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Exam Wrappers and Test Analyses - Virginia Tech
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K to 12
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"Exam Wrappers and Test Analyses" is an article from Virginia Tech that discusses exam wrappers. The article features an overview, implementation, and example wrappers and test analyses....more
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"Exam Wrappers and Test Analyses" is an article from Virginia Tech that discusses exam wrappers. The article features an overview, implementation, and example wrappers and test analyses. In addition, it gives adaptations and questions to consider for an exam wrapper.
tag(s): thinking skills (86)
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Students can use Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here to create a top five list as to why and how to use exam wrappers. Students can track their progress using Google Sheets. Students can use Google Keep, reviewed here to track exam dates.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Growth Mindset - Class Dojo
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K to 6
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Imagine opening a door for your students that invites them to view challenges as stepping stones rather than roadblocks. On the ClassDojo Growth Mindset page, you'll find a lively five-episode...more
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Imagine opening a door for your students that invites them to view challenges as stepping stones rather than roadblocks. On the ClassDojo Growth Mindset page, you'll find a lively five-episode video series (created in collaboration with Stanford University PERTS Research Center) alongside a collection of classroom-ready activities that empower learners to reflect on effort, embrace mistakes, and say "yet" instead of "can't." The videos cover topics such as The Magic of Mistakes, The Incredible Power of Yet, and Becoming a Goal Setter. At the same time, the accompanying activities guide students through reflection, goal setting, and mindset-shifting language. If you are a teacher who wants to encourage perseverance and growth, this resource can help you make your lessons more fun and engaging.
tag(s): learning styles (20), social and emotional learning (145), thinking skills (86)
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Play one of the Growth Mindset videos, such as The Power of Yet, and have students turn and talk about a time they struggled to learn something new. Create a classroom display where students can anonymously post notes about mistakes they learned from that week. Have students design posters in DesignCap Poster Creator, reviewed here or on paper showing their before and after mindset when learning something difficult.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Let's Go Luna - PBS Kids
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K to 2
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PBS Kids' Let's Go Luna is an animated show featuring three friends- Carmen, the butterfly, Leo, the wombat, and Andy, the frog. The friends travel with Luna, the Moon, to ...more
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PBS Kids' Let's Go Luna is an animated show featuring three friends- Carmen, the butterfly, Leo, the wombat, and Andy, the frog. The friends travel with Luna, the Moon, to learn about the language, culture, music, and customs of different countries. Games featured on the site include: Seek and Find, Postcards Around the World, World Packages, Creative Kitchen, World Orchestra, Fantastic Flight, and Art Studio. Videos are twenty-five minutes in length.
tag(s): cultures (270), game based learning (290), preK (303)
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Students can use Google My Maps, reviewed here to visit the different countries from the episodes. Students can use Seesaw, reviewed here to share the information that they learned from the episode. Students can use Book Creator, reviewed here to write down facts about all the places that Luna and her friends visit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Elinor Wonders Why - PBS Kids
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K to 3
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PBS Kids' Elinor Wonders Why is an animated series for children ages three through five that encourages curiosity, observation, and problem-solving. The show follows Elinor,...more
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PBS Kids' Elinor Wonders Why is an animated series for children ages three through five that encourages curiosity, observation, and problem-solving. The show follows Elinor, a curious bunny, and her friends as they explore the world and learn about science and nature. Games featured on the site include Let's Be Healthy, Soup's Up, Pond Life, Curious Campout, and more. Full episodes are approximately twenty-three to twenty-five minutes in length. The video section includes Elinor and Friends, Songs, That's So Interesting, and short clips.
tag(s): game based learning (290), preK (303), problem solving (266)
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Students can use Book Creator, reviewed here to create their own soup recipe with its ingredients listed. Students can use Seesaw, reviewed here to sequence events in one of the episodes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids Mystery League - PBS Kids
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K to 2
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PBS Kids Mystery League is a live-action series that teaches students in grades kindergarten through second grade. Each episode features three fifth-grade detectives solving a never-ending...more
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PBS Kids Mystery League is a live-action series that teaches students in grades kindergarten through second grade. Each episode features three fifth-grade detectives solving a never-ending mystery in Mulberry Springs. Each episode showcases relevant storylines that encourage problem-solving, friendship, civics, economics, leadership, and geography. Episodes are 11 to 15 minutes long. In addition to the episodes, the PBS Mystery League homepage contains two-minute videos from Dancing Detective and Mystery Tube.
