Curated OER
Regions of Virginia
Fourth graders utilize prior knowledge of the five geographic regions of Virginia to create review questions to share with the class. Groups work together to edit and prepare questions to be placed into a game format. Hyperstudio is...
Curated OER
What Did I Learn Today?
Students are given a calender to take home and show their parents what they learned during the day. They write sentences and draw pictures for their calendar. They are able to keep their parents aware of what is happening at school.
Curated OER
Literature Review
Students review for a literature exam by answering knowledge question, interpretation questions and judgement questions about a novel or story they have just read.
Curated OER
Insect Matching
Third graders match insects to the proper order based on the characteristics. They culminate their study of the orders that insects belong in by looking at insects with magnifying glasses.
Curated OER
Tic-Tac-Toe
Students review various concepts of health curriculum, including what to do in emergency situations, first aid, weather watches/warnings, etc. by playing a live action tic-tac-toe game.
Curated OER
Essay Exchange Unit: Final Drafts
Students develop final versions of their position papers and add them to the school's web pages for review and feedback.
University of Michigan
Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association: Review
A review of the book, Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement, published in 2011, and written by Phillip W. Magness and Sebastian N. Page.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Vocabulary Charts
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides two reproducible charts for vocabulary acquisition. Students can complete these charts as they encounter new vocabulary words or as a means of reviewing before a vocabulary quiz or test.
Colorado State University
Csu Writing Guides: Peer Review
A detailed account of how to improve one's writing through the process of the peer review. Includes basic information and content-specific additions, such as peer review guidelines, questions, and online resources.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Book Review Example 1
This three-page essay provides an example of an book review. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Book Review Example 2
This three-page essay provides an example of an book review. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: Sq3 R Reading Method
For students, the SQ3R Reading Method provides a method for how to read and comprehend a reading assignment.
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Word Sorts
Delve into a world of vocabulary building. This site offers a lesson plan for "word sorts." This simple but effective tool will increase your student's vocabulary skills.
Other
Nancy Polette: "Missing May" Literature Guide
This site features a literature guide for the book "Missing May," by Cynthia Rylant.
Other
Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: "Walk Two Moons" Study Guide
Download the 40 page study guide for "Walk Two Moons" at this site. Share with your class this intricately plotted and wryly narrated novel with its subtle and moving portrayal of grief. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Peer Review: Narrative
Excellent lesson that teaches a new and more relevant way of conducting a peer review. Through the PQP (Praise-Question-Polish) process students gain a greater understanding of how to review others' work as well as improve their own...
Able Media
Classics Technology Center: Online Latin Drills
Designed to coordinate with the Oxford Latin Course, these comprehensive drills will help any student practice a variety of skills. Each chapter has at least 2 exercises. However, the drills for volume 3 don't appear to work all the time.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Sq3 R Plus
This site gives a description of the steps in the SQ3R method. It also gives details and examples of each step.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Walk Two Moons
Discussion question, a lesson plan, and links to related resources for teaching students reading "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech.
Other
Civil War Book Reviews
This site provides good examples of critical book reviews of Civil War literature.