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Better Lesson: Text Feature Diagrams
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and create diagrams associated with informational text. Included is a link to an eSpark video on diagrams, rules for group work, multiple examples of diagrams, and a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: College Project Wrap Up
What have young scholars learned about college? What questions do they still have? Students work on wrapping up and reflecting on the College Project while tackling math problems. This lesson plan includes a detailed plan, printable...
Stanford University
Stanford U.: Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning
This report from the Stanford History Education Group describes the conclusions of their work in field testing a set of assessments of civic online reasoning by young people from the middle school to the college level. Middle school...
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Better Lesson: Covering and Filling: Surface Area & Volume of Rectangular Prisms
Students apply their knowledge of surface area and volume to solve some problems for a box company. This activity contains a detailed lesson plan, video explanations, rubrics, group work guidelines, slides containing problems, and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Producing Multimedia Products in Grades 3 5
In this lesson, students, working individually or in groups, will combine two or more media elements to produce projects or presentations. Various elements the teacher and students will consider using are text, digital cameras, scanners,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Scaffolding Comprehension Strategies Using Graphic Organizers
A three-part standards-based lesson in which students will use collaborative strategic reading to apply four reading strategies: preview, click and clunk, get the gist, and wrap-up. They will work in cooperative groups while scaffolding...