tag(s): mysteries (27), problem solving (266)
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Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to post their favorite episodes. Students can create their own mystery using Online Escape Room Templates, reviewed here. Students can use ScreenPal, reviewed here to record themselves creating and solving a mystery.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ghost Writer - Tony Vincent
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2 to 12
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This deceptively simple-looking site offers an easy way to encourage continuous, non-stop writing. Users set a goal of either words or time and choose start. If you stop typing for...more
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This deceptively simple-looking site offers an easy way to encourage continuous, non-stop writing. Users set a goal of either words or time and choose start. If you stop typing for too long, all your words vanish, creating pressure to keep moving and preventing over-editing or getting stuck. This exercise serves as a tool to encourage brainstorming, freewriting, overcoming writer's block, and practicing flow state writing.
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Use this tool to help students develop writing fluency so they can focus on ideas rather than grammar and spelling rules. Ghost Writer is also an excellent tool for activating schema when starting a new unit. Ask students to set the timer and write nonstop about what they know about the upcoming unit's content or what they don't know. In science class, use Ghost Writer as a hypothesis brain dump, or use it as part of reading lessons for students to share all they know about characters from a novel you are reading. Extend learning by asking students to take their ideas and develop them further in Google Docs or Microsoft Word.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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LogicBalls - LogicBalls
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K to 12
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LogicBalls is an AI tool that integrates over 200 apps for writing, image, and voice generation, among other features. Registration isn't required, but it allows users to save their...more
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LogicBalls is an AI tool that integrates over 200 apps for writing, image, and voice generation, among other features. Registration isn't required, but it allows users to save their history and access an easier-to-use interface. After creating an account, use the site's dashboard to choose an AI tool and follow the prompts to generate your requested results. Free accounts include access to over 200 tools, a chat assistant, 14,000 AI words per month, and five monthly image generations. Earn extra credits by sharing referrals.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (257), chat (39), images (263), search strategies (18)
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Utilize LogicBalls for various classroom applications, including lesson planning, creating images, and generating text. This site also analyzes YouTube videos, saving time by allowing users to paste the video URL into the chat and get a summary of the content without watching the entire video. Use the AI prompt generator as a tool to guide you through writing a prompt that achieves your desired results by adding information in a step-by-step manner.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FlipAnim - Tomasz Witkowski
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4 to 12
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FlipAnim is a tool for creating and sharing animated drawings similar to flipbook-style animation (drawn one frame at a time). Registration isn't required to begin using FlipAnim. Use...more
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FlipAnim is a tool for creating and sharing animated drawings similar to flipbook-style animation (drawn one frame at a time). Registration isn't required to begin using FlipAnim. Use the icons on the dashboard to draw items, change colors, add frames, and more. Save and download the completed animations as GIFs. This site doesn't offer a tutorial; however, you can search YouTube for helpful ones.
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Share this site with students and give them time to explore and experiment. When working with troubled students, use this site to help them share their thoughts and emotions through animation. This is an excellent site for students who love art and enjoy sharing their learning through creative expression. Take a look at the images created by other users in the gallery as inspiration for how to use animations. Ask students to create animations that demonstrate science concepts such as erosion, weathering, or chemical reactions. Use this site to have students create animations that demonstrate events from stories, share their thought processes in math, or animate historical events. Have students include their animations when creating multimedia projects in an online tool like Sway reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Building AI Knowledge: A New AI Literacy Curriculum from Quill + aiEDU - Quill and aiEDU
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8 to 12
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Take advantage of this year-long curriculum to teach students in grades 8-12 about AI and develop critical thinking skills within daily literacy and STEM instruction. The course includes...more
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Take advantage of this year-long curriculum to teach students in grades 8-12 about AI and develop critical thinking skills within daily literacy and STEM instruction. The course includes 21 instructional models, grouped into packs of 3; each pack features a different theme. Following a ten-minute warm-up activity, read and respond to a nonfiction text about AI, and respond to three open-ended writing prompts. After completing the prompts, students then use Quill, reviewed here, to revise their writing. Exploration topics include animal conservation, the impact of AI on music and the arts, and the ethics of using AI image generators with copyrighted artwork.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (257), critical thinking (166), digital citizenship (103), logic (161), reading comprehension (144), STEM (343)
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Take advantage of this free curriculum or choose individual lessons to teach students how to use AI and consider digital citizenship guidelines when utilizing AI, either as a stand-alone technology lesson or by integrating the lessons into language arts, science, or computer science lessons. Extend learning and continue to promote critical thinking skills using Kialo Edu, reviewed here to structure student debates about AI ethics. Kialo's structure offers mapping tools that facilitate constructive debate and provide opportunities for viewing information from different perspectives.
