Second graders practice reading aloud with excerpts from classic stories, such as The Three Little Pigs and The Little Red Hen. They work on using their voices expressively when reading sections of the stories that contain dialogue.

In this cross-curricular sampler of worksheets, students determine the meaning of specialized vocabulary and to understand the precise meaning of grade-level-appropriate words, describe and connect the essential ideas, arguments, and...

If there are no extenuating environmental factors to ensure competition in a species, then variation is achieved by random mutation. This resource may be more useful after viewers are introduced to the concepts of alleles and the...

Assess young scholars' fluency with basic arithmetic using this simple exit card. Given four different expressions involving the addition, subtraction, or multiplication of two numbers, students must identify which two expressions are...

What does the word term mean in the math world? Is a term a part of a polynomial? Are terms those pieces of a polynomial separated by either an addition or a subtraction sign? Knowing the vocabulary of math is very important. So watch...

Simplest form means that all like terms are combined and that there are no parentheses left in the expression. This video shows a simple example of combining the like terms and writing an expression in simplest form.

Usually you are supposed to write things in simplest form, but now you need to go backwards and write it in factored form. Some of you may look at it and think it's expanded form. Either way you look at it, watch the teacher break it...

So you have a given number in expanded form where you have to multiply that same number several times. Make it a little easier for yourself and write it in exponential form. As long as the number has the same base being multiplied you...

There are four terms in this polynomial. Try to factor it by grouping the terms. Confused? Try to get four terms into the product of two binomials? Still confused? Watch the instructor as she goes through the steps to group and regroup...

Numerical expressions contain numbers and mathematical operations. In addition to numerical expressions, algebraic expressions contain not only numbers but also variable(s). Watch this video as the instructor illustrates several examples...

If you know how to use the distributive property and you know how to combine like terms, then you can simplify this expression.

Definition: An inequality occurs when we have two values that are not equal to each other, but still have a relationship. What does that mean? Well, usually that means one value is greater or is less than another value. Oh, and don't...

Make a game out of solving equations. This particular activity works well for pairs of learners. Follow the instructions to have player one pick a number and player two verbally give an equation. Participants need to make sense of a...

Adolescents love to shop, especially when an item is discounted. Here, shoppers only have a set amount of money to spend. Will they be able to make a purchase with the discount and tax added in? Percent discounts can be calculated...

A quick demonstration of how to solve an equation and use that solution to determine another value, this tutorial video could be used in class or at home. The demo acts as a model for solving this type of problem. Have your pupils keep...

Usually you are supposed to write things in simplest form, but now you need to go backwards and write it in factored form. Some of you may look at it and think it's expanded form. Either way you look at it, watch the teacher break it...

So you have a given number in expanded form where you have to multiply that same number several times. Make it a little easier for yourself and write it in exponential form. As long as the number has the same base being multiplied you...

If you know how to use the distributive property and you know how to combine like terms, then you can simplify this expression.

Students develop fantasy creatures and characters, describing personalities in terms of gestures, actions, and expressions displayed. Then they make fantasy masks, focusing on shape, form, proportion, line, and emphasis to demonstrate...

Prepare a gameboard and die-cut race cars to play a fun fluency game. Also create several flash cards to review the long /i/ sound. Then, model reading smoothly and with expression, emphasizing the importance of re-reading texts to...

A review of decoding words is incorporated in a discussion on reading with expression in order to increase fluency. The teacher gives several book options for readers to practice smooth and inflected reading, giving a short book talk on...

Partners practice reading fluency by reciting these sentence strips to each other with proper expression and intonation. There are 14 sentences provided, each from familiar stories your learners will likely recall. Partner A chooses a...

Readers' theater is a fun way to get kids reading with expression and improve their fluency! There is a full script here for The Three Bears with five characters to assign. Consider splitting kids into small groups so everyone can...

In this number sense and operations worksheet, learners solve 15 different types of problems that include reading number lines and solving inequalities. First, they write the scientific notation of various numbers given. Then, pupils...