Classroom Resources

The Northern Frontier ducks are starting their migration to their winter home, Restoria, and the CyberSquad is going along for the ride! Just like real ducks, cyberducks migrate from one region to another to find a warm place to live with plenty of good food and water. The flock needs to avoid obstacles and manage their energy while migrating to Restoria. The player’s mission is to work with the ducks to help them get to Restoria safely and find the best ponds to stop at along the way.

Duck Dash is a “born-accessible” interactive game designed for kids ages 6-8, featuring beloved characters from the PBS KIDS math and environmental adventure series, Cyberchase. Players explore the math concepts of how to manage, organize, display, and evaluate data using graphs, and the science concepts of migration and ecology. 

Fun Factory is a great way for kids to practice punctuation and capitalization...and toy-building! Fix the errors in the sentences in order to gain parts for your very own dollhouse, bike, scooter, and more. Can the students build all six toys?

The Story Map interactive includes a set of graphic organizers designed to assist teachers and students in prewriting and post-reading activities. The organizers are intended to focus on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution development. Students can develop multiple characters, for example, in preparation for writing their own fiction, or they may reflect on and further develop characters from stories they have read. After completing individual sections or the entire organizer, students have the ability to print out their final versions for feedback and assessment. The versatility of this tool allows it to be used in multiple contexts.

This printable resource is perfect for writing out classroom schedules in Chinese. The printout has space for students to write out 7 classes that they attend at school. There is enough room for added descriptions such as teacher's name, room number, or adjectives describing the class. This activity is particularly useful for novice low language learners as they learn school-related vocabulary and descriptions. Teachers can choose to print a copy for each student and have each student write out their current schedule. Another option is to have students work in pairs and discuss their classes. Each student can write down the schedule of their partner as they listen to the information provided in the target language.

While the distinction may appear nuanced, there are clear differences behind the meanings and purposes of tattling vs telling. Tattling is generally associated with reputation, such as when students attempt to get one another in trouble for minor incidents or try to gain favor by making themselves appear heroic while telling, on the other hand, is an effort to alert an adult to more serious incidents or safety concerns.

Helping students recognize the difference between tattling and telling is a complicated dance that requires direct instruction, practice, and ongoing support in the classroom. While it’s fairly simple for students to understand the necessity for rules and the expectations that they convey, it can be quite another task for children to determine when rule breaking is something that must be reported.

This Kindergarten through 5th-grade activity puts a spin on traditional bingo.  Each student gets a fitness bingo card. Finding a new partner for each exercise, students will do the exercise then sign their partner’s paper. Students will continue this until all spots have been filled. This lesson focuses on different exercises to move the whole body (psychomotor skills) as well as teamwork (affective skills).

This video is available in both English and Spanish audio, along with corresponding closed captions.

This French lesson is geared toward novice low and novice mid learners in grades K-5. This unit consists of 3 separate lessons. In the first, students identify locations around the world where French is spoken. In the second, students examine photos of French family life and compare visible customs to those they see at home. Finally, students are introduced to French vocabulary used to identify family members. As an optional activity, students can create a family tree to present their own (or make-believe) family.

Students will follow a sequence of steps to create art. Teacher will instruct students to draw different lines, shapes, and colors.  Students will display work and compare and contrast the pieces of art.  

This novice low to novice high grammar game helps Spanish learners 'see' how the target language is formed so that they can make connections between the Spanish language and their own. This game will work for any tense but the instructions are specifically geared toward reflexive present tense conjugations. Students work in groups to create sentences. A die is rolled to determine the subject of each sentence. Then, students match the verb stem to the correct verb ending based on the subject determined by the die. Finally, students use this newly constructed verb to write a sentence using the verb and current vocabulary.

Children move an object in front of a flashlight and observe how its shadow changes in this interactive game from PEEP and the Big Wide World. As children slide the object closer to and farther away from the light until its shadow matches the size of the object’s outline on the wall, they discover that when an object is moved closer to the light source, it blocks more light and its shadow becomes larger. Children also explore how changing the position of the light changes the direction in which the shadow of the object falls.

To view the Activity, Student Handout, and Teaching Tips for this interactive game, go to Support Materials. This resource was developed through WGBH’s Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms project, in collaboration with NASA.

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students are welcomed to StinkLand! They learn from Flea that financial irresponsibility can get you stuck at the worst possible time! 

The purpose of this video is to help children learn more about mirroring and matching (and some balancing) while mimicking the actions of superheroes in a video. This learning activity includes an embedded 4-minute video with superhero poses. You can pause the video on each pose to check students' poses for accuracy.

Want to make a difference? Discover a medical career that takes care of people like a doctor with less hands-on practice than a nurse. 

We all have to follow the rules. This fun, animated poem follows students as they board the bus and head to school, following all of the rules along the way.

In this lesson, students (K-3) will be introduced to the PBS KIDS ScratchJr app by creating interactive characters that respond to tap. Through this process, they will learn about movement blocks, looks blocks, the ‘start on tap’ trigger, and character selection.

PBS KIDS Scratch Jr. app is now available for free from the App Store on iPad and from the Google Play store on Android tablets.

A cooperative game for students that incorporates the seasons (science) and activity. The following link is also needed for the task cards for this activity:

https://openphysed.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PC-01-06-SpaceScienceConnection-ChangeSeasonTaskCard.pdf

Locomotor, balance, and throwing skills are utilized on these cards.

