Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Students' Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups, Desire to Be Popular

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Students' Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups, Desire to Be Popular" by Shankar Vedantam, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
Rubric
TES Global

Tes: Leaflet Self Assessment to Support Holes by Louis Sachar

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will create a leaflet that will persuade classmates to read the book Holes, a young adult book written by Louis Sachar. These rubric resources will used for peer assessments and self-assessments.
Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intevention for Reading: Peer Tutoring in Sight Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a lesson for peer tutoring of sight words including training, materials needed, procedures, and evaluation. The goal is to increase students' sight word vocabulary and, therefore, their reading comprehension.
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Other

Helping After Neonatal Death

For Students 9th - 10th
H.A.N.D., a support group for those affected by neonatal death, offers information to parents, professionals, family, and friends.
Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Using Testimony

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the use of testimony in a speech including the difference between peer and expert testimony, questions to consider before using testimony, how to incorporate expert testimony, and an example of incorporating expert...
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Other

National Society of Hispanic Mb As

For Students 9th - 10th
The NSHMBA is dedicated to providing peer support for all Hispanic business people. It aids Hispanic professionals in career networking and provides career location services.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Conferencing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Editing is a step that can often be overlooked in Kindergarten; however, it is crucial that our students understand how and why to go back and fix their writing! In this instructional activity, students will take suggestions from the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Respect for Self, Property, Others & Environment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson begins with a class discussion of respect and the Golden Rule. As groups, students discuss Golden Rules from around the world and take digital pictures of their peers. Students then create their own golden ruler using the computer.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: An Introduction to Programs Serving Disadvantaged Youth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The programs discussed here blend secondary and postsecondary programs for disadvantaged youth. This blending is an effective strategy that the authors believe should be more widely considered. Many of the components that make these...
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Other

Learning at the Primary Pond: 3 Effective Strategies for Teaching Revising

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A literacy specialist shares three effective strategies for teaching students revising techniques. These include providing students with specific criteria and peer revision. Examples of resources used in a classroom lesson are pictured.
Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Pals [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Classroom teachers will learn about Peer Assisted Learning/Literacy Strategies (PALS) an engaging instructional strategy for students. Teachers will learn how to implement PALS, understand how to measure progress with PALS, and find...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Serving Immigrant Students Through School Community Partnerships

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do district and school partnerships with community-based organizations help schools better meet the needs of recent immigrant students? This article provides some examples of promising strategies in which community-based...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing & Writing About Non Fiction

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Introduce your students to the different types of non-fiction such as biographies, biographies, and informative books. Students will use graphic organizers, peer interaction, and hands-on experiences to further understanding of this lesson.
Article
Other

Learners Edge: Play in the Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Play is not more important than science, literacy, physics, or math - it IS science, literacy, physics, and math. It is the FOUNDATION for learning. This article touches on the research supporting the importance of incorporating play...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Learn: My Kind of Cool

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to successful people who have struggled with belonging academically and with their school peers and how they conquered those challenges.
Activity
Education.com

Education.com: W.1.5 Worksheets

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to practice the common core standard of revising and editing your writing with help from peers.
Professional Doc
George Mason University

George Mason University: Writing Across the Curriculum: Teaching With Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Find a rationale, practices and strategies, and resources for incorporating writing in all areas of the curriculum. Learn how to write clear assignments and some methods to make grading of writing more efficient and effective....
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Other

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: Love Is Respect

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource is a helpline that offers support from trained Peer Advocates. The Peer Advocates are trained to offer support, advocacy, and information to those in dating abuse relationships.
Professional Doc
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Art in Peacemaking [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A guide to integrating conflict resolution education into youth arts programs. This program was created to give after school youth teachers tools to help youth solve disputes they see on a daily basis.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Let's Write About the American Flag

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will brainstorm adjectives to describe the American Flag and will write two descriptive sentences for homework. Students will also create star art to accompany their writing to show the relationship between words and pictures...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Writing About Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is a writing assignment focussed on the use of data to support the theory of plate tectonics. It includes a scoresheet that was created for a calibrated peer review assignment. The assignment directs students to determine the...
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Delayed Puberty

For Students 6th - 8th
The changes that an adolescent goes through can be intimidating or unexpected. What can be worse though is watching peers change as your body still appears like a child. This article confronts this feeling and provides support for those...
Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Reflect Using a Discussion Tool

For Students 9th
After a discussion, reflect using a discussion tool. Explain how the points, evidence, and explanations shared by your peers during the discussion support or change your thinking. Then revise your claim as needed.
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Other

Tech Soup: Networking 101: Concepts and Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Starts with a simple definition of a network and then explores the components of a network, how a network works, types of networks, communication protocol, and hardware.

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