Arcademics
Drag Race Division
Pupils speed through division as they participate in an online drag race. By answering division questions, individuals provide a boost to their cars. Learners that can answer quickly and accurately win the race.
Arcademics
Division Derby
Run for the quotient. Classmates practice division facts to 12 by racing against each other in an interactive online game. Horses run around a track and receive extra boosts of energy for each correct response.
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Pony Division
Divided we pull. Pupils play an online game to practice division facts. With each correct response, the players' ponies pull just a little more in a tug of war.
Arcademics
Integer Warp
Multiply the speed in a dash. Individuals play an online space race game. With each correct response to an integer multiplication problem, the spacecraft gets a boost of speed. Problems range from products of two positives, two negative,...
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Spider Match
Create a web of integers. Individuals play an online game as spiders. Pupils find two integers with a sum to a target number displayed in the center of a web. The player with the most combinations at the end of the time wins.
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Orbit Integers
Add integers within space. Up to four individuals race through space in a fun online game. Pupils answer integer addition problems with correct answers which provides the spaceship with an additional burst of speed.
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Dolphin Dash
Dolphins swim for coins. Pupils play an online interactive game to become the first dolphin around the track. Players choose the appropriate value for a collection of coins to increase their speed. The game accommodates up to 12 racers...
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Dolphin Feed
Gather money with porpoise. Individuals click on a combination of coins and bills to match the displayed amount of money. Each collection feeds a dolphin, and the player that gathers the most correct amounts wins the online game.
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Giraffe Dash
Practice just in the neck of time. Pupils play an online game to practice telling time from an analog clock. Giraffes race around a track and speed up each time the player correctly matches the digital time to the analog clock.
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Giraffe Pull
Take time to tell the time. Players compete in an online game of tug of war as giraffes. They determine the correct time in words for the displayed analog clock. Each correct response pulls the rope just a little farther.
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Puppy Pull
Pull hard to convert fractions. Players participate in a tug of war against each other or the computer by practicing converting fractions to decimals. With each correct response, the player's puppy pulls a little harder. Play continues...
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Puppy Chase
Chase down fraction to decimals conversions. Players convert fractions to decimals to run a race as a puppy. Correct answers boost the speed of their game pieces. Each race allows up to 12 players to race against each other in the online...
Arcademics
Dirt Bike Comparing Fractions
Players push and pull their way to understanding fractions. Users play against one another or the computer in an online tug-of-war game to compare fractions. Learners choose the correct symbol to compare two fractions. Each correct...
Arcademics
Ratio Stadium
Bike to master ratio basics. Learners propel their motorbikes around the track by identifying equivalent ratios. Each correct response provides a boost to the bike, while incorrect answers slow it down.
Arcademics
Snow Sprint
Dash through the snow with fractions. Players race snowmobiles while multiplying fractions. By choosing the correct products, learners make their online game pieces move around the track. The faster the correct answer, the quicker the...
Arcademics
Otter Rush
Otters help learners increase fluency with exponents. Given four options, pupils determine which one would make a given equation involving exponents true. The faster individuals answer, the faster their otter races around the track in...
Arcademics
Speedway
Race to extreme fluency. Scholars play a car race online game where the faster they choose the answer to fraction addition and subtraction problems, the faster their cars go. Pupils play against the computer or other players online....
NASA
Designing and Building the Lunar Plant Growth Chamber
Build a place for the plants. Using information learned from the previous lesson in the unit, learners design a lunar plant growth chamber and build a paper model of it. Given strips of paper that represent different sizes of planting...
NASA
Providing Light for Your Plants
Using a guided instructional activity, pupils learn about what it takes to make a circuit along with a switch. They build a complete circuit under the direction from the teacher and identify each of the elements of the circuit. Scholars...
EngageNY
Connecting Literary and Informational Texts: Cronus and “The Key Elements of Mythology”
Is there a connection? Scholars work to make connections between Myth of Cronus and The Key Elements of Mythology. First, they circle important words in the text and look for similarities. They then revisit the concept of theme and...
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Reading Closely to Build Background Knowledge: “Myths and Legends”
That is a myth! Scholars take a look at Greek myths referenced in The Lightning Thief. As learners listen to stories in Myths and Legends, they imagine the sights and sounds described. Pupils then talk with partners about specific words...
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End of Unit 1 Assessment: Drawing Evidence from Text: Written Analysis of How Percy’s Experiences Align with “The Hero’s Journey”
Do your best on the test! Readers finish up by completing the end of the unit assessment. Using the assessment, writers describe how Percy's experiences in The Lightning Thief align to four parts of The Hero's Journey. After completing...
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Writing with Evidence: Percy and the Hero’s Journey (Chapter 7)
Read, set, write! Scholars participate in the first fully independent writing task of the unit as they write about how Percy’s experience in The Lightning Thief aligns with The Hero’s Journey. To begin their writing, they complete a...
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Selecting Evidence: “The Hero’s Journey” and The Lightning Thief (Chapter 6)
Take a closer look. Scholars learn how to read closely using chapter six in The Lightning Thief. While reading, they write the gist of paragraphs on sticky notes and stick them in the book. They then answer text-dependent questions over...