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What units and concepts do we use to measure rice?
Fifth graders look at different ways to measure rice. In this rice measurement lesson, 5th graders see the metric and customary measurements. They discuss how rice is measured by length, area of the field, weight, volume and yield.
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READY, SET, READ!!!
Learners explain what it means to be a fluent reader and why it is an important part of learning to read. They become aware that fluency is a reader's ability to read words quickly, smoothly, and with emotions. Students pass out books...
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Phone Calls
Students generate a list of 5-7 questions that they use to call a volunteer or service organization. They practice their phone calls with a partner.
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Gazillions!
Second graders determine the total value of a collection of coins. They convert money and make money exchanges. Students create and solve money-story problems. They demonstrate the ability to summarize conversations and discussions.
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Reflection with a Friend
Young scholars listen to story and respond with illustrations and comments.
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Center Stage -- Focus on the Elderly
Learners role play and identify the perspectives of senior citizens. They develop a plan on how to interact with the elderly successfully. They examine children's books on how to relate to the elderly.
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know
First graders write probing questions and select an interviewee from a given list. They meet with the person, ask questions and take a picture of the person being interviewed. They write an article or draw a picture of the person's answers.
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It's on the Cards!
In this idioms worksheet, students, with a partner complete a variety of activities associated with idioms about cards and their many meanings in life.
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Missing
For this missing worksheet, students, with a partner, complete a variety of activities associated with terms and phrases having to do with the term missing.
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Rhythm and Rhyme
Students, after talking about form, create a more focused learning space with a collective purpose.
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The Inanimate Speaks: An Exercise In Metaphor
Fifth graders read the poem "Second-Hand Coat" and then discuss objects as a metaphor.
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Conducting Research
Sixth graders write research reports about trains. They focus on mechanical features of trains.
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Japan
Students read the literature of The Talisman in order to make cultural connections and investigate the concept of irony and how it is used in this Japanese text. They also discuss the issue of conformity and its relationship to the story.
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Do You Have a GSOH?
In this humor worksheet, students, with a partner, read and discuss thirteen questions associated with having a good sense of humor and making fun of others.
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Revising Draft Letters to a Publisher about an Athlete’s Legacy: Using Critique and Feedback, Part II
Let's get opinionated. Scholars participate in a peer critique and revision process using a fun activity called a Four Corners strategy. After incorporating classmates' feedback, individuals share their final drafts of their opinion...
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Revising Draft Letters to a Publisher about an Athlete’s Legacy: Critique and Feedback, Part I
Pick a corner, any corner! Pupils use the Four Corners strategy and Peer Critique protocol to assess one another's draft letters to a publisher about an athlete's legacy. Scholars then use peer feedback to revise their letters.
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Author’s Read: Final Performance Task
Scholars submit their final performance task, a letter to a publisher about an athlete's legacy. As a culminating activity, they share their work with classmates in small groups.
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Teaching the Holy Grail of ESL: Accent Reduction
The difficulties a teacher and student may face as a result of an accent, and the methodologies to change it.
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Peer Critique and Revision: Storyboard, Sections 1-4
Teamwork makes the dream work. Pupils participate in a peer critique process, using forms to offer constructive advice about each other's storyboards. Next, scholars revise their storyboards based on the feedback, and then share their...
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Creating a Graphic Novelette and Peer Critique: Section 1
Help the class put a plan in place. With the detailed resource, pupils plan the first section of their graphic novelettes about an invention, creating and labeling their pages. Next, they work with partners to give and receive feedback...
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Final Performance Task: Critique and Revision, Part I
Let's work together! Scholars engage in the peer editing protocol, giving and receiving feedback on their draft opinion speeches. They then use classmates' feedback to begin working on their revisions.
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From Quotation to Interpretation in Informational Texts
How to ignite thoughtful written responses with the words of philosophers, artists, and current events.
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Exploring the Eras of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil Rights Movement
Eighth graders utilize many sources (books, computer, magazines, etc...) to research the eras of the Emancipation Proclamation and Civil Rights Movement and create a T-Chart comparison.
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On The Farm
Students identify animals found on farms. They create a farm picture using KidPix Software. They can combine their pictures to create a class book on farm animals. They can use graphic pictures from clipart to decorate the cover of the...