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Creating Classroom Rules
Perfect for establishing classroom protocols, this activity gets even the youngest learners thinking about rules and their consequences. The lesson begins with a discussion and a reading of the poem Humpty Dumpty that gets youngsters...
Scholastic
Now that You Have Them, What Do You Do With Class Rules?
Establishing classroom rules within the first two weeks of school is important. But what do you do with the rules after they've been created, and how can you establish them so that they have a lasting effect all year long? Use an...
Curated OER
The Rule of Law
Students review the concept of rule of law. They discuss how the rule of law can give society a positive view. They explore the role of the judiciary as well.
Curated OER
What's My Rule?
Second graders use a variety of problem solving and math skills while playing the "What's My Rule" game. They read "Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon" and discuss family rules and other types of rules, including numerical ones.
Curated OER
British Royal Family Tree
Students explore the rules of succession and how succession to the British throne works. Students arrange the royal family members in succession order. They explore the concept of lineage by constructing the British royal family tree.
King Country
Lesson 2: Private & Public
What is the difference between a private and a public place? The focus in this second lesson on family life and sexual health is building an understanding of the difference between the concepts of private and public and the behaviors...
Curated OER
Worksheet 6: Functions
In this math worksheet, students answer 7 questions having to do with continuous functions, the Squeeze Theorem, and the Product Rule for differentiation.
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Group Rules and Expectations
Young scholars explore psychology by participating in a student behavior activity. In this group dynamic lesson, students identify ways to keep several young scholars interested and focused on one task. Students complete worksheets...
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Drawing My Family
In this drawing family members worksheet, students cut out ten frames, draw a picture of each family member in each one and label each picture with the family members name on the lines provided.
King Country
Lesson 1: Introductory Class
This first lesson in a unit on Family Life and Sexual Health (FLASH) has class members establishing the rules of behavior that will create a safe environment for the discussion of these sensitive topics.
Reed Novel Studies
Rules: Novel Study
Have you ever been so focused on others, that a look in the mirror surprises you? It seems that Catherine, a character in Rules, does just that when she focuses so much on her autistic brother's behaviors that she is surprised by her own...
Curated OER
The Relatives Came Family Read-Along
Third graders brainstorm on what they believe they do on their summer vacation. They explore how family and relatives are important in their lives. They read along with their teacher a book about relatives.
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Math: What's My Rule?
Second graders discuss the reasons for rules after reading Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon. Connecting the need for rules to math, they play a game called What's My Rule? using spinners to apply operations to given numbers. Working in...
Curated OER
Rule It Out
Here's a way to create math fact flash cards! Learners create their own cards and sort them into matching categories. Students start with addition and work their way up to harder math such as multiplication, and are asked to notice...
K20 LEARN
(Not Quite) Breaking All The Rules: Poetry And Grammar
FANBOYS will enjoy breaking grammar rules, but they will have to use coordinating conjunctions, gerunds, compound sentences, compound-complex sentences, and even predicates as they craft poems like Shel Silverstein.
Curated OER
Family Pedigrees
Pupils work as a class to first construct a pedigree of a popular singer, showcasing the singing gene being passed down through the generations. Students then make their own family pedigree and follow two traits through their family lines.
Curated OER
Relationships, Rules, and Responsibilities
First graders identify jobs in the environment. In this social justice lesson, 1st graders describe rules to protect the environment and the roles specific jobs play. Students construct environmental rules for an imaginary town.
Overcoming Obstacles
Fairness
Fairness is the subject of a lesson plan designed to boost relationship skills and social awareness. Class members discuss that fairness is getting what you need when needed, differences are okay, and review classroom rules to identify...
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Core Democratic Values in Action
Students compare and contrast rules they have in their homes and in the classroom. In this values lesson, students identify rules at home and relate to rules of other families. They list family rules, connect classroom rules to values...
Visa
Road Rules: Researching and Buying a Car
How do the loan principal, interest rate, and term all factor into a monthly car payment? Introduce your class to some of the key steps and considerations of obtaining a loan and purchasing a car.
Curated OER
Governance
First graders make connections between the purposes of rules. In this governing lesson students listen to a story about rules being broken. Students identify rules that they have at school or home.
National Woman's History Museum
Defying British Rule: Women's Contributions to The American Revolution
Primary and secondary sources are the focus of a lesson that showcases the important role women played during the American Revolution. Pairs review sources and discuss their findings. A close-reading of an informational text leads the...