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Marking the Minutes
Students mark seconds, minutes, hours, days, etc. on class timetable report to keep track of time spent on Uninterrupted Silent Reading.
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Maya Math: Addition and Subtraction
Young scholars examine how ancient Maya counted, and practice addition and subtraction using Maya number glyphs.
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Math Word Problems
Gaining proficiency with mathematical word problems is a crucial skill for your students to master.
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Organizing Writing to Convey a Central Idea
Fourth and fifth graders practice the skill of organizing their writing to convey a central idea by sorting 14 facts about the dogwood tree into four categories of facts. The categories, which are written on the board, are; Governmental...
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Culinary Culture
Italian culture and italian food go together. Have small groups find out all about food-related culture through research and translation. Class members conduct online research, create glossaries, find and translate recipes for a class...
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Stars and Stripes Forever: Researching Veteran's Day and Historical Events
Sixth graders research Veteran's Day and wars that affected the United States. In this research instructional activity, 6th graders work in small groups to create an oral presentation based on Internet and conventional research. They...
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Decimal System, Zero, and Pi
Students explore Indian contributions to mathematics. In this mathematics history lesson, students examine the decimal system, zero, and pi as contributions from the Indian culture.
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Magnitude vs Intensity
Students use a zipcode map to locate earthquake experiences based on the Modified Mercalli Scale. They discuss the difference of the magnitude of an earthquake compared to the intensity of the shaking it causes.
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Place Values - Subtracting
Students explore the concept of place value. In this place value lesson, students subtract numbers from a specific place value.
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Place Values - Subtracting
Students explore the concept of subtracting a number from a place value. For this subtracting from a place value lesson, students subtract numbers from a particular place value.