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Historical Witness Lesson Plans - J. Paul Getty Museum
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4 to 12
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Step into the stories behind powerful works of art and discover how pictures can convey just as much meaning as words. The Historical Witness, Social Messaging curriculum from...more
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Step into the stories behind powerful works of art and discover how pictures can convey just as much meaning as words. The Historical Witness, Social Messaging curriculum from the J. Paul Getty Museum enables students to investigate how artists respond to real historical events, from struggles for human rights to changes in communities and cultures. With lessons organized into beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels, teachers can easily adapt the content for use in upper elementary through high school. This resource encourages critical thinking, discussion, and meaningful connections between the past and issues students see in the world today.
tag(s): 1900s (82), civil rights (219), communities (38), critical thinking (166), cultures (270), women (184)
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Present a powerful artwork from the resource and have students silently observe before sharing what they see, what they think is happening, and what they wonder. Students infer the person represented in the artwork and what message the artist wants viewers to understand. Have them write a short "artist statement" or a mini-narrative from the perspective of someone in the image. After discussing how art can influence social change, students can create posters with positive messages that support fairness, kindness, or community issues. They should explain their design choices and connect their posters to themes found in the original artwork. Make posters digitally using DesignCap Poster Creator, reviewed here.
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Pinkalicious & Peterrific - PBS Kids
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K to 3
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The Pinkalicious & Peterrific website features the "Pinkcredible Story Maker," where students build their own creative stories by choosing characters, settings, and props for...more
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The Pinkalicious & Peterrific website features the "Pinkcredible Story Maker," where students build their own creative stories by choosing characters, settings, and props for Pinkalicious, Peter, and friends. Kids can explore art and music through hands-on activities like painting, designing, and musical play. Movement games, such as "PinkaDance," offer energetic brain breaks throughout the day. This resource is perfect for supporting literacy, creativity, and physical activity in an elementary classroom.
tag(s): digital storytelling (158), game based learning (290)
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After exploring a game or reading a Pinkalicious story, have students discuss what makes Pinkalicious a unique character. They create a quick character trading card using Trading Card Creator reviewed here that includes her traits, interests, and motivations. Students can choose an object from the show (like a microphone or a fairy wand) and then design a new version with special powers or creative features. Then have them write a short description explaining how their prop supports a character's goal in a story. Have students use the story maker activity as a planning tool, then revise and expand their stories into a complete narrative with dialogue, paragraphs, and illustrations. Students can share stories in a digital class library or read aloud for younger buddies.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - PBS Kids
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K to 4
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PBS Kids Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum brings history to life by letting students learn alongside Xavier, Yadina, and Brad as they travel through time to meet real heroes ...more
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PBS Kids Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum brings history to life by letting students learn alongside Xavier, Yadina, and Brad as they travel through time to meet real heroes from the past. Kids can dive into the Secret Museum for exciting missions, watch animated adventures, and even practice beginner-friendly coding activities that boost problem-solving and creativity. With each visit, students discover how ordinary people grew up to do extraordinary things, making this site a great way to spark curiosity about literacy, social studies, and STEM.
