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Better Lesson: Sl.3.1: Engage Effectively in a Range of Collaborative Discussions

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Links to 175 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts,...
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Better Lesson: Sl.4.1b: Follow Agreed Upon Rules for Discussion

For Students 4th Standards
Links to 57 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1b: Follow agreed upon rules for discussion and carry out assigned roles.
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Better Lesson: Sl.4.1a: Come to Discussions Prepared

For Students 4th Standards
Links to 36 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1a: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to...
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University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburg: Communicating Behaviors for Effective Work Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Successful working groups are marked by a range of different communication behaviors-actions people do with words and gestures, which they can practice and improve over time. This site lists seven behaviors to improve communication in...
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Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Great Migration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using primary sources, students will form their own conclusions as to why African-Americans moved north in large numbers during the early 1900's. Included in this lesson plan is a PowerPoint to use for...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: America's Most Infamous Hate Group: The Kkk

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "America's Most Infamous Hate Group: The KKK" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Ichthyology: Fish Groups

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on, and photographs of, the primitive fish classes. Discusses the Superclass Agnatha, the Class Chondrichthyes, and the Osteichthyes. Very interesting, with lots of pictures!
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Corby Flood

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on a rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Onboard, among the odd passengers and eccentric crew, there is a strange group of men in bowler hats who call themselves the...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Hugo Pepper

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
After his adventure-seeking, storytelling parents are eaten by polar bears in the Frozen North when he is just a baby, Hugo Pepper is found and raised by reindeer herders. One day he discovers a flying sled with a very special compass -...
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Other

Brefi Group Limited: Self Directed Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about self-directed learning and the 3 models provided: facilitated learning groups, community learning, and self-directed development programs. Each model is discussed in detail with links to a plethora of related resources.
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Education.com

Education.com: Sl.4.1.b Worksheets: Follow Agreed Upon Rules for Discussion

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 6 lessons that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard SL.4.1.B: Follow agreed upon rules for discussion and carry out assigned roles.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: Great Grouping Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ways to organize cooperative groups so that meaningful discussion will occur. It also offers a worksheet for determining learning styles that is useful to develop groups. SL.9-10.1c Active Partic
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Better Lesson: Sl.4.1c: Pose an Respond to Specific Questions

For Students 4th Standards
Links to 60 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1c: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks...
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Other

Teach hub.com: 5 Strategies to Teach Social Responsibility

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Social responsibility means intentionally teaching young people to understand themselves, each other, and the world. This article discusses five essential ingredients to teaching for social responsibility in your classroom.
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Other

Boglewood Group: Titian [Tiziano Vecellio]

For Students 9th - 10th
Short history of the life of Titian and a discussion of his work.
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Other

Discontinuous Groups of Rotation & Translation in Plane

For Students 9th - 10th
This site helps give the definition of what an n-fold rotation is. Also discusses other discontinuous groups of rotation and translation in the plane.
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US Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau: Numbers That Tell a Story

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Using State Facts for Young scholars, a data access tool from the U.S. Census Bureau, students will explore data about their state and voice their opinions on how the population has changed over time. Young scholars will work in small...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: The Role of the Kurds, Sunnis, and Shiites in Iraq

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A way to discuss the complex formation of the Iraqi government with students. This lesson plan shows students the different ethnic groups within Iraq and how their views and opinions effect not only Iraq but the surrounding countries and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Three Meals for Gregory

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson begins with a review of the food guide pyramid. The book Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat (not provided through activity) is read and discussed in light of healthy eating. In groups, students create healthy meals...
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain College: Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses many aspects of information pertainingto organism classification. Provides links to other areas in biology as well.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beyond the Earth Part I

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will access prior knowledge of the solar system by completing a graphic organizer. After participating in a teacher lecture and whole group discussion, the students will work in collaborative groups to create a...
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Better Lesson: Sl.4.6: Differentiate Between Formal and Informal English Contexts

For Students 4th Standards
Links to 6 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.6: Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small...
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PBS

Teachers' Domain: Understanding White Supremacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan explores some of the structures that supported the system of white supremacy in the South. Students watch a video of historical footage showing white resisistance, and examine ordinances and documents of white supremacy...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: How to Differentiate Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site discusses differented instruction including the definition, when to implement, and how to implement using small groups. It offers information on how to form the differentiation groups for each grade level, K-3.

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