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Defying British Rule: Women's Contributions to The American Revolution

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Primary and secondary sources are the focus of a lesson that showcases the important role women played during the American Revolution. Pairs review sources and discuss their findings. A close-reading of an informational text leads the...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Speaking

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Words! Words have meaning and power, and using them leads to consequences. The activities in this lesson are designed to remind participants to choose their words wisely when they speak.
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ABC's of Banking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of managing money. In this managing money lesson, students discuss how to write checks and keep an accurate check registry. Students discuss the importance and uses of debit cards and deposit forms.
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Piggy Pockets

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine when estimates and exact totals are appropriate in dealing with money. They simulate keeping a checking account over a period of time and keep a checkbook ledger to record deposits and expenses.
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Civics: State Vs. Rowe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the case of State vs. Rowe to discover the duties of the three branches of government. They explore the concepts of separation of powers and checks and balances to assess how they apply to an actual situation.
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Congruent Coloring

For Teachers 1st
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders find the pairs of polygons that are congruent on the sheet. Then they color them the same color and use their ruler to check their selections.
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Thumbs Up For Expert Readers!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use the cross check strategy to increase reading comprehension in this instructional activity. They listen as the teacher reads "Where the Wild Things Are." The teacher purposely reads some words wrong so that the story does...
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Currency and Exchange Rates

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders share the book, "The Story of Money" and discuss the uses of money, bartering, trade and the history of money. Students discuss various ways of spending: cash, check, debit/credit cards and review the check writing process....
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Theory of Codes

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of code theory. In this code theory lesson, students discuss noise, error correction, Hamming distance, parity check matrices, and cyclic codes. Students develop these concepts through practice and discussion.
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Use Expression!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice techniques to read expressively and fluently to be able to read smoothly, silently and avidly. They read and explore the book, "The Morning Queen," by Joy Cowley along with sentence strips. Each student is taught what...
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Speedy Gonzales Reading

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners demonstrate their fluency through repeated readings. They review what a fluent reader is and practice decoding through cross-checking and covering unknown words. They work in pairs to read a passage several times and record...
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Magic Math: sums of 2

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this addition worksheet, students add one digit numbers to the number 2 and check it with the subtraction fact. Students complete 10 problems.
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Magic Math Morning Work

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this fact families instructional activity, students solve 10 problems in which single digits are added with sums to ten. Students then check each problem using subtraction.
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Divisibility

For Students 5th - 8th
In this divisibility instructional activity, students read divisibility rules and then check the boxes in the chart if the 3 digit number can be divided by numbers 2 through 10. Students do this for 5, 3 digit numbers.
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Pay Check Advance Loan

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research loans. In this financial lesson plan, students explore the benefits and drawbacks of applying for a pay-day advance loan. Students compare different programs and calculate interest owed. Multiple resources are provided.
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Check My Writing: Diversity of Learners Adaptation

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore different spellings of the same words within the English language, as well as different words for the same thing with the international pen pal classroom. They become familiar with units of measure and time. ...
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Use a Dictionary to Check Spelling

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this dictionary usage worksheet, learners use a sample dictionary page to correct the misspellings of underlined words in sentences. Students write three answers.
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Branches of US Government

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research the responsibilities of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. In this U.S. government lesson, students research the jobs of those in each branch and present their finding to their classmates.
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The 7 "Hats" of the President

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the responsibilities of the President. In this U.S. government lesson, students examine the provided sources related to the President' s roles as Chief of State, Chief Executive, Chief Jurist, Chief Diplomat, Chief...
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Separation of Powers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the role of federal and local government. In this government lesson, students watch "Separation of Powers." Students discuss the federal and state powers prior to participating in a simulation that requires them to...
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Guess & Check Extra Credit

For Students 8th - 10th
In this Pythagorean Theorem worksheet, students use the Pythagorean theorem to compute the length of a missing side.  They identify Pythagorean triples.  This three-page worksheet contains 34 problems.
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Twist and Check Times Tables

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math worksheet, students look for the solutions to the multiplication tables and use the game cards to complete the problems.
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Pairs Check

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers. While receiving coaching and praise from his/her partner, each student will multiply whole numbers (three digits by two digits).
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Reality Check

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students visit MainFunction every Friday for a Reality Check. Students discuss questions or complete an activity about real-world topics.

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