Curated OER
A Walk Around the School: Mapping Places Near and Far
After reading Pat Hutchins’ Rosie’s Walk, have your young cartographers create a map of Rosie’s walk. Then lead them on a walk around the school. When you return class members sequence the walk by making a list of how the class got from...
Curated OER
Publication
This lesson was designed in response to a class struggling with Le Petit Prince. The author starts the day by having the class describe (in French) the little prince and his planet. Then, they discuss the use of a dictionary and a list...
Curated OER
Publishing: A Persuasive Essay
Third graders are given an opportunity to create a visual to accompany their presentations of their persuasive essays. They may use the computer or other media as resources.
Curated OER
The Use of Signal Words in Writing
Students examine the use of transition or signal word to create good paragraph organization.
Curated OER
Pizzazz!...Basket Stories
Pupils discuss the use of connectors and sequence words. They discuss common story endings and beginnings. Students brainstorm ideas for a creative story and compose a story for the rest of the class.
Curated OER
Compound Word Match-Up
Second graders demonstrate an understanding of compound words. They create a compound word with a partner. In addition, 2nd graders correctly use their compound word in a written sentence.
Curated OER
Write On
First graders, after generating a list of possible writing topics, begin the writing process and participate in peer-editing and publishing their own works.
Curated OER
Writing Algebraic Expressions for Words
Students explore the concept of algebraic expressions. In this algebraic expressions lesson, students convert pictures and word problems into algebraic expressions. Students play a game where they tell the algebraic expression...
Curated OER
ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Skills Necessary to Listen, Speak, Read and Write Effectively
Students, referring to the alphabet and numbers, practice stating, reading and writing letters and numbers. As they write each letter and number they say each one as well. They find examples of each one in a newspaper or magazine ad.
Curated OER
Payroll Deductions/ Sequential Order of Words in a Sentence.
Students who are adult ESOL learners examine pay stubs and determine how payroll deductions are spent on services and company benefits. While looking at a pay stub they complete a worksheet. They focus on the proper sequence of words in...
Curated OER
Things Happen in Order
In this order of events worksheet, students read an example of order of events, then write pairs of words in their logical order. One example is completed for students
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Sequencing Our Day
Students focus on translating the real experience of an ordinary day into a representation of it to assist with recall and stimulate expressive language. They compose picture captions to match visual representations of events of the...
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Drafting
Students use transitions to connect the beginning, middle and end of their writing. In this lesson plan on drafting a story, students use a graphic organizer sandwich to put pictures back together and recognize a specific order.
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Hero or Tyrant: Connecting Beethoven’s Third Symphony to Napoleon, Part One
The second and third movements of the Eroica, Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, provides listeners with an opportunity to connect to French Revolution and to Napoleon Bonaparte. As they listen to the music, individuals draw what their ears...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
American Stories: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)
Here's a packet designed especially for those kids who need extra support with the basic concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on American stories.
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Parts of Speech Adjectives: Building Blocks of Grammar
How do you describe a jellyfish? Individuals write adjectives for Nomura's jellyfish, take notes, and check understanding with a formative assessment. Notes include the definition for adjectives, guiding questions to help writers...
Scholastic
Ruby Bridges: A Simple Act of Courage, Grades 3-5
Through character trait graphic organizers, a vocabulary sorting activity, class discussion, and a civil rights movement slide show, your young historians will be introduced to the amazing story of Ruby Bridges and her experiences as the...
Willow Tree
Patterns - Numbers, Shapes, etc.
Find the pattern is the name of the game! Learners examine different patterns represented by numbers, shapes, and words. They must describe the pattern, predict the result in a given position, and find an equation that...
Scholastic
Ruby Bridges: A Simple Act of Courage, Grades K-2
A civil rights movement instructional activity designed specifically with the Common Core State Standards in mind, young learners are introduced to the story of Ruby Bridges as the first African American child to attend an all-white...
Code.org
The Need for Programming Languages
LEGO see if you can recreate my design. Individuals build an arrangement from LEGO blocks and write directions for someone else to follow in order to recreate the arrangement. Pairs then swap directions and try to...
EngageNY
Creating Division Stories
Create your own adventure story ... well, not really. The fifth lesson in a 21-part series has pairs create story contexts for division problems. The lesson presents a step-by-step process for pupils to follow in writing such stories.
Mathematics Vision Project
Circles: A Geometric Perspective
Circles are the foundation of many geometric concepts and extensions - a point that is thoroughly driven home in this extensive unit. Fundamental properties of circles are investigated (including sector area, angle measure, and...
Louisiana Department of Education
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver's Travels tells the story of a man who goes on voyages and encounters strange people. A unit plan introduces readers to the classic text, as well as excerpts from other examples of sarcasm and satire, such as "A Modest...
Curated OER
6th Grade: Express Yourself, Lesson 2: Close Read
The second lesson of a pair about Paul Laurence Dunbar, this plan focuses in particular on his poem, "We Wear the Masks." After a short historical introduction, class members conduct a series or readings, marking up the text and...