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Hear it, spell it, see it!: This is an activity to help children develop visual recognition of basic sight word vocabulary at the kindergarten level. The words covered are: I, am, can, like, it, and is. This is a simple, quick activity that adds a new dimension to sight word building with the help of the computer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Vickie Hedrick.

A commanding view: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 10; This elevated image over the stone roofs, moat, and high walls towards the tropical forest suggests how awesome the sight of this temple complex must have been for rural Southeast Asians (or other foreign visitors) living around the tenth century; By Lorraine Aragon.

Here comes the circus: Boys and girls of all ages love the Circus. This is a lesson from an integrated unit. In this lesson, students will be introduced to the Kindergarten level words from the Dolch Word List.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Penny Stafford.

A successful day? Engaging your students may not be enough: In The First Year, page 2.1; To ensure that you meet your objectives, plan backwards from what you want students to learn.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

The five senses: The children will learn in this study the five senses through observations and experiments.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); By Nancy Ziegler.

Fishing For vowels: This is an excellent hands-on activity in which the students actively participate in imagining a fishing trip. This lesson is designed to help students learn to recognize grade appropriate sight words. Students are expected to listen to a word and identify the short vowel sound heard.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Shannon Bradley.

Our class band: In this lesson students will play percussion instruments that have been divided into four groups: Drums, Woods, Metals and Shakers/Scrapers. They will perform a song sung to the tune of 'Old MacDonald had a Farm' and perform the instruments of these groups.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Music Education); By Barbara Tilton.

The five senses: This lesson will help students describe how objects look, feel, taste, smell, and sound using all senses.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); By Kathy Gravitt.

Sensing the world around us: Students will review the five senses and listen to an Ezra Jack Keats' story in which a blind man uses his senses of hearing and smelling to learn about his neighbors. Students will then experience the difficulty of using only one sense to identify different sounds.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); By Libby Oxenfeld.

Mercury in hand: The chemical element mercury (Hg) is sometimes called quicksilver because of its liquid metallic appearance. While the sight of metal pouring from the hand is intriguing, mercury is extremely toxic when inhaled or touched and should never be handled...; Format: image/photograph

North Carolina's lonely mountains: In Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont, page 1; One of the most striking sights on North Carolina's inner Piedmont is the solitary peaks or ridges that loom above the plateau's average elevation. Some of these are among the state's most visited parks: Hanging Rock, Pilot Mountain, Crowders Mountain, Stone...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Portrait of a reader: Rosalie: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 3.1; I was setting up centers for the first day of class, which was still a week away, when Rosalie and her mother entered the classroom to meet me. Rosalie's mother explained that Rosalie was so excited about school and simply could not wait until the official...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Whole language reading: Pumpkin pie baking activity: A whole language literature-based reading lesson that culminates in a cooking extension activity.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Amy Durso.

Resources for teaching with photographs: Websites, activities, books, and image collections for classroom use.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

Bouncing bubbles: Students will listen to Bubbles Bubbles by Mercer Mayer and a bubble poem before exploring the joys of bubble blowing. Students will observe bubbles, discuss their observations and create illustrations and stories to share.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Karen Rice.

Tobacco Farm Life Museum: This history museum provides "an informative insight into early 20th century farm family life."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Pliny and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius: The purpose of this lesson is to use earth science concepts--from volcanology--to explain to students studying the letter of Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus how Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Students will study and demonstrate mastery of the eruption and its historical impact through a webquest on Pompeii, reading of an articles with appropriate content-area reading support, participation in interactive lecture, writing of a journal entry about life in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, oral presentations on life in Pompeii, reviewing of the grammatical functions of all tenses of participles, and using a rubric to evaluate a video on Pompeii to be used for instruction.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Gregory King-Owen.

View outward over walled complex from top of central tower at Angkor Wat: This view looks outward over walled complex from the top of the central tower at Angkor Wat. Stone reliefs, visitors, the causeway entrance, and bright green forest in the distance are visible from this vantage point. This elevated image over the stone roofs,...; Format: image/photograph

A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown: Poem by Walt Whitman.; Format: poetry

Rama grieves as Laksman lies wounded by poisoned spear (Thai Ramayana mural): Rama's brother Laksman lies wounded by a poisoned spear, as seen in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Dressed in royal Siamese clothes and crown, Laksman lies on his side upon a golden mat, propped up on his right elbow. Ravana's poisoned spear sticks...; Format: image/photograph

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