California Department of Education
Consonance and Dissonance: Creating Intervals for Emotions (CTE)
How are music and emotion related? Using lesson plan two of four from the Changing One's Tune: A Music Therapy STEM Integrated Project Series, scholars explore the connection between the two topics. They learn to recognize different...
Nemours KidsHealth
Eating Disorders: Grades 6-8
Raise awareness of eating disorders with a two-activity lesson with middle schoolers reading articles to gather background information and then create audio messages and advertisements that promote healthy self-esteem and body image.
Forest Foundation
Fire in Our Communities - What Can We Do?
Learn about defensible space and renewable resources with a lesson about forest fires. After exploring the ways that humans have impacted the environment, kids conduct mock interviews about differing points of view in the conservation...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Other Changes (Life-Changing Events Outside of the Family)
Change is inevitable. Kindergarteners discuss coping skills to properly manage changes that can occur outside the family. Scholars reflect on their life changes after starting kindergarten. They discuss their feelings and draw a...
Achievement Strategies
Unit/Chapter Design Template
A thorough lesson plan template allows teachers to design balanced and standards-based lessons for any grade. The template includes spaces for unit vocabulary and concepts, objectives, and additional resources.
Do2Learn
Responding to Questions
Why is it important to answer a question? Assist learners with their growing communication skills with an information sheet that explains how questions are meant to gather information.
Curated OER
How To Calm Back-to-School Nerves
Set students up for success with these tips for getting the year off to a smooth start.
Community High School of Vermont
Habits of Mind
Here is a comprehensive unit on the 16 Habits of Mind that includes a wide variety of activities, worksheets, differentiation strategies, and instructor notes. The unit consists of 18 lessons and offers an organized progression of...
Community Resources for Science
A Whole New World of DNA and Proteins
Lead your young scientists into an exciting world as they participate in a role play and experiment focused on proteins and DNA. After researching the Central Dogma of Biology, individuals or groups participate in a classroom...
Cave Creek Unified School District
Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages
The Crusades sounds like a glamorous time period in the Middle Ages full of glory—but was it? Scholars find and review the truth of the Crusades' influence on the world through the resource. The study guides, separated individually by...
Amnesty International
Hotel Rwanda Teacher's Guide
Here is the comprehensive, official educator's guide for presenting Hotel Rwanda and the story of the Rwandan genocide in 1994 to a classroom environment. It includes a range of exceptional hands-on or discussion activities, as well...
Curated OER
Environmentally Friendly
What can your pupils do to promote better conditions for wildlife? After researching issues around wildlife management, class members use the Internet to locate three different organizations devoted to protecting wildlife. They then...
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Farmers - Caretakers of the Land
Students explore resource management, specifically farming. After reviewing vocabulary words, groups of students explore what is conserved by each practice. They compare and contrast responses. Students describe farming procedures which...
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Managing Your Finances
High schoolers practice the skills involved in managing their finances. The steps in balancing a checkbook and matching expences to a bank statement are practiced and written in detail. This lesson is intended for students acquiring...
Curated OER
Because of Winn Dixie: Water Management Practices
Fourth graders read the book Because of Winn Dixie and define the characters, setting, and plot. In this Winn Dixie lesson plan, 4th graders also identify quality water management techniques addressed in the story.
Curated OER
Making Circle Graphs
Seventh graders engage in the practice of a Math lesson. Students practice the use of circle graphs in class and on homework as an extension. The lesson includes a classroom management portion. The assignment for the lesson is for the...
Curated OER
ESL Vocabulary Quiz- Classroom Commands
In this ESL classroom commands vocabulary quiz activity, students match classroom command phrases with the picture that displays the action. They complete 7 examples.
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ESL Classroom Object Words Matching
In this ESL classroom object words learning exercise, 4th graders examine black and white clip art pictures of 10 classroom items. They match the picture to the word that names it.
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Classroom Objects #2
In this classroom objects vocabulary worksheet, students will focus on naming the different objects found in a classroom. Students will analyze 7 pictures and match each picture with the correct corresponding term.
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ESL Classroom Object Words Matching
In this ESL naming classroom objects matching worksheet, students examine colorful clip art pictures of classroom objects. They match the 8 objects to the words that name them.
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ESL Classroom Commands Matching Worksheet
In this ESL classroom commands matching learning exercise, students match phrase they would hear in a classroom with the picture that depicts the command. They complete 9 examples.
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ESL In the Classroom-Directions Matching Worksheet
In this ESL classroom directions worksheet, students examine 10 pictures that depict classroom instructions or commands. They match the pictures with the phrases that describe them, such as write your name, sit down, raise your hand, and...
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Sorting
A lesson on classification and sorting is here for you. Elementary schoolers participate in an interactive computer game in which they sort books by theme. They take a trip to the library to observe and discuss how books are sorted, and...
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Classroom Objects
In this vocabulary activity, students will focus on the names of objects found in a classroom. Students will analyze 9 pictures and choose the correct word to coincide with each photo.