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Prime Numbers and Factors
Solving factor trees is a helpful way to introduce prime numbers. Your math class practices using this method along with two-column tables to find if a number is prime or not. They also learn other vocabulary, such as composite numbers,...
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Measurement and Conversion of Units in a Recipe
In a cross-curricular measurement and literacy lesson, your class will identify and compare cooking measurement instruments. They read a recipe and sequence a set of similar instructions in which the steps have been mixed up....
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Compare & Contrast Essay
Comparing two texts can build a greater understanding of the texts and themes of the works. Take some time to follow the steps here to guide your pupils through the process of composing compare-and-contrast essays.
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Alliteration All Around
Discover alliteration found in picture books by Pamela Duncan Edwards. Then, dive into a read aloud of Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak. This practice sets the stage for budding poets to create their own acrostic poem,...
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Prime Numbers
In this prime numbers worksheet, students read facts and complete comprehension activities. In this graph construction and drawing worksheet, students complete two activities.
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Science and Art Design
Learners explore the scientific process by completing a pegboard activity. In this art design activity, students identify the similarities between the art process and the scientific method while experimenting with art beads and...
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Cloze Instruction And Herringbone Technique
Students sort out important information and create a visual framework for reviewing in the future. They organize a large quantity of information thus helping with learning and remembering details, cause and effect, comparison and...
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Revisiting Writing through Revision
Strategies to teach and motivate your students to revise their writing.
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Problem Solving Spiral and Intro to Research
Learners work in teams to choose a design and use this to learn about the problem solving spiral. In this problem solving lesson plan, students state the steps of the spiral and discuss how it relates to their experiences.
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Writing for a Purpose in Senior College English
Twelfth graders are introduced to the proper way to write a paper. As a class, they examine and review the four stage process for writing about any topic. Using the topic they choose, they begin to identify the relationship between...
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Poetry Through Digital Storytelling
Bring digital storytelling to your language arts class! To begin, learners select their own topic, such as a poem that reflects a life experience they had or a historical figure who interests them. Then they work to create a storyboard...
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Converting Between Units
Upper graders practice using measurements by solving conversion problems. There are given different time or measurement increments and must convert them to a larger or smaller increment. They also utilize a calculator and conversion...
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By Golly, By Gum
Young scholars investigate the ingredients and creation of chewing gum. In this scientific method lesson, students make predictions about what will happen to the mass of a piece of gum as it is chewed by a human. Young...
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Power in Acceleration
Once students have mastered basic skills they can move on to high interest and challenging activities.
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Ben Franklin's Inventions
Students discover the life of Benjamin Franklin by studying his inventions. In this biography lesson, students identify the inventions of Benjamin Franklin and their impact on society today. Students create a commercial in an...
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Robert Frost Learning Stations
Students, while utilizing learning stations, read and analyze Robert Frost's poems from his "Frostiana" collection. They are encouraged to experience and explore poetry through different means via small groups. Within each station they...
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Charlotte's Web
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies instructional activity, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn...
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What Critters Tell Us About Water Quality: A Macroinvertebrate Lesson
Young scholars explore our ecosystem by investigating the quality of our water. In this aquatic insect lesson, students examine a group of random insects collected from different streams and ponds in the area. Young scholars record their...
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Four Corners Spelling
Second graders participate in a spelling activity using clapping and rhythmic patterns. In this ongoing spelling lesson, 2nd graders practice various spelling words in groups and using rhythms. Students then independently spell words.
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ESL Vocabulary: Vehicles
In this ESL vehicles vocabulary activity, students analyze 10 pictures that depict different modes of transportation. Students match these to the words that name them.
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Daily Academic Language Development
Five minute mini-lessons designed to expose learners to high-frequency academic language.
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Spelling Lesson Plan: Shaving Cream Printing
Students practice their spelling words with shaving cream. In this spelling skills lesson, students practice their spelling words using shaving cream on their desks.
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Meet the Experts, Who are They, Anyway?
Pupils are introduced to the interview as a means of gathering information. Each student interviews a local expert on the subject of their choice. They write interview questions once they complete their interview. Students summarize...