Free Curriculum & Learning Activities
THE READ ALOUD PROJECT
Reading curriculum designed by teachers to assist in teaching language arts to the Common Core.
Focused on discussion on content not personal experience.
Lesson Plans: Animals, Insects & Reptiles ** Earth & Space ** Families Around the World ** Weather & Seasons ** Other
THE ENRICHMENT ZONE
Free curriculum for healthy eating and physical activity sessions for elementary school students in an after school or Summer Camp setting. Provided by the National AfterSchool Association in partnership with the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.
Original Tutor Report Article with all links
Download Curriculum for grades_K-2
Download Curriculum for grades_3-5
Additional materials from Together Counts
US HISTORY FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
In addition to the previously posted English Language curriculum the Library has now published free American History modules with Teacher Notes and student iPad downloads.
FREE CURRICULUM – COMMON CORE
Currently over 2000 free lessons and free curriculum for Common Core in Math and Language Arts.
Each lesson is linked to a standard and includes lesson links for students. Even outside the United States this is very valuable curriculum.
Now with student app for iPhone/iPad and Android
TEST SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE REDESIGNED SAT
DUOLINGO
Free language practice for Spanish, French, German, Italian & Portuguese.
Create an account and practice away with easy to understand lessons and ‘lingot’ points to purchase duolingo rewards.
Duolingo Website Original Article
MODERN LESSONS
Lessons for your tutoring, coaching or admin team to keep up to speed on modern technology used in the classroom or office.
ALGEBRA EFFECTIVENESS
The New York Times reports that the RAND study shows double the student gains using this model to teach Algebra.
ONLINE ACTIVITY GUIDE FOR SUMMER SCIENCE LEARNING
Created by the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, eight weeks of free and fun at-home or summer camp science experiments.
NATIONAL MATH & SCIENCE INITIATIVE
Common Core Open Resources by the National Math & Science Initiative.
PARCC – DO MORE WITH COMMON CORE
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College & Careers.
Register to gain access to Common Core Resources
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON OUT OF SCHOOL TIME
Curriculum and Tool tips for incorporating health and wellness into after school clubs and activities.
FREE CURRICULUM & TUTOR INSTRUCTION FOR ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS
You don’t have to be tutoring in Florida to make use of this great free curriculum and teaching aids.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Original Article with background information
30 DAYS OF FREE VIDEO CLIPS TO MAKE LEARNING & TEACHING VIDEOS
Education.VideoBlocks.com is a database of royalty free and copyright safe multimedia clips that students and teachers can legally download and use in a variety of video editing and media projects. Through an affordable subscription to VideoBlocks, teachers, students and schools get instant access to unlimited downloads of stock video, motion backgrounds, production music, sound effects, After Effects templates and much more.
Get 30 days of free learning video clips
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
English Language Arts Lessons with rich historic multi media presentations.
Tutor Professional Development section with self guided courses.
Lessons or Professional Development
FREE READING CURRICULUM FROM READWORKS
A non profit online resource offering free reading curriculum for grades K through 6. Each lesson has a ‘how to teach’ module to allow tutors to deliver the lesson with maximum impact for students. Excellent resource to use alongside oaSES Online Learning Plans as ReadWorks provides lessons for all common core and state standards and objectives.
SHARE MY LESSON – FREE SHARED CURRICULUM
Share My Le
sson is a place where educators can come together to create and share their very best teaching resources. Developed by teachers for teachers, this free platform gives access to high-quality teaching resources and provides an online community where teachers/tutors can collaborate with, encourage and inspire each other.
Share My Lesson has a significant resource bank for Common Core State Standards, covering all aspects of the standards, from advice and guides to help with dedicated resources that support the standards.
MAXSCHOLAR – 14 DAY FREE TRIAL FOR READING AND PHONICS CURRICULUM
Online Reading and Phonics lessons for readers grades K to 3.
Access the demo by logging on to www.maxscholar.com use guest as your user name and use guest as your password.
CURIOUS GEORGE ACTIVITY SHEET
Not really free curriculum but explore engineering, science and math with the world’s most curious monkey.
The team that produces the Curious George series on PBS and online has a new activity booklet (PDF) that invites parents to join their children in exploring science, engineering, and math through play. The booklet could be used as a handout for children to bring home and share with their parents and siblings or as the basis for afterschool programming.
Kindergarten & Grade 1
Download the Curious George Activity Sheet
FREE AFTER SCHOOL SCIENCE CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has released a new educational resource, an afterschool science club free curriculum for middle school students, titled Discovering the Connection: Your Environment, Your Health.
Lessons and activities of the curriculum combine research on the Tox Town website with hands-on experiments and communication and social action activities. The objective is to introduce middle school students to environmental health issues in their everyday life, emphasizing the relevance of science to informed citizenship.
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