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Fcat Express: Cause and Effect
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section helps students identify cause and effect in literature.
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Fcat Express: Contextual Clues
Strategies to help students recognize the meaning of words through contextual clues provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as C(2)QU (See Two Cue You), PReP (Prereading Plan),...
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Fcat Express: Main Idea With Supporting Details
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...
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Fcat: Problem Solving Strategies
This page gives students a guide for problem solving. A list of strategies is presented, and each strategy has an example to demonstrate it.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Emily Bronte: Selected Poetry
Texts of more than 20 poems by Emily Bronte. The poems can be read online or downloaded individually in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each poem has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills and strategies.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: C. Bronte: The Professor
The text of Charlotte Bronte's first novel, "The Professor." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: P. C. Asbjornsen: Folk Tales
This resource presents text of two folk tales collected by Norwegian writer, Peter Christian Asbjornsen. The tales are "The Greedy Youngster," and "Hans, Who Made the Princess Laugh." The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Bequer (G. A. Dominguez Bastida)
The text of "Obras de Gustavo Adolfo Bequer - Tomo Primero," in Spanish. The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre
The complete text of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre" can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 format. Teaching support material also available.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Lewis Carroll
Texts of several poems, two novels, and a book on mathematics, by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The poems include favorites such as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter." The texts can be read online or downloaded...
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Fcat: Baseball Proportion: Teacher Notes
Students learn about proportions using regular and souvenir baseball bats. This site contains a complete lesson plan, which is available in a printable version.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: George Bird Grinnell: Dun Horse
The text of a Pawnee folk tale, as written by George Bird Grinnell, who was an ornithologist who also had a deep interest in Native American culture. The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, the story...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Philosophy and Fun of Algebra
This book was written for young students in the early 20th century. It is an introduction to algebra and logic, written in a humorous style. The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In...
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Florida Center for Instructional Technology: Classroom Assessment
This University of Southern Florida site offers an in-depth look at summative and formative assessments.
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Florida's Role in the Civil War; "Supplier of the Confederacy"
Although geographically out of the main battle sites of the Civil War, Florida played an important role in the Confederacy. Find out how Florida helped in the Civil War and read about the battles that were fought there.
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Exploring Florida: Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France
Find out about the early French settlements in Florida and South Carolina and the Spanish treatment of the settlers there. The site map will take you to many other articles about Florida history.
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U. Of South Florida: Holocaust Lesson Plans
It is recommended that the term Holocaust not be introduced to the elementary student. These activities and lesson plans, however, prepare the student to learn about the Holocaust in later grades.
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Exploring Florida: The Timucua
The culture of the Timucua Indians of central Florida is described.
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A Short History of Florida: Ponce De Leon: Florida's First Spanish Explorer
Read about Juan Ponce de Leon, his exploration of Florida, and his fruitless search for the "Fountain of Youth."
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Exploring Florida: Hernando De Soto Arrives and Explores Florida
A description of Hernando de Soto's explorations, focusing primarily on his expedition in Florida.
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Fcat: Bubbles: Teacher Notes
Young scholars collect data to determine what happens to the sizes of bubbles when glycerin is added to dish detergent. They will practice their measuring skills and have fun at the same time.
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Florida Center for Instructional Tech: Famous People
Students estimate the ages of famous people, then create a scatterplot with the actual ages. This activity allows them to estimate with linear equations. You can access the age data through the "activity" link.
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Fcat: Reflection: Teacher Notes
Students use the coordinate plane to investigate how reflections affect geometric shapes. Can be used by the student, but is also a great lesson plan idea for teachers.
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Fcat: Two for One Box Company: Teacher Notes
At this site students use proportions to explore how volume is effected by dimension changes. This hands-on activity can be done individually or in pairs.