Students read a story called Mayor Puts City on Diet to Lose a Million Pounds and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. For this current event Lose a Million Pounds lesson plan, students respond to literature by...

Learners hypothesize why Syria and the U.S. should find common ground in their relationship as it pertains to the future of the Middle East.

Learners solve math problems by using a calendar. In this problem solving lesson, students review the days of the week and months in a year. Learners complete a problem solving worksheet about the calendar.

Students solve problems using a calendar. In this calendar lesson, students complete a worksheet of math story problems. Example problems are provided. 

This technology-based activity encourages active engagement in the state elections process as part of a unit to prepare for debates to be held in the Fall of 2010. The activity may also be adapted for use as a stand alone activity....