News Spotlight: What We Forget When We Remember 9/11
More than 100 million Americans have been born since September 11, 2001 — meaning for a growing share of the country, 9/11 isn’t a memory but a history lesson. As…
Read Aloud: 14 Cows for America
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy, written in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez, is a picture book for grades 2-5 that tells the…
Wormly’s Back to School Sentence Practice
Kick off the new school year with Wormly’s Back to School Sentence Practice! Students in Kindergarten through 5th grade read a sentence with a missing word and use context clues…
Read Aloud: An Ode to Underwear
Ode to Underwear by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Abigail Burch, turns a taboo classroom topic into a laugh-out-loud read aloud for Pre-K through Grade 2. The rhyming picture book leans…
Wormly’s World Back to School Crossword Puzzle
Welcome back to school with Wormly the tortoise! This interactive crossword puzzle helps students in Kindergarten through 5th grade practice essential back-to-school vocabulary — from simple words like sun and…
Rock Paper Scissors Instant Lesson for PreK–5
Rock Paper Scissors takes ten minutes, needs nothing but a smartboard and a child’s own hands, and works three developmental processes at once. The countdown builds impulse regulation as children…
Rock Paper Scissors Game for PreK-5th Classrooms
Play Rock, Paper, Scissors on Your Smartboard World Rock Paper Scissors Day lands on August 27, and this free smartboard game turns it into a whole-class activity. One child stands…
Close-up with Carl Nelson Gorman: Navajo Code Talker, Artist, and Teacher
Pfc. Carl Gorman at his observation post above Garapan, Saipan, June 27, 1944. U.S. Marine Corps photograph, National Archives Catalog, NAID 100378149; public domain. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/100378149 Carl Nelson Gorman was punished as…
Wormly: Beach Week Edition — Classroom Implementation Guide & Mini Lesson Plans
Wormly: Beach Week Edition is a Science of Reading–aligned spelling game for beginning readers through grade 5, built on a curated coastal word bank where every word is tagged by…
