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A 10-day mini-unit lesson plan teaching Greek and Latin roots, vocabulary strategies (synonyms, antonyms, homophones, analogies, context clues), and word comprehension through interactive activities, games, notes, and projects.
A two-lesson resource teaching middle school students vocabulary related to the founding of the 13 colonies and how to read and analyze a historical data table.
Multi-file science mini-unit teaching mechanical, potential, and kinetic energy through direct-instruction and hands-on lesson plans, a slideshow presentation, and a model-building lab activity.
Teach the historical origins of the U.S. Constitution (Ancient Greek/Roman influences, Enlightenment philosophers, Iroquois Confederacy, English law) through a full lesson plan, vocabulary development, note-taking, and assessment package.
Interactive multi-lesson unit study introducing and expanding students' knowledge of giraffes, for elementary teachers and homeschooling/co-op families.
A lesson plan for teaching students to classify animals into groups (mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, arthropods) using an accompanying slideshow and a review game.
A comprehensive 12-unit literature teaching guide for the novel 'A Wrinkle in Time', covering pre-reading discussion, chapter study guides, vocabulary, class discussion, tests, and writing projects.
Multi-lesson unit teaching the geography, history/culture, and myths of Polynesia.
A lesson plan and reading passage profiling Greta Thunberg's activism and Asperger's/autism experience, used to teach reading comprehension and spark discussion on climate change, activism, and related social topics.
A guided-reading lesson plan built around a single chapter of the novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar, focused on comprehension and the theme of perseverance.
A middle-school Earth science lesson unit teaching how mechanical and chemical weathering shape Earth's surface, combining readings, vocabulary, and a hands-on lab.
Free download Teach young students to identify the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) and the body parts associated with each.
An interactive unit study that teaches students about caves and karst landscapes, including how different cave types (solution, lava tube, sea, sandstone) form.
An elementary unit-study booklet introducing renewable vs. nonrenewable energy sources and specific alternative-energy types (solar, wind, biomass/biodiesel, tidal, geothermal).
A short-story analysis worksheet packet and two-lesson teaching plan for D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking-Horse Winner,' building reading comprehension, vocabulary, and symbolism analysis skills for high school/AP Literature and ESL/ELL students.
A multi-lesson unit teaching the history of piracy from the ancient Mediterranean through the Golden Age of Caribbean piracy to modern piracy, using a slide presentation, worksheets, and a crossword puzzle.
Provide a digital, self-checking unit study on auroras (northern/southern lights) covering their origin, causes, characteristics, types, and sounds.
Two-week mini-unit introducing the scientific method and science process skills to upper-elementary students through notes, vocabulary, hands-on experiments, a study guide, and a quiz.
A guided reading lesson plan for Grade 3, built around the anchor text Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (Chapter 1: "Before Breakfast"), targeting characters, setting, and vocabulary.
A reading comprehension worksheet and accompanying lesson plan built around a biographical text on Ludwig van Beethoven, with vocabulary, discussion and presentation activities.
A differentiated language-arts unit built around the 'Beauty and the Beast' fairy tale, providing the same story at four reading levels plus non-fiction texts on the tale's history and origin author, to match reading materials to individual student readiness.
A guided reading lesson plan for Grade 5, built around the anchor text Matilda by Roald Dahl (Chapter 7: "Miss Honey"), targeting character motivation/inference, vocabulary building, and discussion of resilience and kindness themes.
An ESL lesson plan teaching basic color vocabulary and related question/answer forms (What color is it? / What color are they?) to kids and early learners.
A no-prep picture book study companion for "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathmann, offering discussion, literacy, and craft activities for early elementary classrooms.