Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud:alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
A video of the book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day", written by Judith Viorist. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Good Atoms or Bad Atoms? Iran and the Nuclear Issue
Learning resource covers two days of instruction with scholarly material including video, readings, and graphic organizer handouts teaches students about the acquisition of nuclear arms, Iran's nuclear program and options for U.S....
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National Punctuation Day
This site is dedicated to the importance of punctuation in writing. Find information about each punctuation mark, examples of bad punctuation, and links to punctuation videos and songs.
Read Works
Read Works: Drawing Conclusions 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on drawing conclusions through which students learn how to use pictures and context clues to discover a missing word and to draw conclusions about a story. Students also use...
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Cause and Effect
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify effects, causes, and the relationship between them. Lessons are based on the books Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, Why Do You Cry?:...
Curated OER
Writing Fix: Terrible, Horrible Days: Alexander and the Terrible...day
Front cover of the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.
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Chris Van Allsburg
This is the official website for the children's author, Chris Van Allsburg. Includes a biography, interviews, timeline, and many interactive activities. Click on one of his works to take a sneak peek at the book. Winner of the Caldecott...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Chris Van Allsburg: Houghton Mifflin Books
Provides a brief biography, a bibliography with synopses, the text of his two Caldecott Medal acceptance speeches, and three audio samples of Vans Allsburg's works.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Biorhythms and Sinusoidal Functions
In order to see an application of sinusoidal curves that has relevance to themselves students will compute their biorhythm information, find the sinusoidal function that fits the information and graph them on the graphing calculator....
Can Teach
Can Teach: Novel and Picture Book Ideas (Lesson Plans)
Novels and picture books are great ways to teach across the curriculum. This site lists about 75 novels and picture books around which CanTeach has constructed lesson ideas and plans. All grade levels indicated.
BBC
Bbc: Copenhagen Deal: Key Points
After many days of disputes and bad tempers, here are the most important points of the 2009 accord reached between the US, China, India, Brazil and South Africa. However, no legally binding agreements or deadlines were worked out. Video...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Black Hawk War, 1832
A map of the Illinois and Michigan territory (present day Illinois and Wisconsin) showing the battle sites of the Black Hawk War of 1832. The map shows Black Hawk's Village (Saukenuk) near Rock Island on the Mississippi, Prophetstown,...