This article describes covert and overt active engagement strategies for use with elementary students. Find the Question templates are included for use with informational text.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
The concepts that underlie the fourth essential principle of climate literacy ("Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes.") are too complex for students in early and upper-level elementary school, but the foundational knowledge can be taught within existing curriculums and standards. This foundational knowledge will lead to understanding in later years. The author shows the correlation to the national science education standards, identifies misconceptions among elementary school students, suggests formative assessment probes, and identifies lessons and activities to make curriculum connections. The free, online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle is based on the seven essential principles of the climate sciences.
Material Type: Assessment, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Students build a thermometer and then compare its performance against a regular thermometer.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this lesson, students will use a weekly poem to explore meaning, sentence structure, rhyming words, sight words, vocabulary, and print concepts. After studying the poem, students are given a copy of the poem to illustrate and share their understanding. All of the poems explored are then compiled into a poetry portfolio for students to take home and share with their families. To further connect home to school, a family poetry project is suggested.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This resource has all of the links associated with Webinar Two of the #GoOpenNC Curriculum Review Academy. You can watch the video recording, view the PowerPoint and participate in the discussion boards.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This resource has all of the links associated with Webinar Three of the #GoOpenNC Curriculum Review Academy. You can watch the video recording, view the PowerPoint and participate in the discussion boards.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This resource has all of the links associated with Webinar Three of the #GoOpenNC Curriculum Review Academy. You can watch the video recording, view the PowerPoint and participate in the discussion boards.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Comprehension Strategy Module Templates
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
What is a life cycle? What are the stages of a life cycle? How do life cycles of different animals compare? How do adults help support the growth of younger animals?
Material Type: Activity/Lab
