This lesson is written using the Launch, Explore, Summarize lesson plan format and includes a link to a chart to anticipate student strategies and monitor student strategies and thinking as they work through the problems. Tasks also include a recording sheet where applicable. They are meant to be used as ideas. Please make changes and adaptations as necessary for the students in your class. All of the ideas for the tasks in this bank are common picture book math problems or were created by UVU School of Education Faculty.  If you use one of these tasks, please complete our Picture Book Task Survey so that we can learn more about your experience teaching, how students solve problems, and improve our Picture Book Task Bank.If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact us at creativelearning@uvu.edu or nicole.gearing@uvu.edu.

The emphasis in this task is not on complex solution procedures. Rather, the progression of equations, from two that involve different values of the sales tax, to one that involves the sales tax as a parameter, is designed to foster the habit of looking for regularity in solution procedures, so that students don't approach every equation as a new problem but learn to notice familiar types.

The emphasis in this task is on the progression of equations, from two that involve different values of the sales tax, to one that involves the sales tax as a parameter. It is designed to foster the habit of looking for regularity in solution procedures, so that students don't approach every equation as a new problem but learn to notice familiar types.

Buying a Car: Standard 6.RP.2 Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0, and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship.
This formative assessment exemplar was created by a team of Utah educators to be used as a resource in the classroom. It was reviewed for appropriateness by a Bias and Sensitivity/Special Education team and by state mathematics leaders. While no assessment is perfect, it is intended to be used as a formative tool that enables teachers to obtain evidence of student learning, identify assets and gaps in that learning, and adjust instruction for the two dimensions that are important for mathematical learning experiences (i.e., Standards for Mathematical Practice, Major Work of the Grade).

Buying a Pet: Standard 6.NS.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
This formative assessment exemplar was created by a team of Utah educators to be used as a resource in the classroom. It was reviewed for appropriateness by a Bias and Sensitivity/Special Education team and by state mathematics leaders. While no assessment is perfect, it is intended to be used as a formative tool that enables teachers to obtain evidence of student learning, identify assets and gaps in that learning, and adjust instruction for the two dimensions that are important for mathematical learning experiences (i.e., Standards for Mathematical Practice, Major Work of the Grade).

Using guided notes, students will explain the pros and cons of leasing a car and  buying a car. Students will also understand the costs of monthly payments and why they differ between buying and leasing.

This lesson is sure to sizzle, not fizzle, as students use comic strips to find onomatopoetic words, develop a vocabulary list from the words, and discuss why writers use onomatopoeia.

Learn how to not be a 'Bystander' and intervene in bullying. One in five children in the United States experience bullying where a peer harasses, humiliates, or threatens repeatedly. Bullying can have negative psychological, physical, and academic effects.

Faculty who are new to OER may experience difficulty finding an open textbook or other openly licensed materials to adopt for their courses. Searching on your own is time consuming and the choices can be overwhelming. We will hear from a college librarian who helps faculty find and adopt high quality OER to match their course outcomes and the creators of the award winning OER Commons, a freely accessible online library that allows teachers and others to search and discover open educational resources (OER) and other freely available instructional materials.

Full course of Algebra 1 is presented online by Georgia Virtual Learning. Audio, video, text, games and activities are included to engage ninth grade students in learning.

This may be a helpful resource to support teachers in developing artifacts of learning about contraception and abstinence. Per Utah Code 53G-10-402 parental consent is required prior to instruction in this content. This should not be used for student instruction unless reviewed by the local materials review committee and approved by the local board. Please follow Utah law and policy for all instruction and remember parental consent must always be given before students can receive any instruction on sex education.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention resource, select a variety of diseases and conditions to learn more.

This may be a helpful resource to support teachers in developing artifacts of learning about healthy strategies for maintaining, reducing, or gaining weight.

The CD/DVD Cover Creator allows users to type and illustrate CD and DVD covers and related booklets for liner notes and other information. Students can use the tool to create covers for books, music, and films that they explored as well as to create covers for media they compose individually or as a class.

Turn an old CD into a spectroscope to analyze light—you may be surprised by what you see. Try pointing your CD spectroscope at the fluorescent light in your room, sunlit clouds in the sky, even your friend’s colored shirt to reveal the wavelengths of light that mix together to create the color you see!

Students will complete CER.Phenomenon: What species of insects live in your home?Claim: Students will make a claim about the species of insects that live in their house.  The claim can and will be edited as they provide supporting evidence.Evidence:  Students will take their ipads and take pictures and videos of any insects they can find in their home.  They will investigate every nook and cranny in their homes to find as many bugs as possible.Reasoning: Students will restate their claim, provide 4-6 pieces of concrete evidence, and connect the claim to an overarching scientific idea.imovie: Students will present their CER in an imovie.  They will be required to include all aspects of their CER and record a voice over for the claim, pieces of evidence, and their reasoning. 

Washington County School District Assistant Superintendent Nate Esplin welcomes C-Forum members to the February 2023 C-Forum meeting.

Short information and humorous video collection on the basics of government form and function, among other subjects

Google Sheets wiz Ben Collins shared a great checklist template with a filling bar.