Animals are masters of building homes that fit in with the natural environment. We humans can learn a lot from them! Visit a green building in Ann Arbor and look for environmentally friendly features in the buildings you see every day.

Explore the phenomenon of coal ash contamination in groundwater and the threat it poses to Lake Michigan and other areas of the Great Lakes waterways.

Architects Brian and Jess team up with kids to find the "heart of the city," the center that cities grow around. Visit the streets of old Detroit to learn how cities change over time, and use maps and landmarks to find the heart of your city.

Animals are masters of building homes that fit in with the natural environment. We humans can learn a lot from them! Visit a green building in Ann Arbor and look for environmentally friendly features in the buildings you see every day.

Learn all about the letter A, have fun with sounds, learn one new high-frequency word, and sing a song.

Read a book that compares what schools looked like in the past and what schools look like now, then sort sounds in words as we learn the -sh- sound.

Answer the big questions: What are the parts of a map and how can a map help me describe where I live? Then, work with words that have the -ar- spelling.

Help answer the question: What is special about Michigan? Then work on compound words and read some facts about Michigan, and RACE to write an informational text.

Learn all about the letter T, play with sounds, learn two new high-frequency words, and learn a silly song about our names.

What did schools look like in the past, and what do schools look like now? Plus, try a word ladder to practice -sh- sounds at the beginning and end of words.

Make your own book about where you live and learn about different ways to spell the sound /or/.

Learn about compound words, read about Michigan, and write an informational text.

Guide learners through research-based strategies for active processing as they view, read, or experience something new.

Guide learners through research-based strategies for active processing as they view, read, or experience something new.

Guide learners through research-based strategies for active processing as they view, read, or experience something new.

Guide learners through research-based strategies for active processing as they view, read, or experience something new.

Guide learners through research-based strategies for active processing as they view, read, or experience something new.

Take a break from your routine to relax and simply focus on the sounds of your environment.

Take a break from your routine to relax and simply focus on the sounds of your environment.

Take a break from your routine to relax and simply focus on the sounds of your environment.

Take a break from your routine to relax and simply focus on the sounds of your environment.

Take a break from your routine to relax and simply focus on the sounds of your environment.

Describe the type of assignments and projects you like to do. Why do you enjoy them?

Write about a time when you set a goal for yourself. What were the results?

Describe the perfect day for a new student at your school.

Write about a time when you felt safe and/or respected at school.

Write everything you love about yourself.

Imagine you are appointed principal for a month. What rules would you change? What new policies would you create?

Write about a time when you had a conflict with someone at school.

Learn all about the letter H, play with sounds, learn two new high-frequency words, and read part of a story.

Learn the diagraph sound -ch- and some new high frequency words with diagraphs -ch- and -sh-.

Learn about different ways to spell the sound /er/ and answer the big questions: What are the parts of a map and how can a map help me describe where I live?

What is special about Michigan? Learn about the re- and un- prefixes, read a hybrid text about a Michigan turtle, and work on some informational writing.

Learn all about the letter I, play with sounds, learn a new high-frequency word, and read a story.

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of salamander migration — across a main road — in Presque Isle Park near Lake Superior [...]

Build words, write a sound poem and learn more about schools of the past and today.

Draw a map of your neighborhood, then read and match homophones with the /air/ sound.

Learn more about the prefixes re- and un-, and work on some informational writing.

Learn all about the letter L, review the alphabet, learn two new high-frequency words, read a book about families and write a sentence.

Practice the -th- sound and learn about names.

Learn about your town and about the /ear/ sound.

Help answer the big question: what makes you a Michigan kid? Learn about the -ful and -less suffixes and practice narrative, writing.

Learn all about the letter M, learn a new high frequency word, read a poem and listen for rhyming words, and build a sentence.

Sort words with the -th- sound and solve a word mystery.

Make maps of your country and your continent and learn about spelling words with the /oy/ sound.

Learn how base words change when we add a prefix or a suffix, and work on some narrative writing.

Learn all about the letter P, play with sounds, learn two new high-frequency words, discover letters all around us and read a story.

Learn about special patterns called blends for -bl-, -cl-, and -fl-. Then review the -sh-, -ch-, and -th- sounds.

Make a book about the world we live in and learn about words with the /aw/ sound.

Answer the big question: what is special about my community? Learn about the -able and -er suffixes, read a text about a powwow, and practice narrative writing.