Embedded Files
In this lesson, students learned about surface tension and cohesion by testing water droplets on different surfaces and documenting the results. Click the picture on the right to view lesson plan and slide deck.
Learning Standards:
MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically. (3-ESS2-1)
W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories. (3-ESS2-2)
In this lesson, students learned more about one of the 5 Ws--who, what, where, when, why. This particular lesson focused on Where and the importance of setting. It incorporated a game called "Think On Your Feet," a game that can be used for many different kinds of lessons and subject areas.
Click on the photo to view the lesson plan.
Learning Standards:
RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
This is an activity sheet I designed to get students to practice their percentages using an online calculation tool and the Target.com web site as a way of figuring out "25% off" sales. Click on the picture to view the activity sheet. Click here to view the reflection.
Learning Standards:
6.RP.A.3.cFind a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
4.NF.BBuild fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
6.RP.A.3.cFind a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
6.RP.A.3.cFind a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
This was a unit I helped create with two other students at Northeastern Illinois University. The unit outlines the scope and sequence of a speech unit that encompasses writing, speaking and expression of opinions and emotions.
For this project, we put together an essential collection of classroom books for students to use as research tools, for building vocabulary, cultural awareness as well as enjoyment.
Curriculum and Programs Used:
ST Math
CKLA
Lexia
IXL
Lucy Calkins (Writing)
Page updated
Report abuse