1561 Ohio's Spring Wildflowers Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Photographs of 60 Ohio wildflowers are available at this site. The common and scientific names are provided for each flower.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–5 Professional Commentary: At Louise Borden's website, students can find out the "story behind the story" to gain insight into the topics of her books. The author cites family, personal experiences, and friendships, as well as a love of history and travel as the source for her inspiration.... 1563 Denise Fleming's Online Home Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–2 Professional Commentary: Denise Fleming is best known for her distinctive pulp-painting style of illustrating. At her website, the author provides step-by-step instructions for creating handmade paper and home-made journals.... 1564 Will Hillenbrand: Children's Book Author and Illustrator Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–3 Professional Commentary: Ohio Author and illustrator Will Hillenbrand cites his childhood experiences, particularly stories overheard in the family barbershop, as the inspiration for his books. Visitors to this web site will find information about the author/illustrator, his books, and various outreach programs.... 1565 Reader's Theater Editions Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–5 Professional Commentary: This resource provides free scripts for reader's theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others. The stories represent a range of genres, mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures.... 1566 What's It Like Where You Live? Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–8 Professional Commentary: What's It Like Where You Live?, published by the Missouri Botanical Gardens, provides information about the world's biomes. The site includes information about rainforests, tundra, deserts, temperate forests, and grasslands.... 1567 Fry's 300 Instant Sight Words Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–3 Professional Commentary: Sight words are an important part of reading instruction and word study. Strong knowledge of sight words improves readers' fluency and aids comprehension.... 1568 A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–Kindergarten Professional Commentary: A Rhyme-a-Week is a phonological awareness resource that features thirty downloadable nursery rhymes and poems. Designed for use with early literacy learners, these rhymes can be integrated into many classroom literacy routines, including choral and shared reading experiences, word study, and phomenic awareness activities.... 1569 Puzzling Relationships Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–1 Professional Commentary: The lesson at this site is very brief but includes some simple tangram puzzles that young students might enjoy as a first introduction to some common plane figures. Discussion questions, suggestions for assessment, and questions for teacher reflection are included.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–6 Professional Commentary: This site has interactive clocks, games, quizzes, worksheets, and reference materials, all related to time. Analog and digital clocks help students in grades K-3 tell time to the nearest hour, half hour, 5 minutes, and 1 minute.... |