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Cowden-Herrick Schools

Six Steps for Substitute Success

For Students K - 12th
Here's a switch--a lesson plan designed for prepare class members for a substitute! The plan highlights six behaviors that demonstrate respect and responsibility. 
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating Class Rules a Beginning to Creating Community

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for two lessons that teach about proper classroom behavior and creating community by discussing why they are in school and what they need in order to accomplish their goals while there. In addition to objectives and...
Handout
University of California

Berkeley: Teaching Discussion Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on group discussion-style teaching. It provides links to topics such as follows: Creating Discussion Guidelines, Classroom Activities, Group Work, Group Work: Techniques, Group Work: Design Guidelines, Encouraging...
Lesson Plan
Other

Positive Choices: Decision Making and Problem Solving: Class Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The aim of this activity is to teach learners the steps involved in effective decision-making/problem-solving. This skill is a useful skill for students to learn, as it will assist learners to consider all the options that are available...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: First Week of School, Day 3

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read a poem to see the importance of class rules and behaviors.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Slates, Slide Rules and Software

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you learn to calculate using a 7-foot-long slide rule? Did you learn about the properties of numbers using brightly colored Cuisenaire rods? Ever wonder who invented the graph paper you used in geometry class? Go back to the...
Activity
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Efficient Learning: Coming to Class Prepared

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient learning strategy. Students will learn strategies to help students come prepared. Links to a classroom organization page are included.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Bike Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart lesson to teach students about bicycle safety at the K-2 level. It stresses the importance of using a bicycle helmet. There is an activote assessment at the end of the lesson.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Comma Usage

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides extensive teaching examples for the appropriate use of commas. The color and graphics are engaging, and several Activote questions check student knowledge.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Introduction to Division With Remainders

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction to division with remainders. The lesson consists of teaching children the basics of division with remainders in problems that contain a 2-digit dividend with a 1 digit...
Lesson Plan
PE Central

Pe Central: Cooperative Learning: Cooperative Handball

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teach young scholars "Cooperative handball," and have them practice working with others. This website includes the rules to "Cooperative handball," as well as suggestions for forming teams and for adapting the sport for students with...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Welcome to 6th Grade Math

For Teachers 6th
Why is math important? How does math impact our lives outside of math class? This lesson is an introduction to 6th-grade math. Students make connections between math and life while also learning procedures and rules in this 6th-grade...