...
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Handout
Curated OER

The Heart of Your Paper: 11 Methods for Writing a Topic Sentence (or a Thesis Statement)

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Help your young writers produce high-quality topic and thesis statements that go beyond basic wording and really illustrate complex ideas and critical thinking skills. From however and compound sentence statements to using rhetorical...
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Bierbaum Elementary School

Practicing Patience

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
As teachers, we have a lot of patience. Our scholars, on the other hand, may need some support. Give your pupils the emotional intelligence instruction they desire with a lesson designed to teach patience through grand conversation,...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Mid-Unit Assessment: Analyzing a New Narrative about a Natural Disaster, Part II

For Teachers 5th Standards
See it through my eyes. Scholars complete mid-unit assessment part II by writing an essay describing how the narrator's point of view influences how the story is told in the text In the Middle of the Storm. Pupils also complete a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Martin Luther King

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Martin Luther King worksheet, students write about Martin Luther King. Writing may include a biography, reflection, opinion essay, etc.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

November 26th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
For this writing prompt worksheet, students reflect on Thanksgiving Day. Students describe what the first Thanksgiving might have been like for the Native American and Pilgrims.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

December 25th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this writing prompt learning exercise, students reflect on Christmas Day as they describe the best gift they have given to someone else.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

December 31st Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students reflect on the past year as they write about things that happened to them over the course of the past year.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

June 21st Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students reflect on Father's Day as they write a poem about their father or write a letter to their father.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

November 11th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students reflect on the meaning of Veteran's Day as they write about why it is important to appreciate the great sacrifices made by the men and women who have defended America.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

July 4th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that the United States declared independence from Great Britain on July 4th, 1776. Students reflect on how fireworks became part of the tradition of celebrating the holiday.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

May 19th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students reflect on Mother's Day and sharpen their writing skills as they write a paragraph using 1 of the 4 sentence starters provided.

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