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Curated OER

Theatre Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd
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...
Interactive
Curated OER

Brief Content 3

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Curated OER

Looking at Different Species

For Teachers 6th - 9th
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. 
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Watch Me Toss, Catch and Travel!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Week-long detailed lesson plan for early elementary physical education students focusing on walking, marching, traveling, catching, and tossing.
Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Catch a Sound: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
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.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Catch a Sound: Final Sounds Game

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site contains a flexible activity that teaches learners how to "catch" or identify the final sound of a word.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: Air Dogs

For Students 1st - 2nd
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.
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Read Works

Read Works: Catch That Clock!

For Teachers 2nd
[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.
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Read Works

Read Works: Catch the Breeze

For Teachers 4th
[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.
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Read Works

Read Works: Catch That Ball

For Teachers 3rd
[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...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Boy Who Didn't Want to Catch

For Teachers 7th
[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.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather and Climate: Waves and Currents

For Students 2nd - 7th
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.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Football for Kids: Catching the Ball

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn how to catch a football. Use your hands and watch the ball when receiving the ball.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Catch 22

For Students 9th - 10th
Joseph Heller's Catch-22's famous novel is analysed in terms of characters and themes.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Go Fish!

For Students K - 1st
Learn all the different ways people go fishing. Book includes audio narration in 8 additional languages with text in English.
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: One Handed Catch

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
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...
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Other

Gympanzees: Hand/eye Coordination

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Predictable Story Books

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Football Bingo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Central: Pass for Points

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Serving Immigrant Students Through School Community Partnerships

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: 1, 2, 3 Throw!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Clean Drink of Water

For Teachers 1st
[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.
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Read Works

Read Works: Mommy Bird Feeds Her Chicks

For Teachers 2nd
[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.