One important aspect of the common core is to prepare students to be able to participate in conversations and contribute accurate and relevant information. For this lesson, students listening skills will evolve as they translate verbal...

Contains plans for five fourth grade lessons that ask students to write essays for future fourth graders about how to have successful years. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...

From the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer a lesson that has students examine the role of Syria in Middle Eastern politics and its relations with the U.S up until 2008. Provides step by step instructions and access to required materials.

The picture says it all! A hand-held device provides aspects of personalized learning for each student, a "personal play list of lessons, tools, and activities that deliver content in ways that align with individual and optimal learning...