Curated OER
Geo Jammin'-Day2, Lesson 7: Roll, Roll, Unroll the Scroll
Second graders write in journals, recording personal thoughts about what they learned and/or something they are wondering about.
Curated OER
Insect Investigator
Students examine and identify common insects. They observe these insects in their environment and keep track of how many they see. They use magnifying glasses and special hats to get into the role of an inspector.
Curated OER
Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 13: Where, Oh Where, Can the Geo Be?
Students listen to a story "My Crazy Dream" with an intent to identify shapes in ordinary objects. They raise their hands when they've heard an object whose shape they can identify. They discuss their findings.
Curated OER
Time to Sleep
Students develop vocabulary and retell a story that they have just listened to.
Curated OER
Friends in the Snow
Students practice reading a story in order to develop character recognition skills. They participate in reader's theatre in small groups to increase cooperation and fluency skills.
Curated OER
Weekend With Wendell
Students discuss prior knowledge about mice, and read a mouse poem. They listen to the teacher read "A Weekend With Wendell" and discuss Wendell's possible reaction when coming to visit the school media center. Students compose a class...
Curated OER
Punctuation
Students complete punctuation activities. In this punctuation lesson, students write and analyze an unpunctuated sentence, and then discuss what is wrong with the sentence. Students rewrite the sentence using the correct punctuation....
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Make Your Own Mythic Mask or Puppet
Create your own masks and puppets and bring the mythic creatures to life.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: String Puppet
Make your own puppets that move, bend, and twist at your command simply using straws and fishing string.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Storytime Stick Puppets Family Activity
Make puppets of Molly and her family and friends from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, and use them to retell a story you watched. You can also take Molly on a new adventure by making up your own story. The activity also includes...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Animating Zombies With Puppets
What style of animation perfectly mimics the movement of zombies? Puppet animation allows for just the right amount of zombie-like stiff limbs and jerky stumbles. TED-Ed animators show how to bring a zombie to life through 2D puppet...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Transformational Puppet
This activity is designed to reinforce the concepts of reflections and translations by having the students create a virtual puppet using Cabri Jr. As they construct their puppets, students will reinforce their understanding of...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Athur's Puppet Theater: Cinderella
Join Arthur, D.W., Buster, and Muffy as they perform Cinderella while you choose casting, silly sound effects, and more. Choices affect the dialogue and you can change the background music or turn the disco ball on and off.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Paper Bag Monkey Puppet
Students can use this template to make a paper bag monkey puppet.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Shadowbox Theatre
Have you ever thought about your shadow? One way to learn about them is to make your own shadow box theater--once a very popular form of entertainment in Europe during the 1800s and early 1900s.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Finger Puppets You Can Count On
Make finger puppets. Learn to recognize numbers and count from one to ten and ten to one.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Puppy Puppet
Make a puppy stick puppet using the template and instructions provided.
Other
Legends & Lore: It's All About Puppets
This Legends and Lore site offers fun and entertaining crafts activities involving the making of puppets.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Activity Starters: Peg + Cat
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience. This site includes 5 Peg + Cat activity starters: Conversation Cards:...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Spring at the Smithsonian: An Incipient Case of Puppetmania
A useful article outlining the important features of a puppet and how to successfully use them in your classroom as a learning tool. A fun look at puppets around the world is also included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Activity Starters
There are four sources in this activity bundle. Cut out these learning cards for quick, adult-led conversation and activity starters for school and for home. In activities 3 and 4, students make Character Puppets and play Puppet Theater...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Listen to Me Tell You the Story
Students will listen to familiar stories and choose their favorite story among them. Then students will make puppets for each of the main characters from their favorite story. Students will share a puppet show to a small audience.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Adventures in Someplace Else
In this activity, children can create puppets of Donkey and her pals and play about their adventures in Someplace Else, or you can make up your own stories.
TES Global
Tes: The Tempest 2010 Teacher Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] This teacher resource pack is designed for use with Royal Shakespeare Company and Little Angel Theatre 2010 production of The Tempest. It is for use with younger students and offers detailed information...
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