+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Novel Evaluation Presentations

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students summarize and make predictions about the novel, "Huckleberry Finn". They discuss their opinions with the class. They give a one-minute novel evaluation about another novel and choose a novel based on their classmate's...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Homeless

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore homelessness through the reading of "Homeless" by Anna Quindlen. They discuss their thoughts about homelessness and how they feel about the problem. They complete a reader response sheet.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tropical Herpefauna

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore tropical herpefauna. They discuss the story "Tropical Herpefauna...Tropical What?" by Lori Bruckeim. Students discuss any concepts of the essay that need clarification and they predict, visualize, question, and summarize.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Memories, A Connection to the Past

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read four books related to the past and memories. With a partner, they complete a graphic organizer for each story in English or Spanish. To end the lesson plan, they write a short paper summarizing the material and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Erie Canal: Journey Back in Time

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the novel, The Eric Canal, identifying the characters and setting. They respond to daily reading by writing in journals and complete a short answer test upon completion of the novel.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

And It's All for Charity

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students fight poverty. In this current events lesson, students research the listed Web sites to find out how Red Nose Day was established by Comic Relief to raise funds to fight world poverty.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Breakdown

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students brainstorm the causes of breakdowns in relationships, learn the main factors of interpersonal attraction and discuss these factors through learning from each other. Students also explore how the pressures of having a busy life...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Forming relationships

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars are asked: How can rumors affect possible relationships?, How can a celebrity romance help the careers of those involved?, and Are celebrity relationships doomed from the start? Students are then divided into groups to...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating the Idea of Sin

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use sin to solve problems involving right-angled triangles, Solve equations of the form sin(++) = a, for a between -180++ and 360++. They State and graph the value of sin(++) in special cases. They describe some of the ways...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Territorial Behavior in Crickets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the behavior of crickets during courtship. They measure the number and types of interactions between household crickets. Students discriminate between quantitative and qualitative observations. They collect data to...
+
Handout
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Reciprocal Teaching

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers a comprehensive description of reciprocal teaching.
+
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Reciprocal Teaching

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Reciprocal Teaching is a strategy that asks students and teachers to share the role of teacher by allowing both to lead the discussion about a given reading. Reciprocal Teaching involves four strategies that guide the discussion:...
+
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Main Idea With Supporting Details

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize main ideas and supporting details provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as Main Idea Pyramids, Number Notes, QAR (Question/Answer...
+
Unit Plan
Other

Strategies for Reading Comprehension:reciprocal Teaching

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this page to understand the reciprocal teaching strategy that includes the role of the clarifier in student groups.
+
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Show and Teach

For Teachers 2nd Standards
This lesson plan engages students in classmates sharing their talents. Students will communicate information about their talent and then teach their classmates.
+
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Reciprocal Pronouns

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that teaches students about reciprocal pronouns in three mini-lessons: Introduction, Each Other and Each Other's, and One Another and One Another's.
+
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Graphing Equations on the Cartesian Plane: Slope

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
The lesson teaches students about an important characteristic of lines: their slopes. Slope can be determined either in graphical or algebraic form. Slope can also be described as positive, negative, zero or undefined. Students get an...
+
Lesson Plan
Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Dividing Fractions: Reciprocal Numbers

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
This instructional activity studies reciprocal numbers and how to use them in fraction divisions.
+
Website
Other

Reading Quest: Making Sense of Social Studies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...
+
Article
Other

Responsive Classroom: Teaching Children How to Converse

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Conversation skills are important for academic and social learning at all grade levels. This first-grade teacher teaches conversation skills very specifically, starting at the beginning of the year, and provides lots of structured...
+
Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Speaking and Listening in Content Area Learning

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Oral language development facilitates print literacy. In this article, we focus on the ways in which teachers can ensure students' speaking and listening skills are developed. We provide a review of effective classroom routines,...
+
Professional Doc
Edutopia

Edutopia: Teaching Your Students How to Have a Conversation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
While it is impossible to know all of the reasons, there is no doubt that learning to listen and talk is an extremely important way to broaden knowledge, enhance understanding and build community. Perhaps this is why the core standards...
+
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Monitoring/clarifying

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The Monitoring/Clarifying strategy teaches students to recognize when they don't understand parts of a text and to take necessary steps to restore meaning. This technique is a component of the Reciprocal Teaching model in which teachers...
+
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Unit Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Two hands-on lab activities for instructors to use when teaching about the coordinate graphs of the sine, cosine, and tangent functions derived from a unit circle. The graphs of the reciprocals of the three functions are investigated....

Other popular searches