org :: Close Reading Exemplars Loading [MathJax]/extensions/MathMenu.js Jump to a Section Close Reading Model Lessons Sign up to receive updates from us. Featured Lessons Download All Send us your feedback These sets of 2-6 lessons include: Complex TextsText-dependent QuestionsVocabularyWriting AssignmentsAssessment Questions* *Not all lesson sets include assessment questions Close Reading Model Lessons The Wind by James Reeves Grades K-2 fiction. View Details The Moon: Research Project Grade 1 fiction and nonfiction (Relevant for Grades K-2); created by Pat Fitzsimmons, Diana Leddy, Lindy Johnson, Sue Biggam, and Suzan Locke View Details Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (with mini-assessment) Grade 3 fiction. View Details The Fisherman and His Wife translated by Lucy Crane Grade 3 fiction (Relevant for Grades 2-4); Story originally published in Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm. View Details The Making of a Scientist by Richard Feynman Grade 6 nonfiction (Relevant for Grades 5-7). View Details Grade 6 nonfiction. View Details
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How to Summarise a Text - Video In this lesson, we’ll work with a sample text. You can see it higher up on this page. We recommend reading it before you continue watching. Now, let’s look at the most important reading strategy you need to use. 1. Finding the Main Idea To understand and summarise a text, you need to find the main idea. Here are some things you should look at: One: is there a title or headings? So, what do you think the main idea of our sample text is? This text is about Guugu Yimithirr, and gives some information about the history of the language and how it has changed over time.The text is about indigenous Australian languages which are spoken in northern Australia, and which are often different from European languages in interesting ways.The text is about Guugu Yimithirr, an Australian language which is unusual because it does not have words for ‘left’, ‘right’, ‘forwards’ or ‘backwards’. What do you think? Let’s look at an important example. 2. What do you think? Five is a detail. 3.
Tools Bill, My wife and I are currently assisting the Amphitheater School District with the training of their teachers from grade K to 6 on the Common Core Standards. We would love to have links in our PowerPoint presentations and PDF files (both of which we give to the teachers attending our classes) that went directly to a portion of the text or an illustration that we would like to provide as part of our lesson. For example, teachers have a hard time understanding the division of a fraction by a fraction. The 6.NS Traffic Jam illustration provides an excellent means of giving teachers some intuition about the division of fractions. The problem is that I see no way to link to this illustration directly, or any text with the illustrations. Robert Springer
5th Grade Measurement and Data This page provides samples of 5th Grade Measurement and Data Activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards. All activities are suitable for use in Math Centers, small group or whole class settings and are designed to provide opportunities for students to communicate their reasoning and mathematical thinking. All files are in PDF format. Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system5.MD.A.1 Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5cm to 0.05m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems. Word Problems: Metric Conversion Word Problems: Customary Units Represent and interpret data5.MD.B.2 Make a line plot to display a set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, ¼, 1/8). Build a Cubic Meter Measurement and Data Read-Alouds 5.MD.C.5 Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume.a. b. c.
Library Of Congress Unveils Massive Common Core Resource Center The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is here and teachers are trying to figure out how to best integrate it into their tried-and-true lessons. They’re struggling to integrate technology to best augment CCSS. They are in desperate need of classroom materials that they can trust. Like a superhero, the U.S. Library of Congress has just swooped in and unveiled an enormous new (and free!) Common Core Resources You can now do a ‘ Search By Standards ‘ query which lets you do exactly that. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations. Professional Development Tools There are professional development tools that are sorted by grade level, ease of use, and written in plain English. Classroom Materials Created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction. Learn More
How to Write a Summary A "stand-alone" summary is a summary produced to show a teacher that you have read and understood something. It is common in many 100 and 200 level classes to get assignments that ask you to read a certain number of articles and summarize them. This is also a very common type of writing assignment in graduate school. How to produce a summary: 1.Read the article to be summarized and be sure you understand it. 2.Outline the article. 3.Write a first draft of the summary without looking at the article. 4.Always use paraphrase when writing a summary. 5.Target your first draft for approximately 1/4 the length of the original. The features of a summary: 1.Start your summary with a clear identification of the type of work, title, author, and main point in the present tense. Example: In the feature article "Four Kinds of Reading," the author, Donald Hall, explains his opinion about different types of reading. 3.Never put any of your own ideas, opinions, or interpretations into the summary. 4.
Lessons by Mathalicious Key Board How do you create simple video games? Students apply geometric transformations to build (and play) their own games. Topic: Congruence (CO), Geometry (G) Pic Me How can you become popular on Instagram? Topic: Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data (ID) Square Dancing What do squares reveal about the universe? Topic: Expressions and Equations (EE), Number System (NS) Layer Strands On Me How do we view and create objects in 3D? Topic: Geometry (G) By Design Why do manmade objects look the way they do? Advertising Aged How much of what you see is advertising? Topic: Geometry (G), Number and Operations -- Fractions (NF) Watch Your Step What should teacher salaries be based on? Topic: Functions (F) Wage War How much should companies pay their employees? Topic: Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Models (LE), Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities (REI) Joy to the World What makes for happy countries? Good Cop, Bad Cop How should cities address excessive force by police? Downside Up
Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water Grade Level: Kindergarten to 5th; Type: Physical Science Objective: Demonstrate the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by an object and and the volume of the object displacing it. Research Questions: What happens when you drop an object into a glass of water? Archimedes, upon stepping naked into his bath, famously cried out “Eureka!” Materials: Two glasses of the same size and shape Glasses of other sizes and shapes Water A wax pencil to mark the glasses A bunch of pennies A bunch of small rocks, approximately the same size as each other but bigger than a penny Other sinking objects A tray to control spills Experimental Procedure: Fill two glasses partway, each with the same amount of water. Terms/Concepts: displacement, volume, compare, predict Disclaimer and Safety Precautions Education.com provides the Science Fair Project Ideas for informational purposes only. Warning is hereby given that not all Project Ideas are appropriate for all individuals or in all circumstances.
In the States Forty-one states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) have adopted the Common Core State Standards. The map below provides information about the process each state or territory followed to adopt their academic standards. Please note that states routinely review their academic standards and may choose to change or add onto the standards to best meet the needs of their students. AdoptedNot Adopted * Full implementation is defined as the school year the state expects teachers in grades K-12 in English language arts and mathematics to incorporate the standards into classroom instruction. Source: Achieve, “Closing the Expectations Gap 2013 Annual Report on the Alignment of State K-12 Policies and Practice with the Demands of College and Careers.”
Get the GIST: A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area Lesson Plan Preview In this series of lessons, students read newspaper articles obtained from newspaper websites. back to top Rhoder, C. (2002). All students benefit from strategy instruction. Standards Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge. Resources & Preparation Content area classroom textsComputers with Internet accessOverhead projector (optional)