Curated OER
Theatre Lesson Plan
Second graders complete pantomime and improvisational theatre activities. In this theatre lesson, 2nd graders play a 'sound ball' game and recreate sounds as they toss the ball. Students discuss projection for an actor and practice the...
Curated OER
Brief Content 3
For this sentences and phrases worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences and phrases and choose the best word to complete them. Students complete 25 sentences and phrases.
Curated OER
Looking at Different Species
Young scholars research a species of bug that they find in a pond. In this species lesson students work in groups and find the similarities and differences between different species of bugs.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Watch Me Toss, Catch and Travel!
Week-long detailed lesson plan for early elementary physical education students focusing on walking, marching, traveling, catching, and tossing.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Catch a Sound: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
A quick alphabet game for the whole class. Young scholars stand in a circle and throw a beanbag to each other. When they catch it, they must say a word that begins with the letter given. Continue this in alphabetical order.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Catch a Sound: Final Sounds Game
This site contains a flexible activity that teaches learners how to "catch" or identify the final sound of a word.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: Air Dogs
See all the dogs that are good at flying through the air and catching a frisbee. Includes audio narration in 15 additional languages with text in English.
Read Works
Read Works: Catch That Clock!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the invention of an alarm clock with wheels. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Catch the Breeze
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about windmills using wind power as a source of electricity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Catch That Ball
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text that asks the reader to make predictions about a girl who made a beautiful sandcastle and two boys playing football nearby. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
Read Works
Read Works: The Boy Who Didn't Want to Catch
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named David who loves to play baseball, but does not like to be the catcher. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather and Climate: Waves and Currents
Liven up classroom learning when studying waves and currents! This video will energize students to know what causes waves and how powerful they can be. Catch a wave.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Football for Kids: Catching the Ball
Kids learn how to catch a football. Use your hands and watch the ball when receiving the ball.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Catch 22
Joseph Heller's Catch-22's famous novel is analysed in terms of characters and themes.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Go Fish!
Learn all the different ways people go fishing. Book includes audio narration in 8 additional languages with text in English.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: One Handed Catch
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
Other
Gympanzees: Hand/eye Coordination
This page contains hand eye coordination exercises, games, videos, and activities for children and young people with all abilities and disabilities. Also includes a great video to encourage handwashing skills.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Predictable Story Books
Several examples of predictable books are listed and organized according to type. In addition to providing titles of children's books, this resource lists related titles for young adult readers. The bibliography includes several...
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Football Bingo
This is a fun activity through which students not only practice football skills like passing, hiking, catching, dodging, and carrying, but also get an aerobic workout. "Football Bingo" combines football, bingo, and capture-the-flag in a...
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Central: Pass for Points
Students, organized into two teams - one playing defense and one playing offense - practice passing, catching, and defending while participating in this variation of flag football.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Serving Immigrant Students Through School Community Partnerships
How do district and school partnerships with community-based organizations help schools better meet the needs of recent immigrant students? This article provides some examples of promising strategies in which community-based...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: 1, 2, 3 Throw!
Lesson plan designed to help young students further develop the skill of throwing an object. The lesson focuses on throwing at targets as well as throwing while moving.
Read Works
Read Works: A Clean Drink of Water
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational about people in a South American village who needed clean water to drink. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Mommy Bird Feeds Her Chicks
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text describing how a mother bird gets food for her chicks. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.