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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oral Reading Fluency: Reading Text with Proper Expression

For Teachers K - 1st
Kids practice reading fluently with expression. They listen closely as their teacher reads a short paragraph, take note as she points out how she read each sentence, and then read along with her. They read to passage several times until...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Expression Direction: Growing Independence and Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Looking to move children away from monotone reading? That's what they will practice here. In a guided learning lesson, the class reviews punctuation marks and practices what type of intonation should accompany each. They then listen as...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Express Yourself

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
How do you make a story exciting? Teach young readers how to change your pitch, tone, and mood as you read. After modeling the various ways you can change your expression, have small pairs or groups work together to give it a shot! 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving: Writing Expressions

For Students 6th - 7th
In this writing expressions practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hair a disruption or personal expression?

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
When does hair (or clothing) disrupt the school process? This question is the topic of the argumentative paper your class with write. They read and react to an article about a boy who was expelled from school for sporting a Mohawk, then...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Do you have the time?

For Students K - 2nd
A very simple worksheet, this handout includes a model conversation and 12 different time expressions such as "It's five after (two)" and "It's quarter to (three)". After studying the model conversation and the time expressions provided,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns and Algebraic Expressions

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Scholars will solve problems, create patterns, and write algebraic expressions. In addition, they will learn how to represent a number with a variable.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Time

For Students 6th - 8th
How do we express time in Spanish? Use this worksheet to assess how well your class knows different words that express time. Most of the 20 sentences look at month vocabulary. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Telling Time

For Teachers K - 5th
Young learners participate in activities which help them understand analog clocks, and the vocabulary of telling time. They examine the values of the intervals of minutes and hours by making a human clock.
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Interactive
Curated OER

It's Time: Expressions With "Time"

For Students 5th - 7th
In this sentences learning exercise, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz. Students complete the sentence with an expression containing the word "time".
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Future Time With "Will"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this expressing future time worksheet, students complete 10 sentences with a word from the word bank. All sentences express future time with the word "will" and a verb.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 2. Future Time with Will

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine 9 verbs in the word bank and use them to fill in the blanks in 9 sentences that express future time with "will."
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Trite Expressions Worksheet 1

For Students 8th - 11th
In this grammar worksheet, learners read twenty sentences to find the trite expression in each one and then think of a creative way to rephrase it.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading Text with Appropriate Phrasing and Proper Expression

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Practice reading with expression and appropriate phrasing with a scaffolded lesson. There is a detailed script here for you, but you could easily use it simply as an outline. Begin by modeling effective reading by displaying a large-text...
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Lesson Plan
Speak Truth to Power

Dalai Lama: Free Expression and Religion

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How is religious freedom connected to the conflict between China and Tibet? After reading an online passage of background information, your learners will divide into groups and both read and view an interview with the Dalai Lama. They...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

A Wrinkle in Time: The Board Game

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Tackle some big questions about A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle with a board game project. As learners brainstorm for and complete their board games, they consider what helps and hinders Meg on her journey and why she succeeds in...
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Activity
5280 Math

Interesting Times

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Gain a little interest in functions with a real-life task. Young scholars analyze home loan data with a geometric sequence and series. They use the models to make predictions about the total loan payments at certain intervals in a useful...
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Lesson Plan
BrainPOP

Coping with Bullying Lesson Plan: Strategies for Real-Life Situations

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Offer young scholars strategies for dealing with bullies with help from BrainPop Jr.'s favorite characters, Annie and Moby. Youngsters watch a video, take part in a grand conversation, and play a game designed to reinforce coping skills...
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Worksheet
Peaceful Solution Character Education

Self-Control Starts With You

For Teachers 6th - 10th
How can negative thoughts affect your life? Learn about the ways you think about yourself can define your personality, and how self control can be the answer to higher self esteem.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Time Expressions Active Voice

For Students 5th - 8th
Can you recall the six verb tenses? Review the six verb tenses with this informational handout. While there is no practice opportunity provided, several examples, and clue words are shown for each tense. Walk through this guide with your...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Ice Cream

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Algebra learners can always relate to ice cream. In this case, a carton of ice cream has been at room temperature for t minutes. Given an expression for the temperature of the ice cream, it is up to your number crunchers to rearrange the...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Replacing Letters with Numbers

For Teachers 6th Standards
When did letters become the same as numbers? Scholars learn about substituting numbers for letters to evaluate algebraic expressions in the seventh part in a series of 36. The activity focuses on expressions related to geometry, such as...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Read Expressions in Which Letters Stand for Numbers

For Teachers 6th Standards
Pencil in the resource on writing verbal phrases into your lesson plans. The 15th installment of a 36-part module has scholars write verbal phases for algebraic expressions. They complete a set of problems to solidify this skill.
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Activity
Education Development Center

Distance, Rate, and Time—Walking Home

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Dig into a classic math problem with your classes. Through an engaging task, learners work with rate and distance information to make conclusions. In the task, two people walk at different rates; one leaves first, and scholars calculate...