River Dell Regional School District
Nutrition Project
A salad of nutrition-themed videos can be enjoyed by your health class as a wrap-up to the nutrition unit. Groups select a topic and create a two-three minute skit or commercial to be filmed and shared. If you assign each group a...
Curated OER
Designing Machines
Students explore simple and compound machines. In groups of four students, they design a compound machine using K'NEX that has a stated purpose and consists of at least two simple machines.
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Top Secret Rule Reasons!
Students read the book The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups and write their own story based on a rule that grown-ups put upon kids. In this writing lesson plan, students focus on the trait of voice.
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The "Real" Fairy Tales
Students write a Fairy Tale from the point of view of the "bad guy".
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Literature Board Games
Students create board games out of pieces of literature they have read. They work together to develop rules and elements of the game. They are to use as many elements of the story as possible. They play each game as a class.
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Selling, Spending, or Saving
Students examine and discuss vocabulary dealing with finances. They write and develop commercials promoting savings practices and spending habits that incorporate emotional appeals.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Intersections: Inspiration and Creativity
Where does artistic inspiration come from? A series on NPR about the influence of artists on other artists helps to answer the question. Inspiration and creativity are shown to flow from an intense study of work of others.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
The picture book One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, written by Kate Smith Milway, takes place in Africa. Here in a Ghanan village, young Kojo cannot afford to go to school after the death of his father. His resourceful...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Top Secret Rule Reasons!
In The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups, David Wisniewski uses a pattern throughout his book. A grown-up rule is shared, the grown-up reason for the rule is shared, and the "real" reason for the rule is revealed in a fantastic tale. This...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt to Regroup or Not to Regroup
Sometimes when we subtract one number from another number we "regroup," and sometimes we don't. For example, if we subtract 38 from 375, we can "regroup" by converting a ten to 10 ones: Aligns with 4.NBT.B.