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Test Taking as a Genre |
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Test Taking Strategies |
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Many educators have acknowledged test taking as a genre. Students should be taught test taking strategies and skills as standardized tests expect students to demonstrate knowledge in a very specific way. These series of lessons provide opportunities for teachers to work with students on test taking strategies, skills, and reading for a purpose.... |
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Using Technology for Research |
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Writing Workshop |
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1,2,3,4,5 |
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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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Place value worksheets and lessons |
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Mathematics |
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2,3,4 |
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Description: |
Basic place value lessons and worksheets for kids. Place value to tens is the base of place value and kids in grade two can learn this skill. Starting from place value to tens kids can go to advance place value concept to trillions, when they are in grade six.... |
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Title: |
Social Graphing |
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Mathematics |
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Grade: |
2,3,4,5 |
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Students will use the illuminations website to create graphs about their classmates in the beginning of the year.... |
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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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Grade: |
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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Grade: |
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: |
Geometric Art |
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Mathematics,Arts |
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Grade: |
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Students will make geometric art using lines to create a unique design that has produced various quadrilaterals. Depending on age or differenciation for students this activity can include some, all or more of the math vocabulary listed above. Modification of this assignment makes a fun art activity that reinforces math vocabulary and teaches measuring skills.
Materials can be crayons, oil pastels, colored pencils or even chalk. Construction paper to fine art paper depending on budget limitations.... |
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