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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Predictable Story Books

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Several examples of predictable books are listed and organized according to type. In addition to providing titles of children's books, this resource lists related titles for young adult readers. The bibliography includes several...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dna Build

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students reinforce their knowledge that DNA is the genetic material for all living things by modeling it using toothpicks and gumdrops that represent the four biochemicals (adenine, thiamine, guanine, and cytosine) that pair with each...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix:"oh, That's Good!" "No, That's Bad!"

For Teachers 1st - 5th
How can something that is good, be bad and something that is bad, be good? Inspired by the pattern and concept in Margery Cuyler's picture book That's Good! That's Bad!, young scholars will brainstorm a sequence of related events as the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Marathon Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit on sequences and series is intended to help students make the connection from math to real life situations. Developing a marathon training program for a beginner runner is one simple way that students may use patterns in real...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Organizing Your Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Two slideshows and a screencast on organizational patterns used when writing essays and speeches. The first is a 20-slide presentation explaining the seven most common organizational patterns used in writing: time sequence, spatial,...
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Text Structures: Analyze Organizational Methods

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This slideshow focuses on text structures for informational texts including how the author's purpose helps determine the organizational pattern to use and how the reader can use clues to identify the text structure used. Five...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee,g Sierpinski's Carpet

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this task, 6th graders are presented with a large square divided into 9 squares and the center square is then removed. They are asked to find the area of the 8 remaining squares. Each smaller square is divided in the same way and the...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Poetry in Motion [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, learners learn about and create sequences and patterns as they move and dance.
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Other

Armstrong Atlantic State University: English Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about the history of the English language when you visit this informative site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource.
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Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: My Loopy Robotic Friends

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reintroduction to loops, using the set of "robot" programming instructions. Young scholars will develop critical thinking skills by looking for patterns of repetition in the movements of classmates and determining how to simplify those...
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Mathigon

Mathigon: Algebra: Fibonacci Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Fibonacci numbers, a pattern based on the sum of the two previous numbers. It offers examples and practice exercises using some form of Fibonacci numbers.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Exploring Earth's Seismicity

For Students 9th - 10th
This sequence is an introduction to plate tectonics using evidence from topographical maps, earthquake location and depth, and volcano location using the Seismic Explorer model to investigate patterns of earthquake data and to infer the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Tiling With Spidrons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If art and math are both passions of yours, this project is meant for you! Spidrons are geometric forms made from alternating sequences of equilateral and isosceles (30 degrees, 30 degrees, 120 degrees) triangles. Spidrons were...
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Other

Life Skills Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides four appropriate lesson plans for teaching life skills to young children with special needs. Topics taught include color recognition, sequence patterns, reading comprehension, and environment awareness. A good resource...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Number Puzzles

For Teachers 1st Standards
SWBAT apply their understanding of patterns on the hundreds chart and the counting sequence to create a number chart.

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