The Calculating Women, TV411's math mavens, offer tips on how to avoid …
The Calculating Women, TV411's math mavens, offer tips on how to avoid credit card debt; "Milestones" focuses on a New York man who, despite a reading disability, teaches others how to pass motor vehicle exams; Laverne (Liz Torres) dispenses sound advice about reading over-the-counter medicine labels and following prescriptions; on "Sports Smarts," three well-traveled Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate how to read a world map.
A "Milestones" portrait traces an African immigrant's struggles as she learns to …
A "Milestones" portrait traces an African immigrant's struggles as she learns to read and raises a family in America; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a young parent find ways to childproof her home; on "Lifelines", an African-American woman shows how she researches her family roots over the Internet and in the field; and for "Book Club," hip-hop star Doug E. Fresh teaches parents and children how to rap and rhyme while they read.
Question Man (Joey Kola) tackles sentence fragments in a grammatically correct dream; …
Question Man (Joey Kola) tackles sentence fragments in a grammatically correct dream; on "Write Now," poet Jimmy Baca conducts a dynamic writing workshop with steelworkers; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a co-worker create an outline for a GED essay on disciplining children; "Straight to the Source" takes us behind the scenes at the popular Bernie Mac show for a peek at a professional brainstorming session.
Newly minted writer Kathi Wellington enlivens a "Milestones" segment with her vivid …
Newly minted writer Kathi Wellington enlivens a "Milestones" segment with her vivid stories of being a female steelworker; "Math Behind the Arts" visits origami artist June Sakamoto for a lesson on basic geometry; a TV411 special invites parents and children to interpret art and symbolism at a Philadelphia museum; "On Words Behind the Poetry," Broadway performers from Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam demonstrate how writing poetry can be hot and cool.
Question Man (Joey Kola) gets the scoop from a former reporter on …
Question Man (Joey Kola) gets the scoop from a former reporter on how to read between the lines; "Straight to the Source" looks over the shoulder of political cartoonist Don Margolies as he practices the art of satire; a "Sports Smarts" segment shows how DC United soccer star Nick Rimando uses computers and the Net while he's on the road; "Book Club" visits a special class in New York where workers learn about the history of the Depression through Dorothea Lange's celebrated photographs.
This one week lesson plan outlines daily activities for a lesson using …
This one week lesson plan outlines daily activities for a lesson using Adobe Spark to create a final digital telling of student's narrative stories they wrote in class. This lesson adds a technical element to the overall lesson and works as an assessment of storytelling digitally and otherwise.
This Text Structure Cheat Sheet includes the following: *The Five Text Structures: …
This Text Structure Cheat Sheet includes the following: *The Five Text Structures: Description, Sequence, Compare & Contrast. Problem & Solution, and Cause & Effect. *The purpose for each text structure *A brainstorming map for each text structure *Key words that are used for each text structure *Examples of each text structure Students can use this cheat sheet to help them identify text structures in nonfiction or use them in their writing.
This is a lesson plan is meant to assist in teaching and …
This is a lesson plan is meant to assist in teaching and assessing students' ability to research the historical, cultural, and literary context of Walden by Thoreau. This resource can be modified to fit a novel unit study, short stories, or plays. The resource is intended to be used in an in-person class with access to Chromebooks but can be modified to fit other class types and modalities.Cover Image: by Logan Hughes on Unsplash
This unit covers the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It includes activities that …
This unit covers the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It includes activities that can be done during and after the reading and a test for the end ot the unit.
This lesson extends over several class periods. Students view a Prezi presentation …
This lesson extends over several class periods. Students view a Prezi presentation on Toulmin's argument and complete an assignment based on the presentation. Students then write an argument essay about the power of prevailing passion over reason.
Join us for an overview of your World Book Online resources for …
Join us for an overview of your World Book Online resources for elementary school. We will focus on Early Learning and Kids, and we will also take a look at some additional features within the other resources. With read-aloud functions, translation into over 100 languages, different reading levels, and educational games there are tools to help every student access content at their given level!
Learn how to use World Book Online features to support Multi-Language Learners. …
Learn how to use World Book Online features to support Multi-Language Learners. We will look at our 3 foreign language resources, Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, Banco de Contenidos aulaPlaneta, and L’Encyclopédie Découverte, as well as features within our core products such as read-aloud functions, translations, different reading levels, and more!
This is a week long mini-unit to help guide students in their …
This is a week long mini-unit to help guide students in their research while also providing some choice with high interest topics. This is intended to be done the week of Halloween so you can share the final product in a gallery walk.The overivew is that your students will be researching a specific chosen urban legend and creating a wanted poster for their "monster." This allows the student to use Utah's Online School Library to research as well as allows students to use Canva.com for their final product.
Identify information from text using titles, subtitles, diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, …
Identify information from text using titles, subtitles, diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, illustrations, and captions by using a preview checklist.
This lesson teaches students the difference between linking and action verbs. It …
This lesson teaches students the difference between linking and action verbs. It has students work in a group to practice using vivid verbs. Then students revise their own narrative and include more vivid action verbs. This should be given during a narrative writing unit when students have a narrative they are writing.
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