New Lessons on the ERC
Math
The Shapes Around Us
This lesson for students in grades K-1 teaches about basic shapes and shows their place in the wold.
Graphing: Favorite Fruit
This interactive lesson is designed for first graders. In this lesson students will create pictographs and answer questions about their data.
Venn Diagrams
In this interactive lesson students will sort and describe shapes using Venn Diagrams. Shapes will be sorted based on if they have corners or not and if they are shaded in or not.
English Language Arts
Similes and Metaphors
This interactive poetry lesson for 5th grade students will allow students to investigate the differences between similes and metaphors, create their own similes and metaphors, and apply the two poetic devices to their own poetry. This lesson includes links to interactive websites.
Long A Word Study
This interactive ELA lesson for first grade students is a great review of words that have the long a sound.
Social Studies
Japan
In this lesson students will learn about Japan. Students will learn about why Japan is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”, listen to its national anthem, learn words and phrases in Japanese and discover the geography of the area.
Science
Wonderful World of Bats
This interactive cross-curricular lesson designed for 2nd graders explores the world of bats and draws together science (bat sounds are included), ELA (word families), and math (create a graph). Songs, sounds, and a link to an online book reading are some of the activities.
