Contains plans for one 60-minute activity that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...

A lesson plan in which students read short texts and sort them according to purpose: persuade, inform, entertain, and explain. Materials are included. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6

Today we are picking apart this story and discussing it in great detail so that we can set the foundation for our comparing and contrasting activity on our Day 3 lesson.

Contains plans for seven lessons that teach learners to use more expressive synonyms in their written and oral language. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains printable resources for the lessons as...

First graders will engage in a shared reading of "Mr. C's Dinner" so that we can build a foundation for understanding what it takes to make good predictions and inferences.

Contains plans for a minilesson that teaches about proper dialogue format while writing, specifically paragraphing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

In this lesson, learners use multiple sources to learn the meanings of science words, collaborating to create useful resources for learning and retaining science vocabulary.

A lesson plan for a card game in which students match multi-syllable words according to their root words. Materials are included.

In this lesson plan, students will consider Character in Place: Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" for the Common Core. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.

Lesson allows young scholars to examine the various views of American perspective through studying three poems by diverse poets: "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes, and "On the Pulse of...

This instructional activity is a workshop for writers. This idea was taken from the Ralph Fletcher book: What a Writer Needs. Students create a character, either real or fictional, and place that character in a scene in order to write...

Contains plans for one 50-minute lesson that teaches about using dialogue tags like "he said" or "she answered." In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to PDF handouts and links to sites...

Contains plans for two 50-minute lessons that teach about the comparison/contrast organizational pattern. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...

This unit uses first- and second-hand accounts to explore the life of Ruby Bridges and revolves around the book "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges. This detailed lesson includes a full literacy unit, tips for small group and independent...

This lesson explains the steps for how to find the equation for an ellipse given its foci and vertices. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Finding The Equation For An Ellipse."

This brief lesson shows how to find the equation for an ellipse given its foci and vertices and presents a problem to try. Includes a short quiz. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Finding The Equation For An Ellipse."

This lesson explains how the central angle can be used to determine the area of a sector and presents several practice problems. Includes answers and a short quiz. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Finding the Area of a Sector Using the...

This lesson presents how to apply the triangle proportionality theorem to solve for unknown variables and side lengths. It is 4 of 6 in the series titled "Triangle Proportionality Theorem."

A wealth of resources to help you in planning classroom instruction on rational expressions: lesson plans offer guidelines for and examples of simplifying, adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational expressions; practice...

Contains plans for two lessons that teach point of view using the book "Two Bad Ants" by Chris Van Allsburg and titles from the from the "Look Once, Look Again" series by David M. Schwartz. In addition to objectives and standards, this...

Contains plans for five to seven lessons that teach about figurative language like similes, metaphors, and personification by asking learners to write award acceptance speeches that incorporate them. In addition to objectives and...

Contains plans for a lesson on taking notes that is part of a larger unit on researching a state symbol. It works on skills like figuring out what information is relevant and irrelevant, using a variety of sources, and paraphrasing. In...

Contains plans for four lessons that use The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster to teach about figurative language. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to handouts and to sites used in the...

Contains plans for four lessons that teach young scholars how to make and present strong persuasive speeches. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...