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Number Operations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate integers and solve problems using integers. In this algebra lesson, students solve problems to help improve speed and accuracy of mental math. They develop a deeper knowledge of the way integers are used on a daily...
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Gary Paulsen's Canyons, Chapter 9 "The Raid" List-Group-Label

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Class members categorize and then label a list of words drawn from "The Raid," chapter nine of Gary Paulsen's Canyons. Individuals explain the rationale for their word groupings.
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A Statistical Study of the Letters of the Alphabet

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students gather appropriate information for simple statistical analysis. Then they will calculate probability working with a piece of literature that makes this activity ideal for teaching across the whole curriculum.
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Ways Twitter Makes You a Better Writer

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Practice being concise. Exercise your vocabulary. Improve your editing skills. The contention in this lesson is that by imposing a 140 character limit, the Twitter format actually helps improve writing skills. And of course class tweets...
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Team Problem-Solving Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners work in groups to solve a variety of puzzling activities which include math, spelling, anagrams, and geography. They use cooperative skill to accomplish each task and chart their group progress.
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Check Mate

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share opinions about the goals and strategies of the games they play. They investigate the World Chess Championship by reading and discussion the article "In Major League of Chess, Next Year Comes So Soon." Students study the...
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Out of the Dust--Appeals to Senses

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners list examples of appeals to the senses in the poem Out of the Dust.  In this Out of the Dust lesson, students discuss ways that the author brings the story alive through appeals to the senses.  Learners discuss examples and how...
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A Puzzle a Day Provides Practice That Pays

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students complete a variety of daily enrichment puzzles designed to encourage critical thinking skills, while developing and reinforcing math and language arts skills.
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Grade 5: Alphabet Frequency

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders collect and organize data from writing samples, use fractions and decimals to describe the experimental data, and use the experimental results to make predictions about the frequency of letter usage in the English language.
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The Fear Place

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the strategy turn and talk to discuss inferences they have while reading the book The Fear Place. In this inferences lesson plan, students answer discussion questions and read independently as well.
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Jo's Table

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students continue a sequential pattern using a partially filled in table and simple addition exercise. They use problem solving strategies such as guess and check, make a table, look for patterns. They discuss their finding with the class.
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Word Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a varied workout while practicing vocabulary skills.
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Coin Probability

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in pairs, receive three different types of coin bags. They pick coins out of the bag and tally what was picked fifteen times. They do it with all three bags for three separate tallies.

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