Curated OER
Human Features of Our Community
Students investigate the human factors that create a community. They conduct research using a variety of sources. Students then create dioramas that depict a typical scene found in a community.
PBS
Pbs: The Video Game Revolution
A comprehensive website delving into the history and impact of video games. Learn about how games are made, read personal gaming stories, take game quizzes, and much more.
British Library
British Library: Playtimes: A Century of Children's Games and Rhymes
Enjoy the creativity and thrill of children's play throughout the 20th century. Singing games, rhymes, jokes, and fantasy play; watch footage and read documentation of the influence of politics, the environment and culture on imaginative...
Read Works
Read Works: Playing With Your Health
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not video games have a negative impact on a child's health. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Violence & Video Games, the Debate
For this lesson, 6th graders read and discuss an article about video games and violence, then participate in a debate. They are divided into groups and each group prepares an argument and their evidence, then one person from each group...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reach: Snails and Snacks!
Explore the sweet, slimy world of snails (and worms!) as you discover the difference between fact and fiction with videos, stories and games.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Games: What's Your Favorite Word?
This is a group of favorite word activities: find words from lists and create a message to send, watch favorite word videos, read the favorite word of the day, and send in your own favorite word.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Summer of Reading Collection
Get summer started on the right page with PBS LearningMedia's Summer of Reading collection! These videos, activities, and interactive games help to build vocabulary and reading comprehension while bringing storybook characters to life.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Volume of Pyramids: Right Angles in a Game of Pool
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore classifying angles by navigating through the interactive learning module and then answering questions that go along with the module. Students can also learn more about the concept by...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language Worksheets
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying different types of figurative language. Reinforcement is provided through the worksheets, quizzes, video game links, and online sites for the following types...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading Camp Day 1: Alpha Pig's Alphabet Day | Super Why!
The SUPER WHY Reading Camp builds on the signature early literacy approach of the SUPER WHY television series. Each day at Reading Camp, children transform into one of the SUPER WHY characters. Click on the Super Why links to access an...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading Camp Day 2: Wonder Red's Words Day | Super Why!
Click on the links to this website to access an overview of the Day 2 activities, the Day 2 materials list, instructions for each activity (including related PDFs), take-home worksheets, and links to the related episode, computer game,...
PBS
Idaho Ptv: Science Trek: Food Web
A comprehensive overview of food webs. Includes three videos: a half-hour show, a video short, and a short video where an expert answers children's questions. Other features of the site include facts, links, games and activities, a...
PBS
Idaho Ptv: Science Trek: Salmon
An excellent and comprehensive resource on salmon. Includes three videos: a half-hour show, a video short, and a short video where an expert answers children's questions. The facts section covers every topic you might think of, including...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities! Play Your Way! Calendar
The summer is full of possibilities and so is your child. Use this calendar to choose activities, games, and videos to enjoy.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Hero's Journey the Hunger Games
A twenty-part learning module with links to texts, images, and videos to use while reading The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins.
Other
Beacon Educator: Reading Educator: Dictionary Game
Develop better vocabulary and dictionary skills while playing this fun dictionary game with students in small groups. Click on the video link to watch the game being played in a classroom. L.9-10.4c References
TES Global
Blendspace: E2: Close Reading Rules of the Game
A sixteen-part learning module with links to images, texts, and videos to use while reading "Rules of the Game" from Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club.
Starfall
Starfall: Toy Box Puzzle
This interactive video asks children to click and drag puzzle pieces to form sentences about a toy box.
Starfall
Starfall: Dragon Puzzle
This interactive video asks children to click and drag puzzle pieces to for sentences about what a dragon is doing.
Starfall
Starfall: Baby Puzzle
This interactive video asks children to click and drag puzzle pieces to form sentences about a baby.
PBS
Idaho Ptv: Dialogue for Kids: Urban Wildlife
A collection of facts and links on the topic of urban wildlife. The facts cover the types of animals in an urban area, urban habitats, what they eat, large wildlife, and how to get along with and enjoy urban wildlife. Includes a reading...
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Cnice: Cuentos Y Leyendas: Ilustrados Por Ninos Iii
This resource features four stories and related activities in Spanish -- activities include interactive games, illustrations, videos, and craft activities for each story.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Have you ever heard of carpal tunnel syndrome? It is a condition that affects your wrist and fingers. Numbness and pain in these areas are results of carpal tunnel syndrome. Read more to learn about the causes of this syndrome, and how...