Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Pbl, Common Core and Next Gen Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This two-page article summarizes the alignment of PBL with Common Core standards for ELA and math, plus the Next Generation Science Standards. It is an excerpt from the BIE book, PBL for 21st Century...
Student Achievement Partners
Achieve the Core: Introduction to Literacy Shifts in Content Areas
This 1-2 hour module provides an introduction to the key shifts required by the CCSS for Literacy in the content areas: history / social studies, science, and technical subjects.
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Ctr for Assessment: Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix & Examples Math/science [Pdf]
Use this convenient table to compare Webb's Depth of Knowledge levels with Bloom's Cognitive Process Dimensions for Math and Science.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Educational Leadership: Art and Science of Teaching /Cognitive Verbs and Cc
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) present a new mandate and challenge for K-12 educators-teaching and reinforcing cognitive verbs. These verbs, referred to as academic vocabulary, signal the type of mental operations that students...
PBS
Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Guide: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion
Part of Houghton Mifflin's excellent Scientists in the Field series Tracking Trash introduces Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, a "trash tracker", who studies where trash goes when it is "spilled" in the ocean, to determine the direction of ocean...
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade: Isat Science: Vocabulary: Test
This interactive assessment features 7 matching, 7 multiple-choice, and 6 true/false question over ISAT science terms with their definitions.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade: Isat Science: Vocabulary: Match
In this interactive game, students match ISAT science terms with their definitions.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade: Isat Science: Vocabulary: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on ISAT science vocabulary including 132 science terms and their definitions.
Other
Laura Candler: Green Court Claims: Are Green Companies Really Green? [Pdf]
In this lesson, students investigate claims that companies make about their products and business practices they use to imply that they are environmentally friendly. Students work in groups to research the claim they chose and then...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Woolly Mammoth Sparks Debate Over Cloning
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Facts and Reasoning: Water Scarcity
In this science-themed literacy lesson about water scarcity, students identify the author's claim and how the author supports this claim with evidence.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Facts and Reasoning: Forecasting Hurricanes
In this science-themed literacy lesson about forecasting hurricanes, students identify the author's claim and how the author supports the claim with evidence and reasoning.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Amazon River Boat Trip: Length
Help Manuel to measure in centimeters and meters while preparing for a science class. Students can play games and then take mini-assessments to measure their understanding of the content.
Other
National Pest Management Association: The Univited Houseguest
An ebook called The Pest Detectives: The Univited Houseguest, written by Jo-Lynne Shane. The story is about a family discovering that they have been invaded by mice. They call a pest control professional. He arrives with his daughter to...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Scientists With the American Museum of Natural History
Follow this six-step method and you'll have a good understanding of what a good scientific research paper involves and how it is organized. There are plenty of samples for you to look at. This explanation is also very helpful for...
CPALMS
Cpalms: Lafs.1112.rst.1.3: Follow Precisely a Complex Multistep Procedure
Find a collection of standards-aligned teacher and student resources where students follow procedural text.
Read Works
Read Works: Humanity on the Record
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about prehistoric evolution of the human race. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Changes in Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about changes in biodiversity and the chain reaction of problems they can cause. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Through the Nose
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about dogs and their sense of smell. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Digitized Signals Are the Future of the Black Box
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the black boxes on airplanes being replaced with more reliable digital signals. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: How to Make a Better Robot
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about improvements in robotics. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Holt Assessment: Evaluating Nonfiction [Pdf]
This one-page printable worksheet is designed for classroom use in evaluating a reading of nonfiction. The evaluation is set up in a rubric format.
Education Development Center
Tv411: Tune in for Reading: Reading: Strategies for Better Reading
Self-checking interactive tutorial puts reading comprehension skills to work by asking learners to make inferences, predict what happens next, and identify the main ideas in a series of short reading passages. Related materials include...