Lesson plan in which students calculate area, build areas to a given amount, and calculate the perimeter with the use of Legos. Step by step instructions and videos are provided. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.c Use area models to represent...

A complete high school Geometry course that includes interactives in every lesson and videos in some. Adaptive Practice questions ensure the material is understood before moving on to build on it. Every lesson also has specifically...

This activity and discussion guide uses the book "Picture Day Perfect" to teach multiple common core state standards for language arts. Included in this lesson are discussion questions, a craft project, printable worksheets, and an...

Common Core standards specify the requirement for children to use frequently occurring prepositions. Mastering this standard will help students formulate compound sentences as they go up in grade levels. In this instructional activity,...

In this lesson, 6th graders use details from a nonfiction article to create a visual representation and then, from that visual, provide evidence that demonstrates their understanding of the text. Includes samples of student work and lots...

In this lesson, young scholars explore "real-life" resources that make use of literal equations (rewriting known formulas) to help make people's lives easier. Students will use Excel to design formulas that find a specific value like...

Links to 31 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.5: Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance to development of main ideas or themes.

Links to 60 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1c: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks...

Links to 57 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1b: Follow agreed upon rules for discussion and carry out assigned roles.

Links to 36 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1a: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to...

[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets and lesson plans can help students practice the Common Core standard skill of building on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.

In this lesson students will practice finding the area of rectangular shapes and irregular shapes with right angles and understand why the area formula works for rectangular shapes. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.5.b A plane figure which can...

During this lesson, students will use close reading strategies to analyze aspects of the setting in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. [7:57] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10, RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity

This is an index of links to activities using root words. These activities are separated into 3 levels of difficulty. These interactive, vocabulary puzzles and activities use Latin and Greek "roots and cells" to help unlock word...

Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to apply Freytag's Pyramid (also known as Freytag's Triangle) to pieces of writing, oral storytelling, and television shows. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...

In this lesson plan, 5th graders learn how to analyze figurative language in the poem, "Casey At The Bat."

The objective of this activity is for students to understand how an author uses language and illustrations to influence the way readers think and feel about characters and events in a story. Students are asked to evaluate the...

In this lesson, 5th graders develop narratives by describing characters and creating a logical event sequence. This is part of a larger unit but can be taught separately.

In this lesson, students write summaries of researched information in their own words and quote text accurately.

In this lesson, 5th graders use their prior knowledge and inference skills to determine uses of unfamiliar objects. They participate in group discussions and analyze the key information they have in order to reach conclusions.

This is an introductory lesson on the concept of theme. Students choose two words that sum up the theme of the novel "So B. It" by Sarah Weeks. They then analyze a passage to find evidence of their choices and create a theme map. They...

In this instructional activity, 6th graders are shown what an effective peer review session looks and sounds like. While observing it, students have a silent discussion online about what they notice. They then fill in a peer review goal...

In this lesson, 6th graders play a compare and contrast game and Pictionary to practice their science vocabulary.

This lesson discusses the peer review process and how to give an effective peer review. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Peer Review."