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Magazine Sales Talks
Young scholars role-play to determine the best types of magazines that should be purchased for their media center. They create a sales presentation for a particular magazine in small groups. As they listen to each presentation they...
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Order Of Operations
In this order of operations worksheet, students complete 20 problems containing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with one and two digit numbers.
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All Operations Word Problems One Version 2
In this word problems worksheet, students read the word problems and solve using mixed operations. Students solve 5 problems.
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All Operations Word Problems Two Version 1
In this word problems worksheet, students read the word problems and solve using mixed operations. Students solve 5 problems.
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All Operations Word Problems Two Version 2
In this word problems worksheet, students read the word problems and solve using mixed operations. Students solve 5 problems.
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All Operations Word Problems Two Version 4
In this word problems worksheet, students read the word problems and solve using mixed operations. Students solve 5 problems.
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History, African Americans, The Blues
This lesson enables teachers to use blues music to explore the history of African Americans in the 20th century. By studying the content of blues songs, students can learn about the experiences and struggles of the working-class...
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It's A Snap! (Place Value Made Easy)
Students are introduced to the importance of using place value in number systems. They view a video, play games, explore websites and research the pay scale of three jobs that interest them.
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Estimation
Students estimate the cost of individual items found on a typical grocery list. They participte in a teacher-led demonstration, solve word problems, and estimate the cost of ten items placed into their group's grocery basket.
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Making/Building Kites
Learners explore kite making. In this cross curriculum fine arts and ancient Chinese history lesson, students activate prior knowledge about how kites were used in ancient Chinese culture. Learners sketch an original kite design, then...
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The 3 R's of Common Denominators (Language)
Students solve various word problems that deal with common denominators, and write the mathematical explanations they used to obtain the solutions.
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Plus, Minus and Interesting
Students identify the main ideas or topics of a lesson or unit using the plus, minus and interesting graphic organizer. In this main idea or topic lesson, students examine the use of the PMI graphic organizer. They describe the item they...
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Planning a Trip
Pupils plan a trip to from 3 to 5 cities of their choice. They design a brochure to travel to the chosen cities. It should be of a quality that it could be used by a customer to decide if they would like to take this trip.
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Gummy vs. Gum
Learners explore numbers patterns and write equations to describe the pattern. They apply the equations to further the patterns.
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Would You Like to Become a Millionaire?
Students answer questions written by other teams about literature in an attempt to become "millionaires." In small groups they write a motivational introduction to their teams selected books, publish their questions as a HyperCard...
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The Renaissance
In this Renaissance activity, students read a 2 page article covering The Renaissance period, answer 5 facts with multiple choice answers and answer 5 statements true or false.
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What Interests You?
Fourth graders investigate math in the real world using internet search methods to locate career fields of interest. They select an occupation, and draft brief paragraphs that reflect insight as to why that occupation interests them.
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Magic Mountain Coaster Computation
Students use the Internet to do research on the roller coasters at Magic Mountain Amusement Park. They must use mathematical formulas to calculate the highest and fastest coaster at the park.
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When Clay speaks
Students listen as the teacher reads "When Clay Sings," by Byrd Taylor. They discuss clay, and view a variety of clay items. Students watch a video clip "Interests in One of a Kind Pots." They watch a demonstration on working with clay....
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A Bullying Survey
Students take a survey that is asking them about their feelings or experiences about bullying. In this tolerance lesson, students discuss what responses would be to the survey.
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Folktales around the World (Middle, Reading/Writing)
Students analyze, synthesize, and use the elements of various US cultural folk tales to describe the elements of fiction in general and in folk tales specifically.
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The Ocean Floor
Learners explore the ocean in this earth science lesson. They use the Internet to gather information on parts of the ocean including the beach, ocean floor, continental shelf, trenches, and the animals that inhabit these parts.