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Integrating Technology In Your Classroom
You can try these management tips and lessons to help you confidently integrate technology into your curriculum.
Reed Novel Studies
The Wednesday Wars: Novel Study
Teacher's pet or enemy? Holling, a character in The Wednesday Wars, feels his teacher is out to get him. However, he has to remain on his best behavior to ensure his father's business does not suffer. How will he ever survive 7th grade?...
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Rules: Novel Study
Have you ever been so focused on others, that a look in the mirror surprises you? It seems that Catherine, a character in Rules, does just that when she focuses so much on her autistic brother's behaviors that she is surprised by her own...
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Effective Communication: Listening, Speaking, Writing, Interpreting
Help young learners become active listeners and strong public speakers with a set of activities that range from paraphrasing, to discussions, and self-reflection. Additionally, the lessons address social media skills and non-verbal...
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Actions Speak Louder than Words
Pupils examine and discuss how volume, stress, pacing, and pronunciation help deliver an effective oral presentation. They listen to a speech by Nolan Ryan, identifying why he is a good speaker, then practice reading their own short...
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Meet One Picky Bird
Students complete a research project In this endangered species lesson plan, students use the "Think, Puzzle, Explore" method to learn about endangered species. Students research and write a report on the red-cockaded woodpecker.
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Using Adjectives to Write
Fifth graders examine how to write a story using comparative and superlative adjectives. They listen to the book "Pig Pigger Piggest" by Rick Walton and identify the comparative adjectives used in the story. Students then write a rough...
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Students listen to rhyming words from the story "Peanut Butter and Jam" by Angela Shelf Medearis and create their own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a partner. They match a series of four rhyming words with a key that's provided...
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Telling Tales
Students verbally tell partners a personal version of a fairy tale to each other. They listen, analyze, and describe the tales' differences and similarities in a Venn diagram.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Discipline Packet
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides reproducible packet that will engage students in reflecting about their behavior. The packet may be used as typical writing prompts or as part of a classroom management system. Additional...