What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.

What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.

In this activity, students design and build neuron models based on observations made while viewing neurons through a microscope.

Students will reflect on the following question and record their responses - How would learning a new skill make your life better or more interesting?

Review shared claims developed across three informational texts. Then share your response with the class.

Practice adhering to the discussion norms to prepare for our discussion. This will help us participate more effectively in the discussion.

Review the academic conversation reference guide, the conversation stems, the class discussion norms, and the discussion question.

Review argumentative claims in preparation for a discussion about age-restricted privileges.

We will summarize the sources used in our research to establish our initial understanding.

Reflect on how composing your work contributed to understanding the question "Should parents limit their teen's access to social media?"

Prepare to write by previewing the section diagnostic. This will help you understand the writing task.

We will review the claims to evaluate the information in "How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers." This will help us deepen our understanding of the text.

After a discussion, reflect using a discussion tool. Explain how the points, evidence, and explanations shared by your peers during the discussion support or change your thinking. Then revise your claim as needed.

Prepare to write by previewing the section diagnostic to help understand the task.

Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on the author's argument regarding allowing girls to play high impact sports. Then revise and edit your work based on the model. This will help you develop work that is clear and coherent...

Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on support for a claim. Then revise and edit your work based on the model. This will help you develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.

Analyze the structure of a sentence from "Concussions Affect Teens More Than Kids and Adults, Study Says" to understand how the sentence is constructed and then create our own sentences that use a similar structure.

Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on the claims made in the model. We will then revise and edit our work based on the model. This will help us develop work that is clear and coherent and appropriate to the task, purpose, and...

Compare and contrast claims across texts from the argument understanding tool.

An engaging and fast-paced game from FunBrain, where players activate their knowledge of place value and rounding. Numbers range in difficulty from easy to hard. However, for those who are up for a more serious challenge, there's also a...

Connect the dot activities help students practice counting. Three levels for numbers and alphabet are available.

A look at three stages of childbirth--active labor, delivery, and post-delivery--complete with simple diagrams as well as notes on related risks, including fistulas and excessive bleeding, and treatments.

Fantastic classic children's stories online that you can listen to while you read along. Stories are offered in streaming or downloadable MP3 format. Some of the popular stories are: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of the Flopsy...

Click on the noun or verb in each sentence and check out your score! With definitions of parts of sentences for reference. With a link to other fun games for students.