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Grammar Lesson Plan: Making Suggestions
Focusing on let's, why don't, and shall I/we, a grammar lesson takes English learners through the process of making suggestions. The lesson comes with several activities, including scripts of conversations for kids to complete, as well...
Brigham Young University
The Giver: Magic Squares
Combine math and vocabulary in a fun activity based on Lois Lowry's The Giver. Before kids begin the book, they look up the definitions of 16 vocabulary words and complete a puzzle that will give them the same number.
Charleston School District
Solving Systems by Inspection
Can you solve a system by just looking at it? The previous lessons in the series taught three methods of solving systems of equations. Now learners discover they can determine the number of solutions of a system just by looking at it....
University of Minnesota
Fraction Operations and Initial Decimal Ideas
Add another strategy to the toolboxes of young mathematicians with this elementary math lesson on using number lines to add and subtract fractions.
American Physiological Society
What Environmental Conditions Lead to the Hatching of Brine Shrimp?
Will changing the environment in which brine shrimp live impact their reproductive success? Young scientists get hands-on experience studying the habitat of brine shrimp in a two-week immersion lesson. The teacher's guide provides all of...
American Physiological Society
How Does the Density of a Liquid Affect the Buoyancy of an Object?
Here's a lesson plan that will really float your boat! Introduce physical science scholars to the relationship between buoyancy and density through an assortment of individual and collaborative exercises. Lab groups work together to...
Aquarium of the Pacific
Lego Molecules
Young scientists construct an understanding of molecular compounds in this hands-on science instructional activity. Using LEGO® to model the atoms of different elements, students build molecules based on the chemical formulas of common...
Curated OER
Tears of Joy Theatre Presents Anansi the Spider
Accompany the African folktale, Anansi the Spider, with a collection of five lessons, each equipped with supplemental activities. Lessons offer multidisciplinary reinforcement in English language arts, social studies, science, and arts...
Charleston School District
Sketching a Piecewise Function
How do you combine linear and nonlinear functions? You piece them together! The lesson begins by analyzing given linear piecewise functions and then introduces nonlinear parts. Then the process is reversed to create graphs from given...
Charleston School District
Tables of Linear Functions
Don't forget the tables! The previous lessons in this five-part series examined the linear equation and graph relationship. The current lesson adds tables to the mix. At completion, individuals should be able to create a table of values,...
Noyce Foundation
Cut It Out
Explore the mathematics of the paper snowflake! During the five lessons progressing in complexity from K through 12, pupils use spatial geometry to make predictions. Scholars consider a folded piece of paper with shapes cut out. They...
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Easily Confused Words: That, Which and Who
In this easily confused words: that, which and who worksheet, students read the rules by linking to other lessons, then interactively select the correct word in 5 sentences with immediate online feedback.
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Lesson Plan 2: Good Novel, Bad Novel
What are the characteristics of a good piece of writing? What makes a story interesting? Give your pupils a chance to define the qualities of good novels and what they see as the qualities of bad novels. Class members record these...
Curated OER
Lesson 8: Absolute Value in Equations & Inequalities
This lesson contains a number of good examples and explanations of solving absolute value equations and inequalities. Piece-wise functions, and compound inequalities are also discussed. This lesson contains some additional exercises for...
Deliberating in a Democracy
Cyberbullying—Alternate Lesson Plan
Should schools be permitted to punish young scholars for off-campus cyberbullying? After reading a passage that details statistics about cyberbullying and Supreme Court rulings about schools' ability to limit student speech, class...
Rational Number Project
Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 18: Overview
Develop young mathematicians' ability to compare fractions with investigation into the number 1/2. After brainstorming a list of fractions equivalent to 1/2, children identify a pattern in the numerators and denominators that allows them...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Point-Slope Application Problems
Create a linear equation for a problem when the intercept information is not given. The two-day lesson introduces the class to the point-slope form, which can be used for problems when the initial conditions are not provided. Pupils...
University of Georgia
Monohybrid Crosses and The Punnett Square Lesson Plan
Looking for a quick, hands-on activity to teach young scientists about Punnett squares through monohybrid crosses? then check out this one.
Curated OER
We're Going on a Picnic: Lesson 22
In this language arts worksheet, learners read the story We're Going on a Picnic and then complete language arts activities with it. Students write spelling words, fill in the blanks to sentences, answer short answer questions, and write...
Curated OER
Review words and letters
In this reviewing words and letters activity, students review the letters m, s, r, and t, circle the words beginning with t, name the pictures, and ask questions. Students complete 4 exercises total.
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Review letters and words: 4
In this reviewing letters and words worksheet, students say the letters, say the words, name pictures, and more. Students complete 6 exercises total.
Curated OER
Word and Letter Practice #6
In this words and letters practice worksheet, students practice naming letters and practicing sounds of given sets of letters, read simple sentences, and practice saying the beginning sound of words that name pictures.
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Word and Letter Practice #8
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students name and say sounds of letters in sets, practice reading simple sentences and sight words, and say the beginning sounds of names of pictures.
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Words and Letters Practice #11
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students practice saying letters and sounds of letters, read simple sentences, and practice high frequency sight words.