This resource gives students a way to approach reading and responding to …
This resource gives students a way to approach reading and responding to nonfiction without requiring them to write an essay. It is relatively formulaic but builds skills through scaffolding concepts and encouraging students to develop the confidence necessary to start reading critically and making arguments about the nonfiction they read.
This book list contains children's books that have been screened for accuracy …
This book list contains children's books that have been screened for accuracy in depicting scientific concepts. Each book's content is briefly described and its cover pictured. The topics of the books support learning in Grades K-5 about the issue's theme. The list appears in the free, online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle, which focuses on the essential principles of climate literacy.
¡Aprende cómo escribir un ensayo expositivo con opinión, razón y evidencia mientras …
¡Aprende cómo escribir un ensayo expositivo con opinión, razón y evidencia mientras creas tu propia tira cómica!
Con el superhéroe Capitán Opinión y sus compañeras Razón y Evidencia, el espectador se embarca en una divertida aventura en el mundo de las opiniones y la importancia de sustentarlas con muchas razones y evidencias.
Objetivo de Aprendizaje: Hacer que los estudiantes escriban un ensayo expositivo que establezca una idea central en una oración temática; incluye oraciones de apoyo con hechos simples, detalles y explicaciones, y contiene una declaración final.
The Superhero Unit - Comics in the Classroom includes individual detailed lesson …
The Superhero Unit - Comics in the Classroom includes individual detailed lesson plans. This is a unit based on comic books. There are a range of writing activities: short story; informative; biography and comic strips. Included is a selection of power-points to use in lessons
In this unit, students explore the attributes necessary for survival by reading …
In this unit, students explore the attributes necessary for survival by reading excerpts from Julie of the Wolves, Endangered, Hatchet, and a variety of poems. With each story, students will explore if one needs more physical or mental strength, or a combination of both, in order to overcome an obstacle or problem. Students will also explore how our ability to adapt and make changes impacts our lives and ability to survive. It is our hope that this unit challenges students to think about the way in which they tackle obstacles and the power and influence they have over their own lives.
When analyzing individual stories, students will focus on explaining how scenes fit together and contribute to the overall structure of a story or poem, and summarizing a text and determining theme. After analyzing a story or poem in-depth, students will then practice comparing and contrasting across stories and analyzing the way in which different stories approach similar themes and topics. This unit places a large emphasis on the power of rereading a text in order to build deeper meaning. Over the course of the unit, students will have multiple opportunities to engage with a particular text multiple times in order to analyze and notice author’s craft and additional layers of meaning.
Sarah E. Goode was one of the first African-American women to get …
Sarah E. Goode was one of the first African-American women to get a US patent. Working in her furniture store, she recognized a need for a multi-use bed and through hard work, ingenuity, and determination, invented her unique cupboard bed. She built more than a piece of furniture. She built a life far away from slavery, a life where her sweet dreams could come true. The resource includes a lesson plan/book card, a design challenge, and copy of a design thinking journal that provide guidance on using the book to inspire students' curiosity for design thinking. Maker Challenge: Your school has had an influx of new students and every class seems to be bursting at the seams! You have an additional 10 students just in your classroom alone. Because of this limited space, your school is looking for solutions. They decided that every student is going to get a new desk and chair, but it’s going to be PORTABLE. That way, you can take your desk & chair with you wherever you might go.
A document is included in the resources folder that lists the complete standards-alignment for this book activity.
This is a set of 28 flash cards that can be used …
This is a set of 28 flash cards that can be used to learn how to pronounce the names of different means of transportation in Basque with the correct forms to answer to the question: Nola etorri/joan zara?
This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV …
This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Dr. Karen Drosinos teach about the parts of a book and the story inside.
In this session, students learn about the parts of a book. Then, students listen to a story and learn how illustrations help readers understand what the book is about.
For this lesson, students will learn how to pick a topic for …
For this lesson, students will learn how to pick a topic for a research paper. They will then think of questions they want to answer in their research paper, and use those questions to guide what they take notes on. A detailed PowerPoint explains how to use PowerPoint to organize and take notes.
Stories and poems that have a familiar structure can create a supportive …
Stories and poems that have a familiar structure can create a supportive context for learning about the writing process, building students' background knowledge, and scaffolding their creation of original stories. In this lesson for students in second or late first grade, teachers help students explore the concepts of beginning, middle, and ending by reading a variety of stories and charting the events on storyboards. As they retell the stories, students are encouraged to make use of sequencing words (first, so, then, next, after that, finally). A read-aloud of Once Upon a Golden Apple by Jean Little and Maggie De Vries introduces a discussion of the choices made by an author in constructing a plot. Starting with prewriting questions and a storyboard, students construct original stories, progressing from shared writing to guided writing; independent writing is also encouraged.
Because of my interest in the Parkland students and my research about …
Because of my interest in the Parkland students and my research about the benefits of debating, I decided to have my gifted students, grades 5 and 6, do a debate on teachers being armed in school. The steps for their debate were as follows:
Decide what side of the issue they wanted to be on. I stressed that sometimes being on the side you don’t necessary agree with can be a good exercise, especially for understanding the other side of the issue. Explore the issue through online research. Meet with team members to decide what angle of the issue each member would take. Do online research to find hard evidence to support each of their issues and angles. Meet with their groups to review their arguments and go over their presentations. Learn about the structure of the debate Each side presents their argument – all members of a side present their argument (decided by a coin flip) and then the other side does so. While one side is presenting their argument, learners on the other side write out questions to ask during the rebuttal round. In the rebuttal round, questions are asked of the opposing team. Review the evaluation criteria – on a scale from 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest. Each learner is evaluated by a panel of judges (some other students and me) How well did the person articulate the argument? How well did the person use references to support his or her argument? How well did the person ask questions of the other team? How well did the person answer questions from the other team? Do the debate. Get the judges’ feedback. Add together their scores for each individual and then add these as a team. The team with the highest score wins.
A textbook with a focus on writing in the workplace, with an …
A textbook with a focus on writing in the workplace, with an emphasis on audience analysis, writing for specific situations, document design, research processes, and visual aids.
The K-5 Text Analyses includes an analysis of every central text used …
The K-5 Text Analyses includes an analysis of every central text used in the EL Education Language Arts Curriculum, focusing on four specific qualitative aspects of complexity: meaning, structure, language features, and knowledge demands. This document includes text analyses for grade 5.
The K-5 Text Analyses includes an analysis of every central text used …
The K-5 Text Analyses includes an analysis of every central text used in the EL Education Language Arts Curriculum, focusing on four specific qualitative aspects of complexity: meaning, structure, language features, and knowledge demands. This document includes text analyses for grade 4.
The K-5 Text Analyses includes an analysis of every central text used …
The K-5 Text Analyses includes an analysis of every central text used in the EL Education Language Arts Curriculum, focusing on four specific qualitative aspects of complexity: meaning, structure, language features, and knowledge demands. This document includes text analyses for grade 5.
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