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Lynn C. Lesson Planet helps me to customize my curriculum to meet the needs of my mostly ESL, international students. I must orient each lesson to as many as 3 different national curricula (since my students return to their home countries after 1-3 years), while remaining true to the Estonian national curriculum (since I teach in an Estonian Gümnaasium). In other words there is no textbook for me in English. I refer to an Estonian-language math text, for instance, and this year would access the Pakistani national curriculum, as well as the Nebraska curriculum, plus Latvian and Lithuanian textbooks, and reconcile them ALL with the Estonian book! THEN thanks to Lesson Planet, I would find introductory sheets explaining and illustrating the terms to be used, plus inductive practice sheets to accompany my hands-on approach (I use less language and more objects to help overcome the language barriers). Thanks to Lesson Planet, for instance, I have learned to use divided-area models to teach the distributive property with 2 colors of base-ten blocks, AND have been able to find worksheets to accompany this lesson, enabling me to effortlessly bridge the gap between the hands-on activities and the algorithms they were modelling.
  • Lynn C., Teacher
  • Wakefield, RI
  • 06-16-12

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Grade
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Digging Up Artifacts On Line
178
6th - 12th
5.0/5 Stars

Why is it important to preserve historical documents and artifacts? Examine the role of primary source documents and the availability of these documents on the Internet. Middle and high schoolers write a journal about the nature of artifacts, evaluate a primary source document and its historical significance, and conduct a brief online research project related to a historical event. 

Go for the Gold!
116
5th - 12th
5.0/5 Stars

The options are vast with this Ancient Greece and Olympics research project! Using Scholastic online resources, historians have interactive and educational supports to guide them through researching and writing about the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Of course, this can be adjusted to any Olympic year. Scholars use an online writing workshop and news writing tools to create written products, study Greek roots, and act as reporters during the games.

Exploring the World with P.W. Cracker!
6
3rd - 6th
5.0/5 Stars

Where in the world would your young geographers like to go? Start this research project by having them create mind maps of all the places they would like to see and then read P.W. Cracker Sees the World. As you read, pause to create a chart of the places P.W. goes and what he sees (a T-chart would work well here). Researchers pick one of the places from their personal lists to research with the goal of finding three facts. They synthesize their findings in a letter discussing their visit as if they had actually been to the destinatio. Find a sample letter from P.W., a worksheet to organize facts, and several research links here. Everything is included here, so go for it!

Ornithology and Real World Science
36
5th - 6th
5.0/5 Stars

Double click that mouse because you just found an amazing instructional activity! This cross-curricular Ornithology instructional activity incorporates literature, writing, reading informational text, data collection, scientific inquiry, Internet research, art, and technology. Wow! This resource outlines everything needed to conduct fully integrated instructional activity about birds

BSI: Biographical Scene Investigators
529
5th - 8th
4.5/5 Stars

Turn your middle schoolers into Biographical Scene Investigators in an investigative reporting lesson! They identify heroic individuals selected from the provided list and keep their own evidence notebooks regarding the actions of their subject. Next, they research print and Internet sources for evidence of the subject's heroic actions.

Exploring Careers
448
9th - 12th
4.5/5 Stars

The world is full of possibilities for your ELLs. Help them explore their career options with a instructional activity that incorporates Internet research and expository writing. Not only will they learn more about their careers of choice, but both their analytical and technological skills will flourish as well. The resource includes a pre-test, post-test, career questionnaire, and several rubrics for written reports and oral presentations.

Leaders, Laborers, and Other Perspectives of World War II
41
10th - 11th
4.5/5 Stars

How did the women in France feel about their country’s involvement in World War II? Class groups are assigned a country involved in WWII, and individuals within the group adopt the point of view of leaders, laborers, businessmen, women, religious leaders, or philosophers. After researching the war from these multiple perspectives, individuals write a letter to the editor from the point of view of this person, and the groups present their findings. After all groups have presented, class members compose a reflective essay about what they have learned from the experience.

The Making of a PowerPoint Presentation
1,033
5th - 8th
4.5/5 Stars

Can your class conduct research and create a PowerPoint presentation? Make sure they can! Use this lesson to help them develop computer skills while making a PowerPoint. Small groups make a slide show for a research project and then deliver an oral report.

Lesson Exchange: Introduction to Research Papers (Senior, Literature)
102
10th - 12th
2.0/5 Stars

Although unlikely in today's English classroom, this instructional activity focuses on introducing research papers to seniors in high school. It briefly reviews the parts of an essay, and mentions showing learners example essays, but no examples are included. 

Growing Apples
208
5th - 7th
4.0/5 Stars

Pupils complete various activities to investigate growing apples. They examine words related to apple growth and write the words on apple shapes. They also take a vocabulary quiz and complete an apple concentration game. Next, they watch a PowerPoint presentation and research the science of growing apples using the given links. Finish this project by having learners write a research paper about the topic.