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New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Mapping the Classroom

For Teachers K - 1st
Learning to use and create maps builds students' spatial thinking skills as well as language skills in the early years. In this lesson, students practice using the language of location and then apply that language when creating a map of...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Data Collecting in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of two dozen questions students can easily ask eachother in the classroom to quickly collect data in hopes of using it in their study of making graphs. Some are opinion questions, while others require the counting of certain items...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design a Net Zero Energy Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a concept design of their very own net-zero energy classroom by pasting renewable energy and energy-efficiency items into and around a pretend classroom on a sheet of paper. They learn how these items (such as solar...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Lunchroom to Classroom: Authentic Assessment & the Brown Bag Exam

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Brown Bag Exam uses found objects and images to help students activate prior knowledge and creates a framework for students to express their understanding. Students work individually and in collaboration to create concrete connections...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Have Journal Will Travel: Promoting Family Involvement in Litera

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students build positive memories of literacy activities when they take turns taking home a book bag stuffed with items to encourage literacy interactions with their families.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Longer and Shorter

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars will use their shoe as a measuring item to learn about length. Students will compare classroom items by holding their shoe against the item and deciding if it is longer or shorter than their shoe. Young scholars will...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Finding Angles

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
The three types of angles, right, acute, and obtuse, exist in our everyday surroundings. Learners find these angles using classroom items.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Design Your Own Bedroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Many middle schoolers dream of designing their ideal bedroom. In this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including...
Website
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Hope Depot: Science Fair Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Find advice on project ideas, project steps, presentation tips, classroom activities and more.
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Super Sleuth Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try your hand at this challenging online game that helps players identify items in pictures that do not belong, such as an air plane in the 1800's.
Website
Other

Freeology: Free Printable Teacher Forms

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Keep track of birthdays, items loaned, and much more with these free teacher forms.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Esol

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will provide English words for classroom items, and match classroom items with their English and Spanish terms.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Phonics Through Literature Learning About the Letter M

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for lessons that teach about the letter M using a "Mystery Box" filled with items starting with M and the books "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" and "Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree" by Eileen Christelow. In...
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Other

Operation Santa Paws: Holiday Toys and Treats for Shelter Pets

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here is an idea for organizing a volunteer effort to collect needed items for animal shelters.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lesson Plan: Environmental Print

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson introduces young scholars to the concept of reading through common items from the community. Through examining these items (environmental print), students will practice their reading skills and begin to see themselves as...
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Other

The Awesome Library: Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Awesome Library organizes carefully reviewed web resources. The Technology index explores a variety of resources such as: lesson plans, current events, integrating technology, technology items, and technology tools.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Concentration

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Play a matching game with different representations of equivalent items.
Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Supreme Court Ends Ban on Sale of Violent Video Games

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the Supreme Court ending a ban on the sale of violent video games. There are also links to other related items such as a classroom activity and information about the revolution of video games.
Primary
PBS

Pbs: Ken Burns America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find assets by location and call up specific item information including films, connected themes and related classroom resources. A wealth of primary source images from events in American history.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: What Did I Touch Today?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this lesson plan, students will assess what items in the classroom are touched the most. Students will investigate germs and distinguish between communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
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The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress Link: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The Dirksen Congressional Center provides abundant lesson plans on all aspects of the US Congress and the US Constitution. All lessons contain time frames, objectives, and links to material, and are built around Bloom's taxonomy.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Spotting Sounds All Around

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is both a hands-on and technology based lesson where students can apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships while incorporating the use of classroom technology. This Language Arts activity will allow for the students to...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Trash Talkin'

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom solid waste. The class collects waste for a week and then student groups spend a day sorting and analyzing the garbage with respect to recyclable and non...

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