This book by Kim Adelson for the Black Hills Audubon Society helps young children learn about different animals and their characteristics, and whether or not they are birds. Through colorful illustrations and engaging text, the book presents various animals and their habitats, and poses the question of whether or not they are birds. This book is a great resource for educators to introduce children to the world of birds and their unique features.

Students will learn about the Impressionist painters' use of color and how it connected to early-19th-century scientific theories about color. They will explore combinations of primary and secondary colors, experiment creating secondary colors, and create a landscape using complementary colors.

COVID-19 has caused so many changes in our lives. What are we doing differently now? Why are we doing those things, and how do we feel about all of the changes? In the context of decisions their families make, students explore the basics of how the virus affects people, and design investigations to explore how it spreads from person to person, and what we can do to prevent that spread.

This template is meant to be a guide for Nebraska Physical Education Teachers when creating digital online lessons. Headings and/or topics not included in the lesson plan should be marked N/A.

This sequenced collection, curated by Seattle Public School educators, contains openly-licensed Digital Citizenship resources for K-5 educators.  

Students create movements to represent long and short rhythmic patterns and compose patterns using non-traditional notation.

The Global Digital Library (GDL) has been developed to increase the availability of high-quality reading resources in underserved languages worldwide where there is currently a lack of quality early grade reading resources. The site primarily hosts reading instruction books and storybooks for leisure reading, but the GDL will also link to more interactive resources, such as literacy games.

Elementary Science and Integrated Subjects is a statewide Clime Time collaboration among ESD 123, ESD 105, and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Development of the resources is in response to a need for research- based science lessons for elementary teachers that are integrated with English language arts, mathematics and other subjects such as social studies. The template for Elementary integration can serve as an organized, coherent and research-based roadmap for teachers in the development of their own NGSS aligned science lessons.  Lessons can also be useful for classrooms that have no adopted curriculum as well as to serve as enhancements for  current science curriculum. 

With this video series, teach teens and pre-teens how to manage their money and foster an entrepreneurial spirit. Visit PBS Learning Media site to download a handout, discussion questions, and view alignment to additional Washington learning standards.
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Mardi Gras Masks

A Lesson Developed and Submitted by
Cathy Harrington and Marilyn Stadler

Objectives:
1. Introduce the art of mask making to the participants.
2. Review the art concepts of formal and informal balance and shape.
3. Celebrate Mardi Gras by creating masks using imagination and the materials provided.

Audiences:
Could be suitable for all ages to enjoy.

This website has a collection of mathematics resources which aim to build positive math experiences outside of school.

Explore the Mathematics Student Choice Boards for PreK-1st grade created by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.  

Explore the Mathematics Student Choice Boards for PreK – 1st grade created by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

This resource was created by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

This document focuses on two fundamentals that should guide work across the PreK-3rd grade continuum: Child Development and Equity. 

In response to school closures due to COVID-19, OSPI content experts have curated a selection of links to external organizations providing high-quality online educational materials – courses, lessons, videos, physical and outdoor activity suggestions, etc. Please note that in many cases, these resources are free to use online but are not openly licensed for wide scale reuse and adaptation.

This document provides some learning resources associated with each of the K-2  Washington Science Content Learning Standards. They are intended to serve during this “stay at home” time, which includes all Washington schools. They are not intended to replace or be equivalent to face-to-face learning. Please feel free to use the resources or to make adaptations

This unit by Northshore School District, Washington, contains four progressive lesson activities created for primary grades which connect Washington Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards 1, 4 and 5 with Washington Music Standards 1, 2 and 8 using the creating/responding processes to generate original songs and express personal feelings.