Grade K: Module 3 of the EL Education K-2 Reading Foundations Skills Block, part of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The Skills Block provides one hour of structured phonics instruction, to be taught alongside Module Lessons and Labs. For more information on getting started with the K-2 Reading Foundations Skills Block, visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-skills-blocks.

Grade K: Module 4 of the EL Education K-2 Reading Foundations Skills Block, part of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. The Skills Block provides one hour of structured phonics instruction, to be taught alongside Module Lessons and Labs. For more information on getting started with the K-2 Reading Foundations Skills Block, visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-skills-blocks.

This Lesson Plan was created by Joanna Pruitt as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Lesson Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 7th or 8th grade English Language Arts students. Students will learn not only about how to write friendly letters, but they will also learn about our country in a fun and engaging way. This is a letter-writing challenge that connects students from all around the United States. Students are assigned a state and they must select three schools within that state to write a letter challenge to. The goal is to see who receives the most letters back by the end of the school year and to learn about the state that they sent letters to. 

Students will read the provided complex text about habitat in the outdoor classroom and explore the area to make connections to the content in the text.

Students will read the provided complex text about habitat in the outdoor classroom and explore the area to make connections to the content in the text and draw inferences from the text.

Students will read the provided complex text about habitat in the outdoor classroom and explore the area to make connections to the content in the text and draw inferences from the text.

Students will use the short, informational text provided to guide them in examining the animal and insect habitats in their outdoor classroom. They will then be able to use their experience to summarize the information from the text.

This resource was created by Sandy Schneider, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

This is a high school unit designed to teach students about the enduring qualities of heroism and how that influences today’s heroes, both in fiction and in reality. Once students understand the concepts, the unit provides teachers with a variety of activities to further strengthen student learning as well as make contemporary connections to the heroic ideal. This unit should take approximately 3-4 weeks.

 This Remote Learning Plan was created by Tami Hughson in collaboration with Dorann Avey as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for Grade 7 English Language Arts students. Students will analyze and evaluate the elements of literary text, build background knowledge to clarify text and deepen understanding, and use relevant evidence from a variety of sources to assist in analysis and reflection of complex text. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA 7.1.6B, NE LA 7.4.1A, NE LA 7.2.1B, NE LA 7.3.2CIt is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete.

 This Remote Learning Plan was created by Tami Hughson in collaboration with Dorann Avey as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for Grade 7 English Language Arts students. Students will explore and identify rules for correct punctuation of dialogue. They will write a short dialogue and apply the rules for correct formatting.This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA 7.2.1 HIt is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 60-90 minutes to complete.

This problem based learning (PBL) activity allows students to become educated on how excess waste can harm the environment. This activity then has the students form a plan on how their school can limit trash output in their cafeteria, and then sending a letter to their principle describing their plan.

Students will learn and utilize list poems, understand and appreciate multiple perspectives while analyzing figures, memories and events in their educational community.  They will also apply what they have learned to create a new product. 

10-lesson fifth grade unit to build classroom culture focused on identity, diversity and community.

10-lesson first grade unit to build classroom culture focused on identity, diversity and community.