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Glogging About Natural Disasters
Grades
5 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Glogging About Natural Disasters
After researching various natural disasters, students share their findings with each other using glogs, or through poster presentations.
Vocabulary Solutions: A Mixture of Science, Conversation, and Writing
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Vocabulary Solutions: A Mixture of Science, Conversation, and Writing
In this lesson, students conduct a science experiment and later discuss the events of the lab during shared writing. Students explain the procedure in their own words and then revise to include content specific vocabulary. Finally, students reflect on new words added to their writing using the Trading Card Creator interactive.
Sharing Information about Careers with Infographics
Grades
6 - 9
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Sharing Information about Careers with Infographics
Students research careers of their own choosing. Then using Piktochart, students create their own infographics to illustrate their research.
Huge Mistakes that Led to Catastrophe: Learning about Human-made Disasters throughout History
Grades
5 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Huge Mistakes that Led to Catastrophe: Learning about Human-made Disasters throughout History
After researching various human-made disasters such as the BP oil spill, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great Chicago Fire, students share their research in oral presentations. Then students pair up to compare and contrast their disasters using the Venn Diagram Student Interactive or the Venn diagram Mobile App.
A-B-C:  It's Easy as 1-2-3 to Make Math Alphabet Books
Grades
4 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
A-B-C: It's Easy as 1-2-3 to Make Math Alphabet Books
Using the Alphabet Organizer app, students create alphabet books to review math terms.
Developing Academic Vocabulary
Grades
Grades
K - 12
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Strategy Guide Series
Developing Academic Vocabulary
In this Strategy Guide Series, you'll find creative and compatible ways to build, maintain, and extend students' vocabulary across academic disciplines.
Using Word Walls to Develop and Maintain Academic Vocabulary
Grades
Grades
K - 12
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Strategy Guide
Using Word Walls to Develop and Maintain Academic Vocabulary
In this guide, you will learn how to use Word Walls to support vocabulary development and retention.
Using Generative Sentences to Apply Academic Vocabulary
Grades
Grades
4 - 12
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Strategy Guide
Using Generative Sentences to Apply Academic Vocabulary
In this guide, you will learn how to use generative sentences to give students opportunities to apply their knowledge of new words in writing.
Inspire Healthful Reading Using Unconventional Texts
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Inspire Healthful Reading Using Unconventional Texts
This minilesson encourages children to seek out and appropriately react to nutrition labels and to make healthy food choices, integrating science, math, health, and literacy.

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