Learning Objectives

• Use the navigational tools to search and browse content to find the best content for students and instruction.
• Find the instructional supports available in the resource.
• Identify strategies for integrating Explora for Grades PreK-5 in the classroom.
• Create a lesson plan to integrate Explora for Grades PreK-5 into instruction.
• Understand the importance of using digital text, print, and other media in early learning curriculum.

Explora for Grades PreK-5 Lesson Plans

Explora provides a template for educators to help them plan a lesson using content from the EBSCO database. You may download the template to use to begin thinking about how to integrate this resource into instruction. 

Create a Lesson Plan

Download the Explora Lesson Plan Template from the exercise files at the bottom of this page. Consider the discussion/reflection you have done and the materials you have learned about so far. Use the lesson plan template to create a standards-aligned lesson for your students using Explora for Grades PreK-5. Consider sharing the lesson you create in INFOhio's Open Space.

Reflecting on Your Learning 

Once you've shared your lesson plan to the group Resources, post about what you shared in the Explora Resources Open Space group Discussions. Find the Explora Lesson Plans and Educator Tools post and reply to the thread to share your lesson plan.