tag(s): coding (96), game based learning (290), problem solving (266), STEM (343)
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Have students complete one of the site's coding-inspired activities, then apply those skills to create a simple animated timeline or interactive hero card using a beginner coding tool like Scratch, reviewed here. Before exploring the site, give students a few clues about a historical figure featured in Xavier Riddle. Students can make predictions about who the person might be, then watch a related episode to confirm their guesses. After exploring a hero's story, students create a digital or paper exhibit that includes key facts, an important object from the person's life, and a short caption explaining why the person is a hero. Google Slides, reviewed here, can be used to create a collection of the classes' exhibits.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KnowItAll.org - South Carolina ETV Commission
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K to 12
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KnowItAll.org contains a variety of resources, including videos, lessons, audio files, photos, interactives, and documents. The site allows you to browse by grade, which includes Pre-Kindergarten...more
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KnowItAll.org contains a variety of resources, including videos, lessons, audio files, photos, interactives, and documents. The site allows you to browse by grade, which includes Pre-Kindergarten through high school, Higher Education, and Professional Development. Subjects featured are Career Education, English Language Arts, Health Education, Math, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, Technology, Visual and Performing Arts, and World Languages. When exploring the Collections tab, you can find resources on Anchor Charts, Archaeology, Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy and Economics, Holidays, Native American Heritage, and much more. The Curriculum and Lessons Plans tab allows you to search by Keywords, Subject, Resource Type, Downloadable Content, Language (English or Spanish), and Accessibility (English or Spanish Captions, Transcript, and Audio Description). Lessons can be shared via Google Classroom, Previewed, and printed.
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Since this site has a wealth of information, students can have a Wakelet, reviewed here to host all the material. Students can view the series that are featured on the site, including Ask an Author, Character Minutes, ETV Shorts, Hobby Shop, and more. Students can share what they learned using Lino, reviewed here .Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ELA Curricula - Open Up Resources
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K to 12
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The Open Up Resources ELA Curricula site offers high-quality, research-based English Language Arts instructional programs for PreK-12 classrooms that center on rich, whole texts and...more
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The Open Up Resources ELA Curricula site offers high-quality, research-based English Language Arts instructional programs for PreK-12 classrooms that center on rich, whole texts and real-world content knowledge to help students build literacy skills. The curricula are openly accessible as OER (open educational resources) with both print and digital options, and include supports for diverse learners, embedded assessments, and clear instructional protocols grounded in the science of reading. Programs range from EL Education language arts editions (including updated 2025 modules) to Bookworms K-5 Reading & Writing and the Odell High School Literacy Program, all designed to foster student discourse, differentiate instruction, and support teacher planning and professional growth.
tag(s): assessment (136), differentiation (82), literacy (124), OER (42), writing (308)
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Students can use the resources as supplemental materials to enrich their learning. Students can enrich their writing skills using Open Up Resources and post their writing in Write Reader, reviewed here. Students can use Podbean, reviewed here to practice their communication and verbal skills by sharing information that they learned or on a particular topic.
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A Brief Summary of Kwanzaa - Schoolhouse.world
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3 to 8
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This blog post from Schoolhouse.world offers a clear, student-friendly overview of the holiday Kwanzaa, including its origins, cultural significance, and the seven core principles known...more
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This blog post from Schoolhouse.world offers a clear, student-friendly overview of the holiday Kwanzaa, including its origins, cultural significance, and the seven core principles known as the Nguzo Saba. The article explains the holiday's purpose of honoring African heritage, strengthening community, and encouraging positive values such as unity, responsibility, and creativity. Teachers can use this page to introduce Kwanzaa in an accessible way, spark discussion about cultural traditions, and support lessons on history, identity, and community values.
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Students can use Canva for Education, reviewed here to create an infographic teaching about Kwanzaa. Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to share how they celebrate Kwanzaa. Students can create a game about Kwanzaa using Gimkit, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Donkey Hodie - PBS Kids
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K to 1
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The Donkey Hodie website on PBS Kids is a bright and cheerful space filled with interactive games, catchy songs, and engaging videos based on the beloved series. Created by The ...more
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The Donkey Hodie website on PBS Kids is a bright and cheerful space filled with interactive games, catchy songs, and engaging videos based on the beloved series. Created by The Fred Rogers Company, this resource supports social-emotional learning, perseverance, and creative problem-solving as students join Donkey Hodie and her friends on whimsical adventures in the land of Someplace Else. The games help children practice turn-taking and flexible thinking, and everything is kid-safe and ad-free, making it a fun and trustworthy digital companion for classroom centers, brain breaks, or at-home enrichment.
