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Do You Value That Digit?
Sixth graders explore the term digit using large number and comma cards as they create numbers. For this digit value lesson, 6th graders identify the value of digits in large numbers and receive additional practice with the new...
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Goobers. Goobers? Goobers!
Students begin the lesson by noting the many ways in which to use peanuts. In groups, they use the internet to research the work of George Washington Carver. They discover the allergies and nutritional information of the peanut and...
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The Key to Word Problems
Students learn the key words to look for in multiplication and division word problems, to help them decide which operation to use. They analyze, wrte, and solve multiplication problems.
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Area Lesson Plan
Students manipulate a variety of materials and computer applets in order to explore area and the units used to measure it.
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the Whale Game
Learners listen to whale stories and answer addition and subtraction problems in the stories. In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students receive 20 goldfish. Based on the story they eat the goldfish....
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Summer Science Lesson Plans
You can use these lesson plans to incorporate some science into your summer.
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Collage to Writing
Practice expository and creative writing with your class. Pupils use magazines to find pictures, cut them out, and create a collage. This work of art is then used as a writing prompt. They describe the collage in either a creative or...
University of California
Student Workbook: Reading Comprehension
Teach your class five reading strategies to help them with reading informational texts and literary texts. This packet, designed to help learners prepare for the CAHSEE, provides specific strategies that could be used to help prepare for...
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Me and My Logo
Learners design their own emblem. In this introduction lesson, students get to know one another by designing an emblem that combines symbols that represent themselves. They express themselves to their classmates.
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"N.A.S.A." Tower Structures Lesson Plan
Young scholars, who are talented and gifted, create tower structure according to the given specifications that is able to support a tennis ball for 75 seconds but costs the least to build. They each design a tower in their journal but...
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Making Connections, Linking Population and the Environment
Students find out that all habitats have a carrying capacity. They explore how the world's human population has grown markedly in the 20th century, and that humans impact environmental health. Students investigate that people can and...
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Raptor Poster Project
Students create posters about raptors. They synthesize information they read about raptors and select a raptor. They draw a picture of their raptor and include facts relating to where it lives, characteristics, feeding habits, size, name...
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Raptor Poetry
Students create poems about raptors. They discuss raptors and create three poems including at least two of the following: haiku, diamante, found, and acrostic. They create a classroom book of poems or conduct a poetry slam where students...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: The Relationship Between Dividend, Divisor and Quotient
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students investigate the relationship between dividend, divisor, and quotient. An instructional video [1:39] demonstrates how to use...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Both Division and Multiplication Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students solve word problems that involve both division and multiplication. An instructional video [1:42] demonstrates the process using an...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Solving Length and Distance Word Problems Involving Time
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students must solve challenging word problems involving length or distance, time, and speed. A video shows how to solve a sample problem....