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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Individual Tasks

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides effective time management strategies for cooperative groups. Students will work on time management and an aid to with group engagement. SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
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Handout
University of California

Berkeley: Teaching Discussion Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on group discussion-style teaching. It provides links to topics such as follows: Creating Discussion Guidelines, Classroom Activities, Group Work, Group Work: Techniques, Group Work: Design Guidelines, Encouraging...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: What Is the Story of the Word Problem? [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This lesson will assist students in visualizing and solving situations presented in word problems.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Odd Squad

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience when watching Odd Squad.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Cyberchase

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Cyberchase.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Those Darn Squirrels! Brainstorming Ideas

For Students K - 1st
A silly read-aloud captures the attention of students who must jump right into action applying the engineering design process in an effort to stop the squirrels from eating the birdseed. To complete the brainstorming students will work...
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Activity
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Read a Good Book: Creature Craft: Iptv Kids Clubhouse

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Clubhouse friends visit their local library to read and discover more about birds. In this segment, kids take on the role of a bird and create a nest. Working in teams, kids apply their problem solving skills to create birds' nests...
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Crazy Pizza

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson engages students with working in teams to determine the best unique pizza topping to add to a restaurant menu. Students will use criteria such as taste, cost, and nutrition to make their...
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Activity
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about the importance of cooperation. Students will learn strategies to help students work together as a team.
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Other

Problem Solving/negotiation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an advertisement, but it has some good information regarding the negotiation process, e.g., seven steps that are common to all negotiations.