In this lesson, students learn to ask the right questions about the validity of surveys.
And the Question Is... Evaluating the Validity of a Survey
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Combining Read-Alouds With Economics in the Primary Grades
K - 2
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students learn that what you read in books can really add up when they analyze literary texts for economic concepts.
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Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| 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
Lesson Plan
| Unit
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
Lesson Plan
| 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
Lesson Plan
| Unit
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
Lesson Plan
| 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
Lesson Plan
| Unit
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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E-pals Around the World
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| 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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QARs + Tables = Successful Comprehension of Math Word Problems
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Using census data for an example, students use the question-answer relationship (QAR) strategy to understand and solve word problems that refer to tables and other graphics.
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Protecting Our Precious Planet: Sharing the Message of Earth Day
K - 2
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students discover that they can make a world of difference when they participate in the online Earth Day bag program.
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Getting to Know You: Developing Short Biographies to Build Community
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
How well do your students know their peers? Students transform into investigative reporters as they interview a classmate, compile the biographical data into graphic form, and introduce the student to the class.
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Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students will learn to mind their ps and qs in this lesson on etiquette and appropriate behavior in the classroom.
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Exploring Friendship With Bridge to Terabithia
4 - 6
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students make predictions about Bridge to Terabithia and its characters, complete character studies, and relate the characters' experiences to their own as they identify ways to make and keep friends.
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Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Pop culture and the classroom collide in this lesson when students go behind the scenes to analyze a television series for characterization to use in an original television show proposal.
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My Life/Your Life: A Look at Your Parents' Past
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Past and present come together when students interview their parents and create a skit that compares their parents' experiences as middle schoolers with the students' own lives.
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My Family Traditions: A Class Book and a Potluck Lunch
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Unit
After analyzing Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia by Carmen Lomas Garza, students create a class book with artwork and information about their ancestry, traditions, and recipes, followed by a potluck lunch.
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Student of the Day: Create Sound/Letter Understanding With Names
K - 2
Lesson Plan
| Recurring Lesson
Name games make learning letters fun and interactive in this lesson where students get to know more about each other as they spell out their classmates' names.