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Tae-Bo
Seventh graders explore physical fitness by performing Tae Bo. In this physical education lesson, 7th graders practice using mixed martial arts techniques by completing a Tae Bo fitness exercise in class. Students reflect on...
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Mock Standing Committee
Students participate in standing committees to explore controversial issues. They research the issue in order to develop a perspective on the topic.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students explore fact families. In this math lesson, students use links to model a fact family. Students solve addition and subtraction problems.
Curated OER
Big and Small Decisions
Fifth graders design a restaurant and investigate how group members work together when making decisions.
Curated OER
Upside-Down Books
Learners read various examples of literature. In groups, they brainstorm a list of views that go against what was in one of the stories. They illustrate the opposite ideas and compile them into a class book. They use each other to...
Curated OER
The Cost of Art
Fourth graders experience difficult situations where they need to choose values. This lesson provides students with a role-playing opportunity to discover alternative ways of approaching these situations.
Curated OER
The Dot and Dashy Language
Students examine and discuss the Morse Code. In small groups they develop messages using Morse code and take turns decipering the messages.
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Things About Me
Young scholars watch as the teacher explains how to use a storyboard to plan a PowerPoint presentation. They examine how to use clip art, background colors, and at least one transition before creating a PowerPoint presentation according...
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Which One Doesn't Belong?
Third graders identify words that are related with 80% accuracy. Given a list of four vocabulary words, 3rd graders identify specific relationships between three of the four words. They also identify which of the four words are not...
LD Online
Ld Online: Strategies for Composition in the Writing Process
An extensive discourse on strategies to teach writing skills to learning disabled children. Authors have developed an approach known as self-regulated strategy development (SRSD). In this paper they elaborate on the research they...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Vocabulary Self Collection Strategy
Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to compose their own vocabulary lists by selecting words that are unfamiliar to them. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Critical Reading: Reading Strategies
This lesson plan focuses on reading strategies including scanning, skimming, SQ3R, High-5 Reading Strategies, technology, and rhetorical context. It includes text information and videos.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Looking at Punctuation
This activity engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to high interest articles. Students will participate in reading aloud from various texts and analyzing punctuation in sentences. Students will follow author...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Time Management as a Learning Strategy
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing time management straight to your fingertips. This interactive lesson includes fabulous resources regarding self-assessment and managing your stressors.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Success Skills: Writing in College
Although this lesson focuses on college writing, it fits perfectly into the high school curriculum without being too difficult to understand. It provides types of essay writing assignments and how to handle each, strategies for writing...
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Reading and Writing Project: Oral Reading Benchmark [Pdf]
Reading and Writing Project provides a benchmark document for oral reading to help assess students word recognition and comprehension abilities.
Other
Exemplars: Thermometer Rubric
This rubric is appropriate to use with older students. It features a way for students to self-assess by drawing a line on the thermometer. Teachers could also assess using the same thermometer rubric.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Critical Reading: Vocabulary
This lesson focuses on increasing your vocabulary including using context clues, dictionaries, and your working vocabulary. It also offers two videos with strategies for enhancing your vocabulary.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Challenge Your Top Students
Here are 10 ways to meet the needs of your advanced learners and help the rest of your class too! You decide which strategies are the best match for your students' needs and your teaching style.
Other
Criteria for Authentic Project Based Learning
Check out this site to view a comprehensive list of criteria for project-based learning. This simple list is the perfect resource for parents, teachers, and students.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Author's Purpose
Learn about author's purpose and then answer some self-assessment questions after the lesson. Continue clicking the next button to get to more information.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Cause and Effect Activity
Learn about cause and effect, and then answer some self-assessment questions after the lesson.
Other
E Learning Developers' Journal: What Is Personalized Learning [Pdf]
This article takes on the complex issues of designing personalized learning strategies for web learning instruction and environments. What do students do when teachers are not there to provide motivation, direction, goal setting and...