Curated OER
Humongous Vegetables
Humongous vegetables can inspire and awaken your mathematicians to the large math concepts in our Common Core standards. What is the secret to growing such gargantuan garden objects in Alaska? In the state that is closest to the North...
Curated OER
How Groundhog's Garden Grew
Students answer questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy after reading the book, How Groundhog's Garden Grew, by Lynne Cherry. In this reading comprehension lesson, students respond to 6 questions, one per taxonomy level, to demonstrate...
Curated OER
Growing a Winter Garden
Second graders listen to planting story, identify vegetables in pictures, and watch teacher demonstrate proper way to plant seeds in soil, and water. Students then plant seeds into their own containers.
Curated OER
Container Gardening: Vegetable Support
In this container gardening: vegetable support learning exercise, students list vining and bush varieties of 6 vegetables, read about ways of supporting plants and list other things plants can grow on.
Curated OER
Soil Preparation for Autumn and Winter
Young scholars determine how and why soil needs to be prepared for the fall and winter seasons. In this agriculture activity, students determine how to use gardening tools safely. They show how to work with compost material and...
Curated OER
Growing a Winter Garden
Second graders listen to a planting story as read by their teacher. Using the text, they summarize the events and complete a KWL chart. They point to the vegetable after it was planted in the garden in the story. They practice using new...
Curated OER
A Garden in the Mailbox
Students study seed catalogs to find information about plants and growing seasons. They write letters requesting a seed catalog after using online resources. They use them complete an associated worksheet and discuss zone maps for their...
Curated OER
Houses in Japan
First graders compare the everday lives of school-aged children in the United States and Japan by comparing the houses they live in. They discuss how traditional Japanese houses are designed with a feeling of opennes to the outdoors and...
Curated OER
Charlotte's Web
Students complete a set of worksheets based on the book Charlotte's Web. For this Charlotte's Web lesson plan, students first read the book. Then they have a set of worksheets to complete including a wordsearch, multiple choice, a...
Curated OER
Jim's Favorite Store
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a story about different types of shops visited by a child on a shopping trip. Students answer 5 questions.
Curated OER
Scarecrows
In this language arts learning exercise, students find the answers to questions after reading the short story about scarecrows. The reader must increase reading comprehension.
Curated OER
Pioneer Kitchen
In this pioneer worksheet, students read a short passage about different ways of pioneer cooking. Students then find 12 given words in the word search provided.
Curated OER
Shred a Scarecrow
Students investigate scarecrows. In this farming lesson, students learn why scarecrows are important and construct their own scarecrow from art materials.
Curated OER
Main Idea II: Pre Test
In this main idea instructional activity, students answer multiple choice questions about the themes of different passages they read. Students complete 10 questions total.
Curated OER
Avoiding Misplaced Modifiers
In these grammar errors worksheets, students review the definition of modifiers and an example of a misplaced modifier. Students then complete three pages of activities to help them avoid misplaced modifiers.