I created this partner game to give my students practice estimating sums and differences.  This game supports sol 3.3a, estimate and determine the sum or difference of two whole numbers.  Before playing the game, students should have already studied rounding.    In this game, students take turns flipping over four cards and rounding the number.  Then, they add the rounded numbers to find the sum or subtract the rounded numbers to find the difference.

This activity can be used before teaching the unit on exploration to allow students to obtain some background knowledge, or it can be used as a review after the unit is taught. This activity uses a summarization technique to simplify events surrounding European explorers coming to North America.

Students will find, evaluate, and select credible sources to create a research product.

This is a quick slideshow to help guide students into better researching skills.

This activity is designed to be a self-paced activity to review students on the parts of Experimental Design while at home or in the classroom. There is a simple experiment for the students to complete to generate and collect data and a second example in which they design their own experiment and collect data. They are then led through the process of analyzing their data and writing a conclusion.

Students will explore literal equations using pictures/images to represent variables.  Students use inverse operations and properties of equality to solve for the specified image.

After reading a variety of nonfiction articles, students will select one article to read, annotate, and complete the Exploring NF Text Graphic Organizer with their chosen text.Students will also summarize their chosen article by creating an objective and true summary including a strong main idea and supporting details.

You are a homesteader who headed west with your family after the Civil War.  Write a diary entry that shows what life is like for you on the Great Plains.  Here are some guiding questions:Why did you move west? What were your motivations?  How did you travel?  What was your experience like?What is daily life like?What challenges have you faced?What are your hopes and dreams for the future?** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

Students match features of exponential and logarithmic functions and then consider which features could change with a transformation. Features include: domain, range, intervals of increasing/decreasing, x- and y- intercepts, end behavior, and asymptotes.

Students will read nonfiction articles on a topic of their choice to create an informative article that incorporates important details, evidence, and uses vocabulary that expresses ideas precisely and concisely.  Students will include one purposefully crafted visual text feature in their writing.  Students will organize their writing in a way that aids comprehension for the reader. 

Students will demonstrate their ability to write an expository text by selecting a topic of their choice to write 3-5 short paragraphs, each following a different organizational pattern.  The writing should incorporate a main idea and important details while choosing language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely. Students should also show the best tone and voice in their writing to fit each organizational pattern and to vary their sentences to make their writing interesting.

Students review domain, range, and intervals of increasing and decreasing using a draggable point to help them find extrema.  Students find both absolute and relative extrema.

Teachers will be able to use this lesson virtually or in person! This Google Slide deck lesson can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint! Speaker notes are included which make it easy for teachers or substitutes to teach this lesson! Read Aloud: Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery *Literacy Objectives: 3.2d) Organize ideas sequentially or around major points of information using appropriate facts and relevant details *3.5 h) Draw conclusions using the text for support. i) Identify the conflict and resolution *Science: VA SOL 3.2: Simple machines and how they help us change the direction or size of a force. *Social Studies: VA SOL 3.1f: Relationships with multiple causes & effects. 3.1g: Making connections across time & place. 3.2: explain how the contributions of ancient Egypt have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, inventions, the calendar, and written language. Hampton Oaks Elementary School (Kari Nugent, Annie Schmidt, Lindsey Bruce, Melissa DiAscro, & Rebecca Fausett)

The student will understand the importance of facing fears and be able to relate this in a narrative piece of writing.** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

Fact and Opinion SortDirections: Students will work in teacher-assigned pairs to sort statements into the correct Fact or Opinion column. Statements will need to be cut apart and placed in envelopes before giving them to students. Students will work collaboratively to sort the statements into the correct column. Alternative: Paste each fact or opinion statement on an index card and give one card to each student. On a whiteboard or poster board, draw two columns and label one as Fact and one as Opinion. Have students place their card in the correct column. Once all students have placed their cards, the teacher should lead the class in a discussion to review each statement.

How to use this activity:Students create a power point presentation, google slides, or album with their chosen family members. They describe each member including themselves by answering six specific questions for each member. Each member equals one slide or one page on the album or power point presentation.   The sentences are simple and go from: “ Yo soy alta y muy inteligente” I am tall and very intelligent; to  “Yo soy de Colombia pero vivo en Virginia con mi mamá” I am from Colombia but now I live in VA with my mother”Each sentence shows a different funtion of "Ser or Estar" 

Teach about the Fibonacci sequence being a series of numbers and which is found reflected in nature.  Students create artwork based on the sequence.

I created this lesson to allow my students to record notes during our Fiction Unit. The teacher will provide the notes to be added to each section. The students will record the notes in the provided spaces. This is an engaging note collection method that allows students to easily follow along with the teacher's instruction. In addition, this notebook will provide a collective study set for students throughout the Fiction Unit.