Students reflect on their school year, creating a digital scrapbook consisting of images and text to present to their school community.
Making Memories: An End-of-Year Digital Scrapbook
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Creating an Online Community Through Electronic Portfolios
9 - 12
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| Recurring Lesson
Students publish their work in an electronic portfolio, which enables them to respond to each other's content online.
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Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community
3 - 6
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| Standard Lesson
Conversation and cooperation bring out the best in students when they hold dialogues about their individual strengths, abilities, and talents.
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Using Technology to Analyze and Illustrate Symbolism in Night
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Images have power—they can trigger memories or symbolize abstract ideas. Students put the power of images to the test as they analyze symbolism in Night and create symbolic photomontages.
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Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Recurring Lesson
Students learn that dogs are more than just pets in this lesson, which teaches them to use research and vocabulary-acquisition strategies to learn and write about working dogs.
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All About Our Town: Using Brochures to Teach Informational Writing
2 - 4
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Students explore their towns' landmarks, symbols, and people; look at brochures and other informational tools; practice writing for a specific audience and revising; and work collaboratively to create a brochure.
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The Pros and Cons of Discussion
9 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
Students use a Discussion Web to engage in meaningful discussion of the question, "Are people equal?"
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Exploring and Sharing Family Stories
6 - 8
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Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.
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And the Question Is... Evaluating the Validity of a Survey
9 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
In this lesson, students learn to ask the right questions about the validity of surveys.
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Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
Students learn haiku
write descriptive poems
and share with the class.
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MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
9 - 12
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This assignment will go viral with students as they think about the meanings of words and images in public service announcements from YouTube before creating a PSA of their own.
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A World of Readers: Libraries Around the World
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Bookworms will enjoy the bytes they find in this lesson as they research and share information about online library services in places around the world.
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Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning
6 - 8
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Students take their ideas from the classroom page to the community pavement when they participate in a service-learning project based on their multimedia presentations.
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Reading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
Students get to write a whale of a tale when they complete a graphic organizer sequencing the journey of a mountain fish to a polluted waterway.
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Read a Song: Using Song Lyrics for Reading and Writing
K - 2
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
This lesson will be music to the students' ears when they hear that they get to read song lyrics and compose original lyrics for a familiar song.
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Developing Story Structure With Paper-Bag Skits
6 - 8
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Lights, camera, action, and a bit of mystery! In this lesson, students use mystery props in a skit bag to create and perform in short, impromptu skits.
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Safety Tips With Officer Buckle and Gloria
K - 2
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Safety first! In this lesson, students take the lessons taught by Officer Buckle and Gloria to heart as they explore safety in everyday situations.
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Censorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues
9 - 12
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Students examine propaganda and media bias, research a variety of banned and challenged books, choose a side of the censorship issue, and support their position through an advertising campaign.
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E-pals Around the World
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
With e-pals, students develop real-life writing and social experiences, learn the format of a friendly letter and parts of an e-mail message, and discover other cultures, languages, and geographic areas.
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Fighting Injustice by Studying Lessons of the Past
6 - 8
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Social injustice occurs every day all over the world. In this lesson, students research a few historical examples of social injustice, including the Holocaust, the Trail of Tears, and Japanese internment.