• Skill: I will follow movement pathways and patterns.
• Cognitive: I will discuss how the sun’s position relative to the
  Earth affects our patterns of daylight and temperature.
• Fitness: I will stay actively engaged during the activity.
• Personal & Social Responsibility: I will share equipment and
  space with classmates.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This free video resource from PBS LearningMedia teaches students the importance of visiting the dentist. Like any new experience, going to the dentist can be scary for young children. In this video, two brothers take us on a trip to the dentist that explains what is happening at every step. The older brother introduces the people who work in the office, describes their jobs, and explains how each instrument is used.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Writing poetry is less daunting when students can analyze a model. In this lesson, students first listen to a read-aloud of Flicker Flash by Joan Bransfield Graham in order to understand the concept of shape and theme poems. Students use the interactive Theme Poems tool to create their own poems, then work with a peer to analyze their use of sensory language. Finally, students print and share their poems.

In this short clip, Agent Oscar scans the Bears basketball team to see if they're carrying the number 13. One player has 10 + 3 chips in his pocket. One player has 6 + 7 water bottles. 

The students will review the previously learned disco steps.  Working in groups, they will choreograph a movement sequence that has a beginning, middle, and end with a pose. They will perform their dance for the class.  

Students will describe the way the sun and moon move in the sky. Working in groups, they will create a dance to show how the sun rises and sets in the sky. They will describe the levels in the morning, midday, and sunset. Another group will create a dance to show how the moon rises and sets in the sky and describe the levels that could be seen. The groups will combine their dances to show the complete process.        

The article explains how music is a language.  The author compares spoken language to musical language.  Improvisation is important to building musical language.    

Students will measure space and furniture using their feet.  They will analyze Bed (Lit à la Turque) by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard.  At home, students will sketch their bed and measure it with their feet.  In class, the students will compare and contrast the size of their bed with Bed (Lit à la Polonaise).

This resource outlines different throwing stations. Additionally, videos are included demonstrating how this lesson would progress. Teaching hints are also included to help students be more successful. 

This interactive hands-on set of activities is perfect for introducing elementary-aged students to Latino culture through music. It is also a perfect activity for Hispanic Heritage Month. The link provides an English handout that offers a variety of hands-on activities including a glossary of music-related vocabulary and Latino music styles, directions for making a pan flute out of straws, information about Selena and Celia Cruz, and activities that connect math to Latino beats through music. As students complete each activity with their teacher they learn to identify the rhythms of the target culture. To meet community standards teachers can choose to scan a QR code located on the document to access a Spotify playlist compiled by the Smithsonian. This will allow students to listen to music while they work.

Students will analyze the painting, Tropical Forest with Monkeys, by Henri Rousseau.  Students will paint an imaginary jungle with animals. 

This Spanish language activity allows students to use their clothing vocabulary skills to show off their creative side. Students design clothing items for a store or store catalog and use presentational language skills to identify the items and their descriptions. The addition of sizes and prices will encourage students to explore the differences between shopping in the US and another country. The lesson link includes a student instructional page and a pre-made rubric to assist with grading. This activity could easily be adapted for use in any language classroom.

Students will echo clap rhythm patterns including quarter notes, quarter rests and paired eighth notes. Students will compose four-beat rhythm patterns and perform them for the class. Demonstration videos are provided. 

This novice-high to intermediate-high German activity provides resources necessary for completing a series of communicative and interpretive tasks as students explore the world of fast food using a variety of authentic resources. Interpretive reading skills are used as students explore a target language menu. Audio files and video files are included for interpretive listening tasks. Other printable resources (including a menu) are included to assist in interpersonal communicative tasks as students practice ordering food. The resources are carefully chosen to introduce students to a wide variety of authentic foods, introducing them to culturally appropriate products. The included activities can be adapted for a variety of levels in middle school and high school German classes.

A very important concept students learn in first grade is place value. Let's look at the number 13. What does 13 really mean? We can write 13 in a place value chart. Now we see that 13 is 1 ten and 3 ones. But what does "one ten" really mean?

Daniel and his friends are playing together in the park. Daniel has a new toy car and isn't ready to share it with the others. But with his Dad's help, Daniel learns that sharing means someone else gets to take a turn, and then he'll get it back. This video can be played during a lesson on building healthy relationships.

In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey leads everyone outside to smell the fresh air! Let’s run and play one hour every day in our beautiful world!

Use the PBS KIDS ScratchJr Cheat Sheet as a quick guide for various programming blocks. 

PBS KIDS ScratchJr app is now available for free from the App Store on iPad and from the Google Play store on Android tablets.

In this learning experience designed for littles (grades Pre-K through 2nd), Christine Pinto, Kindergarten teacher and co-author of Google Apps for Littles,  uses Google Sheets templates to help her students learn basic addition and give them early exposure to equations. Students can "make five", "make ten", "make twenty", following the colors in the Google Sheets cells.

The kids make their models by using single digit numbers according to the color key to color the cells. First, they fill in the blank cells with a color by typing the number that corresponds to the color. For example, they could fill three boxes with green, two with orange. Then they add their equation to the yellow box to show how it makes 5 (3 (green) plus 2 (orange) equals five). Then they check their answer in the blue box following the example.

Learning Outcomes :

• Students will be able to create equations that equal 5, 10, or 20.

• Students will be able to decompose a number and understand the purpose of the equal sign.

• Students will gain a foundational understanding for multiplication.

• Students will be able to write mathematical expressions.

This is a free video resource from PBS LearningMedia.  In the video, Penny and the KidVision VPK Kids visit the playground.  They learn playground safety rules and how to pump on the swing, climb the monkey bars and play hopscotch. Ready, Set, GO! It’s Playground Time!

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.