Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Itsy Bitsy Math Songs
This is a great writing lesson for math teachers. The picture book Take Me Out of the Bathtub by Alan Katz demonstrates his love of familiar songs and nursery rhymes by writing new lyrics that can be sung to them. For this assignment,...
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Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Podcasting Science
Using "Science Times" at NewYorkTimes.com, students will listen to podcasts to learn about and share science ideas that are currently in the news. By organizing and summarizing science thoughts, students will be able to effectively share...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Power Point Life Span Diaries
Young scholars research an animal or other living creature and create a life-span diary similar to the one they read about in the book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. PowerPoint presentations are made for students to use while sharing...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Tallying Those Favorite Flavors
After reading Tim's Ice Cream Store by Rachel Griffiths and Margaret Clyne or Curious George Goes to the Ice Cream Shop by H. A. Rey, students create an ice cream chart and learn to tally their favorite flavors.
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Writing Fix: Patterns for Making Meaning
Students read the book The Way Life Works: The Science Lover's Illustrated Guide to How Life Grows, Develops, Reproduces, and Gets Along by Mahlon Hoagland to examine the sixteen patterns of life presented in the book. As students study...
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Writing Fix: Summarizing Mathematical Learning With the Important Book
In this lesson, The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is used as a mentor text. Students will create an illustrated paragraph about a particular math topic. Students will use the mentor text and attempt to adapt the author's style to...
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Writing Fix: Your Glorious Gene Pool
Students read the books like I Am the Dog. I Am the Cat by Donald Hall and Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman and read the lyrics while listening to the song "Shallow End of the Gene Pool" by the Austin Lounge Lizards. Then students learn...
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: The Writing Center: Scientific Reports
A handout exploring how to complete a scientific report based on scientific research. The site describes the sections needed as well as how to insert graphs and tables.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: I Have a Dream
A great cross-curricular activity, learners will create a diamante poem based on their feelings regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
EL Education
El Education: Jason and the Matha Lisa
Students work together in groups to write and illustrate a fiction story explaining a math concept.
Other
Cyberwriter: Descriptive Writing
Resource gives writing activities leveled K-1st grade, 2nd & 3rd grades and 4th through 8th grades.
EL Education
El Education: Mohammed and the Number Genie
Students write and illustrated children's books explaining math concepts through fiction stories.
Other
Tikatok: Imagine a Story: Create a Book
Tikatok is a tool for creating storybooks using your own text and images. It is free to join, but there are fees when you order a completed book. E-books can be downloaded fairly cheaply. Printed copies cost more. The value in the site...
Other
Tikatok: Imagine a Story: Create a Book
Tikatok is a tool for creating storybooks using your own text and images. It is free to join, but there are fees when you order a completed book. E-books can be downloaded fairly cheaply. Printed copies cost more. The value in the site...
Leaf Group
E How: How to Write a Financial Analysis Paper
This article by Gerald Hanks focuses on what is involved in a financial analysis report which is used to determine if a company can deliver a solid return on investment.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing for Math Class: Follow the Path of Five Dollars
In this instructional activity, Pat Brisson's book Benny's Pennies is used as a mentor text. Students will discover ways to spend money that meets specific criteria. Students must explain their process for their spending choices, and...
EL Education
El Education: Testing the Waters
Students tested water at several sites in a local creek and write a scientific paper showing their testing and results. Scientific papers include an abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion including recommendations...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: National Poetry Month
This site offers extensive resources for teaching poetry. Find interviews with poets, ideas for poetry lessons, book lists, and ways to use poetry across the curriculum. There are also resources specifically for National Poetry Month....
Success Link
Success Link: Water Cycle
A lesson plan to show middle schoolers' understanding of the water cycle through illustrations, and their ability to write creatively about it.
Success Link
Success Link: Autobiography of a Parasite
Use this lesson plan as an interesting culmination of a study of parasites. Students use the information they've gathered to write an autobiography of thelife cycle of the parasite of their choice.
Success Link
Success Link: Explorer Poetry Booklet
After a study of explorers in the Americas, students write poetry to show what they know about individual explorers. This lesson plan gives guidelines, ways to adapt the lesson, a graphic organizer, and scoring guide.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: World War Ii Conversations [Pdf]
In this lesson, young scholars use photos of people in real-life World War II events as a springboard for composing dialogue between the people in the photographs. Students then work in pairs to create a scene set in World War II and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: From Knotty to Calculating
In this lesson plan, students will work within their math and English language arts classes to research the development of mathematical tools and their applications. A research paper will be produced for and graded by the English...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text
An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the young scholars learn to sound out the words.