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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Clutter Cutter

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Challenge young learners to cut the clutter with this fun engineering project. As employees of a home and office supply company, young engineers are asked to develop devices that organize everyday items. After participating in a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Final Topic Selection

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Read The Quicksand Book by Tomie dePaola while taking notes about the story.  Perform a read-aloud, and work your way through the text with your youngsters. With this plan, learners also write about ideas from a previous day, and detail...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Organizers for Students

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students . In this organization instructional activity, students have a general discussion about sports cards and make a chart to answer the questions. Students read the baseball card story from USA Today. Students watch a web video...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Done It?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work in groups to solve various murder mysteries using DNA evidence to implicate suspects. Teams compete to solve the crimes the fastest, while using various scientific methods to accomplish their task.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: How to Modify Teaching for Students With Low Organizational Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Classrooms today have students with many special needs, and teachers are often directed to "modify as necessary." The following article takes the mystery out of modifying your teaching strategies with concrete examples that focus on...
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Organize, Focus, Get It Done

For Students 3rd - 8th
KidsHealth publishes these doctor-approved recommendations for getting organized, staying focused, and finishing homework on time. Advice is written directly to students and covers topics ranging from how to avoid distractions, how to...
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Student News: An Education in Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
Advice for setting up "systems" at home that help your child get organized and stay motivated to keep organized.
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Website
Donald Clark

Leadership: Time Management

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource contains information on time management and strategies that help can help you to become better at it.
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Website
The College Board

College Board: Take Control of Homework

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but helpful list of tips to help high-school students take control of their homework.