University of Oklahoma
Understanding My Individualized Education Program
The final unit the series helps learners become familiar with the major components and vocabulary in their IEPs. Using a KWL chart, class members record information about their IEPs and set goals for themselves.
Mojang
Minecraft – Pocket Edition
You don't have to be a Minecraft wiz to know that this app has great playability for your learners! As afterschool programs and classroom projects around the world demonstrate, this game goes well beyond placing blocks and traditional...
Super Teacher Worksheets
Find Somebody in This Class Who....
Here is a fun and simple ice breaker in which your young learners will interview their classmates to discover which ones have had similar interests and experiences.
Student Handouts
Stop Before You Leave!
Do the kids in your class have a problem with leaving items behind? Hang a sign with a whistling police officer on the door to remind kids to check that they have what they need.
Curated OER
Animal Adaptations
Young scientists explore the animal kingdom from the safety of the classroom with this short research project. After first choosing an animal, children use the Internet to discover where it lives, what it eats, and how it...
Literacy Design Collaborative
Catching a Grenade: How Word Choice Impacts Meaning and Tone
Beyonce's "Halo" and Bruno Mars' "Grenade" provide eighth graders with an opportunity to consider how a writer's choice of words can create a very different tone even when the subject is the same. After a close reading of both lyrics,...
K20 LEARN
The Sirens: Is It a Bird or Is It a Fish?
Fish, fowl, foul fish, or foul fowl? Just what is a siren? Young scholars listen to a video clip and draw what they imagine when they hear the word "siren." After watching several videos depicting sirens, class members read "The Sirens'...
Curated OER
Isolation Worksheets
Designed to support learners on the autism spectrum or with Asperger syndrome, these worksheets will help you and your pupils to identify patterns of isolation they may be experiencing in their lives.
US Geological Survey
Water Cycle Poster
How many parts make up the water cycle? How many things on Earth rely on water as a system? Learn more about the water cycle in an informative and colorful poster. Print and hang, or project the graphic in the classroom for optimal use.
Education.com
Measure School Supplies
Ever wonder how long a pair of scissors are? Find out with this simple measuring activity in which pupils use the provided ruler to determine the length of four common classroom supplies.
Peace Corps
Family
Family traditions are the focus of a lesson that explores the lives of children in India and those in your classroom. Scholars examine their own family roles and traditions, then respond to an informative text detailing a young...
K20 LEARN
It's All About Balance! Parallel Structure
I came, I saw, I conquered! Parallel structure, employed by writers even before Julius Caesar, is the focus of a lesson that teaches young writers the power of this rhetorical device. Class members analyze speeches by Dr. Martin Luther...
Simon & Schuster
Classroom Activities for Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
A curriculum guide for Jane Eyre focuses on Charlotte Bronte's portrayal of women. Readers engage in three activities that prepare them for an essay in which they argue whether the novel is a work of female rebellion or affirms...
Curated OER
Cartoons for the Classroom: Support Your Local Cartoonist
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon based on a issue in Buffalo, NY and respond to 3 talking point questions.
Curated OER
Raise Awareness for National Learning Disabilities Month
Raise awareness of learning disabilities through reading, writing, research, and collaboration.
Curated OER
Every Student Counts: Building a Positive Learning Environment
Join in the effort to end bullying through building a positive learning environment for everyone.
All Things PLC
Cultural Shifts in a Professional Learning Community
Talk about a quantum shift in educational thinking. The shift in attitudes toward the fundamental purposes, the shifts in the use of assessments, the shift in the response of educators when students don't learn, the shift in the work of...
Curated OER
Developing Reading Comprehension
Developing reading comprehension is an ongoing process that begins the moment a child becomes engaged with literature. From learning the skills to navigate a picture book to reading an assigned chapter in a chemistry text, good...
Curated OER
Fact vs. Opinion: Theory, Hypothesis, and Bias
Emphasize the differences between a theory and a hypothesis to teach your class how to avoid scientific bias.
Curated OER
Do Extracurricular Activities Interfere with Your Lesson Plans?
Participation in extracurricular activities is good for teens, but it can also derail your expertly prepared lesson plans.
Curated OER
Practice Makes Perfect: Citing Textual Evidence
Strategies, lesson plans, and ideas to help pupils locate and cite textual evidence.
Curated OER
Bringing Attention to Autism Awareness Month
A short description of Autism Awareness Month and a few fun activities to engage your autistic learners.
Curated OER
I learn, You Learn…We All Learn with iPads!
Before the learning can begin, careful decisions and specific planning need to be done in order to ensure effectiveness.
Curated OER
Digital Learning Day and 21st Century Skills
Digital Learning is any instructional practice which uses technology to enhance your students' learning experience