A study of "Symbols of America" for Kindergarten focusing on the US Flag, White House, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, and the bald eagle. This lesson can be completed in one day or extended over a week or two.
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This is a lesson on addition with regrouping to help students master this skill. The students will use base ten blocks and play a game by drawing cards and adding that many cubes to their base ten blocks. The student that reaches 100 first will win.
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This is a week-long, school-wide lesson to help Elementary Schools teach internet safety. The Lessons were designed with power statements in mind and then student challenges are given. Along with individual challenges, a button-making contest was integrated and the winning image was made into a school-wide button for all the students.These lessons were collaboratively designed by a committee of teachers and the school community council for Eagle Valley.
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This lesson aligns with second grade math core curriculum standard 2.NBT.1.Students will understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.Thumbnail: creative commons license. Image from Wiki-How to Teach Place Valuehttps://www.wikihow.com/Teach-Place-Value#/Image:Teach-Place-Value-Step-1-Version-2.jpg
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This lesson plan reviews direct and indirect characterizations, which students can use to aid them in writing a character analysis short essay. Students will be introduced to the S.T.E.A.L. method, which they will use to identify a character's traits, motives, and physiological makeup. This resource has been created for secondary levels. This lesson plan can be used to supplement any Literary Element Unit.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment
This is a combination of digital guidelines review, a lesson about being respectful and safe online, and a culminating group project.
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This is a 5 day unit about validating sources on the internet and social media. It is taught so that students understand and respect the obligations of using social media wisely before sharing and the importance of giving credit to creators through citing sources. It is a blended unit with a final project to be done in Apple's Keynote where students will show what they have learned in a slide show to other students in the class. They will be able to practice what they learn in class and become better at research, validating sources, and spotting fake news. Image citation - “Say Thanks to Pxhere - Free Images & Free Stock Photos - Pxhere.” Pxhere.com, https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1361501.
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This is a lesson about the 4 seasons. The goal is for students to learn the identifying characteristics and names of all four seasons. This lesson incorporates stories, songs, and hands-on activities to learn about all four seasons. This lesson is adaptable and includes accommodation ideas to meet student needs. This lesson will take approximately 80 minutes.
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This is an introductory lesson about how to use SER and ESTAR in Spanish.Image of Mexican Flag taken by Mike McCullough, author.
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This is a lesson plan created by Johanna Durham for use in a virtual 7/8 grade classroom on prefixes and suffixes. This lesson draws connections between affixes and roots and how Pokemon names work. This lesson will help students gain a better understanding of different parts of a word.Image Credit: Mikel on Unsplash - https://unsplash.com/photos/DypO_XgAE4Y
Material Type: Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Nearpod
This is a project designed for the College and Career Awareness course in order to help students to participate in a simulated CTSO event. It is based on the Technology Student Association (TSA) Middle School Competition called "Children's Stories." In groups, they will be creating an illustrated book that teaches children about technology. While this has been designed as a 3 day project, there is a lot of flexibility depending on schedules and if you want to give additional time outside of class for them to work on it or more time in class.
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This is a lesson plan that fits the core curriculum for 2nd grade social studies. Students will be able to identify and label the seven continents, five oceans, two poles, and the equator on a map. Thumbnail: "World Political Map." Gale Elementary Online Collection, Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020. Gale In Context: Elementary, link.gale.com/apps/doc/LJQVQK451405211/ITKE?u=onlinelibrary&sid=bookmark-ITKE&xid=c47a5c55. Accessed 31 July 2022.
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Students will be learning how to successfully code a robot. Each student will pick a card and locate that number on a board. They will need to break down each individual step to sequence the bee-bot to the correct spot. Core standards:Algorithms and ProgrammingComputational ThinkingStandard K.CT.1Decompose problems into smaller manageable parts to better understand them.
Material Type: Interactive, Lesson
This Nearpod resource allows students to explore the life and history of Shakespeare and helps them prepare to read the tragic play, Hamlet. This resource has interactive discussion boards, short assessments, matching games, virtual tours, and informative videos to help students learn about Shakespeare. This resource can be completed in a class setting or assigned to individual students as a homework assignment. This resource will give them the needed background information to understand and enjoy reading Shakespeare.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Interactive, Lecture Notes, Lesson
Students will develop a deeper understanding of idioms. This lesson aligns with the core standard:Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.This lesson includes video, Nearpod, class discussion, and independent work.Preview image taken from: https://nearpod.com/t/english-language-arts/5th/idioms-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-L38568952
Material Type: Interactive, Lesson Plan, Nearpod
This is an interactive 3rd grade lesson plan to reinforce 3.MD.5, 3.MD.6, and 3.MD.7 the concept of area. This lesson will most likely span over the course of a couple of days. Thumbnail "farm scene" by Christian Collins, Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 2.0.
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This lesson is for students who are very familiar with CSfirst or Scratch, and is intended to deepen and assess their familiarity with the blockly code language used in both. First the class discusses what "reverse engineering" is and why is is beneficial to them. Then, they will work in groups to recreate an example scene playing on the main screen, one sprite at a time. At the end, the students will compare their work to the code from the example project and discuss any differences that make the code work better, worse, or more efficiently. They will share the link to their group project to turn it in.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan
This is a final lesson in a unit teaching German food and drink vocabulary and restaurant customs and vocabulary. Students will review the target vocabulary and create a story to present to the class and demonstrate their knowledge of the vocabulary and understanding of German restaurant customs.Utah World Languages Core Standards for ProficiencyLearning Indicator NH.IC.5I can interact with others in everyday situations. c. I can order a meal.Learning Indicator NM.PS.2I can express my likes and dislikes using words, phrases, and memorized expressions. c. I can state my favorite foods and drinks and those I don't like.Learning Indicator NM.PS.5I can present simple information about something I learned using words, phrases, and memorized expressions. c. I can talk about animals, colors, foods, historical figures, or sports based on pictures or photos.Thumbnail photo "Woman buys fruits at a German food market in Munich Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt" by verchmarco is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Material Type: Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Module, Simulation
