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Using Technology for Research |
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Writing Workshop |
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Studens will learn how to use the internet to gather information for researching topics and/or authors for Writing Workshop. This lesson can be used for various genres in the Writing Workshop program.... |
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Math Intervention |
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Mathematics |
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1,2,3,4,5 |
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Students use an on-line program for reteaching, practicing, and testing for competence. This lesson is used by the resource department in a pull out program to help students be more successful in the general ed classroom.... |
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Title: |
STEMposium Video Contest |
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Mathematics,Science,Engineering, Technology,STEM |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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*Special opportunity for Silicon Valley Teachers! The first 10 teachers to contact STEMposium have the chance to receive a Flipcam & free workshop in creating 1 minute STEMposium videos for themselves and their class.*
Empower your students to brainstorm their own innovations and improvements for Science, Technology, Engineering or Math education - help them enter the STEMposium contest.
STEMposium is a video contest open to students and teachers. Our contest is looking for great STEM teaching and learning innovations. Ideas can be as focused as a new way to solve a math problem and as encompassing as a new STEM school design. $25,000 in prizes will awarded to the top ideas and entering is easy. Submit you and your student's videos at www.STEMposium.org.
To learn more about the contest, visit www.STEMposium.org or email STEMposium@encorpsteachers.org. ... |
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Title: |
I am a Mathematician |
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Mathematics |
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1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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This project has students create electronic math portfolios. Students will complete a task at the end of each math unit that will document and assess their learning. These 20 tasks will be shared with the other students. Each task will also be saved to a portfolio so that at the end of the year there will be 20 tasks in the portfolio (one for each math topic). The beginning tasks involve taking a photo of the completed task. Later tasks involve taking a photo and recording an explanation of how the task was completed. (Note: My plans were designed with my first graders in mind. Teachers of other grade levels can make the tech aspect more complex.)... |
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Title: |
muffin pizza |
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English Language Arts,English Language Development,cooking |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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Description: |
Students make a heathy personal pizza using English muffin, pizza sauce, oil, cheese slice, and heathy toppings.... |
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Title: |
Cause and Effect |
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English Language Arts |
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Grade: |
1,2,3,4,5 |
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Description: |
Students will work in groups to come up with a cause that fits the effect that the group has choosen. Students can either act out cause or make a statement... |
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Title: |
Action Irregular Verb Charades |
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English Language Arts,Grammar |
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Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Students learn the tenses of action irregular verbs through a class competition of charades. This lesson has been created for eighth grade instruction, but it can be modified for all grades. ... |
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Title: |
Understanding by Design: Totem Pole Sculptures-3 |
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Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Students will be directed to reflect and work on individual and group sketches from previous class brainstorming and orally describing choice of icons selected, what order they will be placed on totem and why they chose icons to represent their culture story. We will discuss different construction techniques for paper mache. The teacher will demonstrate the construction techniques and discuss issues related to stabilizing the structure (use examples) as well as form. Students will complete final sketches get approval and begin construction of their totems. Students will generate four personal criteria on an index card to state their commitment to the project and how they will meet the standards in the elements of art and the principals of design. ... |
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Title: |
Understanding by Design: Totem Pole Sculptures-1 |
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Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Opener Activity. Students will be placed in heterogeneous “Discovery Teams”. Give each team an envelope with printed and laminated artifacts associated with the native peoples their group will be researching in social studies. Have students describe and analyze the elements of art (color, shape/ form, line, space, and value) emphasizing form as they are used in the artifacts they are studying. Tell the group to put their images into any order on top of each other in a vertical line that is aesthetically pleasing to them. The story must flow in the sequence that they have placed the artifacts in. Have the students share out their stories with the class.Ask the class to begin to look for common themes and elements of art in the stories and images. ... |
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Title: |
Football Review |
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Interdisciplinary |
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Grade: |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
There is a time and a place where reviewing material can be very effective in aiding a student's academic success. I have discovered a variety of methods for a class to successfully review previously taught material. Football review seems to be the students' favorite. ... |
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Title: |
Truth and Lies Game |
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Interdisciplinary |
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Grade: |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
This is a fun, get-acquainted activity. Used in the beginning of the school year, during a class party, or at the end of the year. ... |
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