tag(s): game based learning (290), preK (303), problem solving (266), social and emotional learning (145)
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After exploring Donkey Hodie clips, have students identify character traits such as perseverance or kindness and provide evidence from the episode. Students can create short skits or comic strips using Free Comic Strip Maker by Adobe, reviewed here where characters face a challenge (inspired by Donkey Hodie stories) and show strategies for working through it. Have students reflect on a personal challenge and write a journal entry about how they showed perseverance, just like the characters.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Alma's Way - PBS Kids
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K to 3
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The website for the show Alma's Way offers students access to games, videos, and creative activities centered around the adventures of Alma Rivera, a young Puerto Rican girl...more
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The website for the show Alma's Way offers students access to games, videos, and creative activities centered around the adventures of Alma Rivera, a young Puerto Rican girl navigating her Bronx neighborhood with curiosity, kindness, and critical thinking. Created to highlight decision-making, empathy, and diverse perspectives, it offers children opportunities to explore situations in engaging, relatable ways. The site and related resources are available in both English and Spanish, making it a flexible choice for bilingual learning environments.
tag(s): critical thinking (166), diversity (53), game based learning (290), perspective (26), spanish (107)
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Students can explore Alma's neighborhood virtually, then brainstorm what makes their own communities unique. Have students research one cultural element highlighted in the episode (food, music, traditions) and share a short presentation using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here celebrating diversity and representation. In groups, assign students a script and act out or digitally record a short Alma's Way-inspired scene using Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here that demonstrates empathy and understanding of different perspectives.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Skillsville - Twin Cities PBS
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K to 3
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Skillsville is an interactive online game created by Twin Cities PBS for PBS Kids that helps students build essential life skills through engaging gameplay. Players enter a virtual...more
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Skillsville is an interactive online game created by Twin Cities PBS for PBS Kids that helps students build essential life skills through engaging gameplay. Players enter a virtual town, create a character, and complete fun, mission-based activities that develop important executive function skills such as problem-solving, goal setting, flexible thinking, focus, and collaboration. As children explore different locations and careers in the community, they practice decision-making, planning, and perseverance while learning how people work together to make a town thrive. The site is safe, easy to navigate, and designed to support social-emotional learning, making it a valuable tool for helping young learners grow independence, confidence, and real-world skills in a playful and meaningful way.
tag(s): collaboration (105), communities (38), game based learning (290), problem solving (266), social and emotional learning (145)
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After exploring Skillsville, have students list the places they noticed (e.g., fire station, market, post office) and discuss why each one is important in a real community. Have students choose a Skillsville character and act out the job in short skits to demonstrate how that character helps others. Students can categorize the goods and services found in Skillsville and compare them with those in their own town, explaining why each is needed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Free Children's Historical Books - Open Culture, LLC
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2 to 12
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This article from Open Culture highlights a freely available digital archive of thousands of historical children's books spanning the 18th through the mid-20th centuries. The collection...more
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This article from Open Culture highlights a freely available digital archive of thousands of historical children's books spanning the 18th through the mid-20th centuries. The collection allows educators to browse and download full-text editions of vintage readers, fairy tales, alphabet books, moral instruction titles, and more. It offers a rich resource for exploring how children's literature reflected cultural values, educational norms, and historical contexts over time. Teachers at any grade level can use these materials to support inquiry into literary history, compare past and present classroom texts, incorporate primary-source reading into lessons, and spark discussions about how children's books shape our understanding of childhood and learning.
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tag(s): alphabet (45), book lists (160), cultures (270), literature (213), OER (42)
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Invite students to create an illustrated mini-book on paper or digitally using Write Reader, reviewed here inspired by the structure and style of a historical text. Have students select a page from a historical book and rewrite it in contemporary language. They can update dialogue, replace unfamiliar vocabulary, and modernize the setting. Choose a short historical children's book and conduct a "Then vs. Now" picture walk. Students compare book covers, illustrations, and vocabulary with those of modern titles, noticing how styles and themes have changed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach Kindness - Stand for Children Leadership Center
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K to 12
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Teach Kindness is a collaboration among education organizations guided by teachers, offering research-based, relevant student resources that make schools kinder and more welcoming for...more
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Teach Kindness is a collaboration among education organizations guided by teachers, offering research-based, relevant student resources that make schools kinder and more welcoming for students and educators. Included in the site are The Pillars of Kindness, The Promise of Kindness, and How to Join.
tag(s): classroom management (124), social and emotional learning (145)
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Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to showcase the kindness that they are displaying in school. Students can use Book Creator, reviewed here to create a book on ways to be kind. Students can become pen pals with schools that are already a part of the organization.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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