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Literature Circles: Lesson Plans and More
What are the major roles in literature circles? Check out this site to learn more about the individual roles needed to form a literature circle. Includes links to various reading handouts and lessons.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Visual Patterns in Tessellations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan examines the mathematical nature of art, tilings and tessellations. Students will also explore polygons, symmetry, analyze patterns and explore the role of mathematics in nature and our...
Other
Duke: Center for Inquiry Based Learning
Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.
PBS
Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Be an Adbuster
Through an integrated approach from PBS, students examine the messages conveyed in print advertisements. Using parody, students are asked to alter the message of an ad to present a different or opposite point of view. Lesson may be more...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: We Are Family, Grades 4 8
How can you introduce a unit on families with upper elementary and middle school students? This site provides lessons, activities, themes and more for accomplishing this task.
abcteach
Abcteach: Noun Skill Sheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teachers will find several worksheets for primary, elementary and middle school students identifying the role a noun or pronoun plays, collective nouns, diminutives, as well as definitions and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Bright Morning
Use this lesson plan to delve into the exploration of character development in fiction through the novel "Bright Morning," by Scott O'Dell.
PBS
Pbs (Affluenza): What Are Advertisers Selling
What are advertisers really selling? Are there hidden messages in ads? In this lesson, students explore the concept of persuasive advertising and evaluate ads directed at young consumers. A timely lesson that would generate interesting...