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Better Lesson: Shadows Shadows Everywhere!
Shadows are all around us.Students will use reading comprehension strategies to distinguish between fantasy and reality.
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Better Lesson: /C/ Like Columbus
A historical figure helps students recognize a specific initial sound, the hard /c/.
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Better Lesson: Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner
School isn't always what we expect it to be! Students will listen to the story Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner. Then students will create their own book cover with their own photos.
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Better Lesson: Yum Yum Applesauce
Kindergarteners write for many purposes. In this lesson, kindergarteners learn that it is important to include recipe steps so the applesauce comes out just right!
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Better Lesson: Words Have Families Too
Change a letter - make a new word. Johnny Appleseed will be the shared text used during this word families instructional activity.
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Better Lesson: Oh My! It's Apple Pie!
Students give and opinion and validate it. Students will express their favorite parts of an apple tree.
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Better Lesson: Apples Up on Top
Sight word acquisition is an important building block in the construction of a child's ability to read. Kindergarteners need practice to learn sight words. This lesson provides them with a fun way to learn new words.
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Better Lesson: Go Away Shadow!
Shadows are all around us. During this lesson, with teacher guidance, students will answer text dependent questions and draw conclusions about the book Bear Shadow.
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Better Lesson: Roll a Question
Roll cubes to make answering questions. It's an exciting and engaging lesson.
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Better Lesson: Sequencing With "A Big Fish for Max"
Today students practice close reading as they look for evidence in the story so they can sequence the events for the beginning, middle, and end.
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Better Lesson: Writing a Simple Book Report With Your Listening Center
You probably have a listening center in your room. This lesson shows your students how to describe the characters and setting in a story after they've listened to the story on tape.
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Better Lesson: Questioning Text
Creating a product and illustrations make this lesson great for teaching about questioning. Students will ask and answer questions about a text via the assistance of a graphic organizer.
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Better Lesson: Miss Nelson Is Back
First graders tell what is happening in the story, but use words and phrases from the story to tell how they know.
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Better Lesson: "Sticky Note Reading" the Art of Questioning While Reading
Third graders will learn the importance questioning has on comprehension of a text. Students will use sticky notes and an interactive reading notebook while working with an informational text.
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Better Lesson: Questioning Text
Creating a product and illustrations make this lesson great for teaching about questioning.
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Better Lesson: Miss Nelson Is Missing Key Details
Where did Miss Nelson go? We look at the key details in the text to determine what is happening throughout the story.
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Better Lesson: Cheerful Shoppers
Second graders love to shop! Students will use their own shopping list to compose a word problem using addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, in order to help them better understand how to problem solve.
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Better Lesson: Using a Coordinate Grid (Day 1)
The students will be learning about the coordinate grid through the use of multiple learning styles and real life examples.
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Better Lesson: Understanding Tape Diagrams
Using a tape diagram is one of the key models for ratios and proportions.
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Better Lesson: The Double Number Line
The double number line will help students figure out problems that involve two quantities.
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Better Lesson: Using a Ratio Table
The ratio table is a tool that students can use to solve a variety of problems.
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Better Lesson: Introducing the Number Line
The number line is a tool 6th grade students will need throughout the year and this activity will allow students to explore and become familiar with it.
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Better Lesson: Places Everyone. Analyzing and Creating Stem and Leaf Plots
The students will be using discovery techniques to learn about stem and leaf plots.
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Better Lesson: Making Equivalent Ratios!
Making equivalent ratios using multiple representations.