Freedom Project
Summary This lesson was written for a smaller classroom of students, so the focus was not necessarily on group work. Students independently read an article …
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Helping the Homeless
Summary Students read part of the novel Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli and non-fiction articles about lives of homeless people and agencies that help the …
Presenting the Fabulous Famous Americans!
Summary Third graders’ curiosity was piqued after learning about various Famous Americans. To discover more, they researched using a variety of search engines. They used …
The Great EGGscape
Summary This project requires students to research an inventor or scientist, create a multimedia presentation to share their research findings, design and create an invention …
Three Tribes at the MSIC
Summary Students will be challenged with a task of designing brochures for the Math Science Innovation Center (MSIC) to advertise new Native American classes being …
Igition On, Cell Off
Summary The students will be using a news article to identify the text structure of persuasive writing, locating information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions, …
Animal Research Projects
Summary This lesson was designed to enhance cross curriculum skills. Oral Language, Reading, Writing, Science, and Technology SOLs were all met throughout this class project. …
Media Literacy and PSAs – 5308
Summary As part of the Media Literacy mini-unit, students had previously gathered data and learned about the different types of media (billboards, commercials, newspaper ads, …
Cosmic Research Project
Summary In this lesson, while participating in novel study activities, students brainstorm and identify topics related to or mentioned in the novel Cosmic. Examples of …
Supreme Superhero
Summary In this lesson, students study characterization, conflict, and theme as they read a variety of superhero material and then craft their own comic book …