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Ten Free Things for Valentine’s DayMake February 14th a special day with classroom resources for all grades, including arts & crafts projects, creative writing ideas, historical resources, and more. | ||
Columbus DayColumbus Day is celebrated in the U.S., Spain, and many countries in Latin America. Whether Christopher Columbus is thought of positively or negatively depends on point-of-view. The following themed package presents a rangs of opinions. | ||
Teaching Students to Prevent BullyingCurriculum Resources Address Identifying, Confronting and Stopping Bullying | ||
Learning Lab: The Poetry FoundationThe Learning Lab is a Poetry Foundation resource for students and teachers of poetry. The audience is primarily grades 6-12, but many of the essays can provide background for K-5 teachers as well. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
Media and Technology Resources for EducatorsCommon Sense Media’s Media and Technology Resources for Educators provides K-12 curriculum and professional development resources. The website has teen guides for iPad and free classroom posters. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
WebExhibitsWebExhibits is an interactive and cross-curricular museum of science, humanities, and culture for K-12 and higher. Exhibits explore color, color vision, pigment, calendars, daylight savings time, poetry, Van Gogh’s letters, Bellini, and butter. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
Teaching FolkloreOur recommended resources will help you find folktale retellings from North and South America, as well as lesson plans and activities to help students understand common elements of myths, fairy tales, folklore and tall tales. | Background Reading; Lesson Plan | |
Finding Information on the InternetUC Berkeley Library offers an online tutorial covering search strategies, search tools, recommendations for evaluating web pages and other resources that will be of interest to educators and secondary students. | Background Reading | |
Children’s Books and Author InterviewsStoryline Online is an anthology of 24 picture books for students in grades PreK-3 read by well-known actors. Reading Rockets turns the spotlight on the creators of children’s books with more than 100 video interviews. | Background Reading; Multimedia | |
ReadWorksReadWorks is a research-based program that offers educators resources to help teach reading comprehension skills in grades K-6. You’ll find lessons and curriculum units, along with tips for implementing proven teaching strategies. | Best Practice; Lesson Plan | |
ArtsEdgeArtsEdge is the Kennedy Center’s educational media arm providing arts and cross0-curricular materials for K-12 students and educators. Free digital resources include lesson plans, audio stories, video clips, and interactive online modules. | Learning Game; Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Student InteractivesReadWriteThink presents 58 Student Interactives to develop skills in organizing & summarizing, inquiry & analysis, writing poetry, writing & publishing prose, and learning about language for students in grades K-12. | Learning Game | |
Interesting Things for ESL StudentsFor people studying English as a Second Language (ESL), there are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagram, a random-sentence generator, and other computer assisted language learning activities. | Learning Game; Multimedia; Quiz | |
Cooper-Hewitt Educator ResourcesThe National Design Museum offers 420+ free lesson plans. Design a new playground or t-shirt. Practice map-making and vocabulary skills to design a treasure map. Use geometry to create a new font. Plus much more. (YouTube videos included). | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
The Learning NetworkThe Learning Network publishes a new lesson plan every weekday during the school year. Two recent lesson plans investigate back-to-school shopping and the 2012 election campaign. | Lesson Plan | |
EconEdLink & Living Wage CalculatorTwo websites offer 750+ lesson plans and resources to help K-12 students learn about economics, personal finance. A related tool, a living wage calculator, supplements these resources. | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
Japanese Kites at the New YearThese resources explain the cultural and historical importance of kites in Japan. Teachers will find downloadable student readings on kite shapes, kite flying, and Japanese kites at the New Year. | Lesson Plan; Printable | |
ELL TapestryThe Tapestry is a resource center for PreK-12 teachers and administrators who work with English language learners. | Lesson Plan | |
20 Free iPad Apps for EducatorsA variety of teaching and learning materials to access from your iPad. | Lesson Plan | |
Five Free Underground Railroad ResourcesFive of our favorite curriculum resources on The Underground Railroad for grades K-12 include lesson plans, interactive maps, timelines and biographies. | Lesson Plan; Multimedia | |
International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)The ICDL is a digital collection of international children's books for children ages 3-13. 4000 titles in 50 languages, reflects diverse cultures, perspectives, and historical periods. All books can be read online for free. | Multimedia | |
Mother Goose DayMay 1st is Mother Goose Day. Explore one of the largest collections of rhymes for children with online texts, video and audio recordings, illustrations, recipes, fingerplays and costume suggestions. | Multimedia | |
10 Free Things for Mother’s DayFrom poetry to decorative gifts and a variety of arts & crafts projects big and small, find ideas for celebrating motherhood with students at all grade levels. | Multimedia; Printable | |
Books and Book Chapters Online from Stenhouse PublishersBrowse through a book - online - to see if you like it well enough to purchase it. Stenhouse Publishers posts the complete texts of the current season's books and selected chapters of others. Check out their list by grade. | Multimedia | |
ESL Resource CenterThis site has many worksheets and other printables, quick activities, games and teaching ideas to encourage students to speak in class. | Multimedia |
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