The German Frame-semantic Online Lexicon (G-FOL) is a prototype of a new kind of pedagogical dictionary. The goal is to help students learn how words are used in modern-day German. This online resource is different from traditional dictionaries and textbooks because it is based on the German FrameNet at the University of Texas at Austin, a digital archive of how German words are used in real life contexts. As such, students can easily access up-to-date information about the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic contexts in which a German word appears. In addition, each lexical entry provides information about a word’s register, frequency, and related meanings. Thanks to G-FOL’s web-based architecture, the lexicon easily links to other pedagogical resources in digital format and can be updated with new words or new usages of existing words.

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Mary Mathias teach about how to summarize.

This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Nicole Neice teach about putting numbers in order.

This board game reinforces learning about the sources and biological hazards of lead exposure. The first file has the game and the second file has teacher notes, including background information on lead.

Identifying and opening lines of inquiry are crucial to a fruitful research process.  Students may practice this skill by inspecting, interrogating, and interpreting a work of art.  With the "Thought Ladder" activity, students build an interpretation step by step while gaining insight into the way they are processing their observations and forming their ideas.  By documenting quesitons and curiousities, they are able to open concrete lines of inquiry for further research. This resource includes activity instructions, graphic organizer, and teacher tips for use.  

This is a fun bingo ice breaker game designed to get students talking to each other about themselves. Students will be able to get to know each other in a fun and engaging way. 

This resource is for beginning level Spanish learners. It is intended to be used as a guided interpersonal speaking activity.

Dan Meyer has created many mathematics lessons centered around storytelling, along with a methodology for using these with students. Before you do any of his lessons, please see the explanation at his blog: https://blog.mrmeyer.com/2011/the-three-acts-of-a-mathematical-story/ To see all the lessons in a Google Docs spreadsheet, go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jXSt_CoDzyDFeJimZxnhgwOVsWkTQEsfqouLWNN
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The lessons are all CC BY, and you may edit these to fit your own students’ needs. The links from #GoOpenVA go to his own website because the structure of the lessons (including pertinent videos) is integral to the delivery of the lessons. Some lessons are stored as downloadable zip files, and these are noted as part of the link.

In this activity, students will be randomly assigned a point and a slope. They will use a movable point to plot a second point and receive visual feedback via animation as well as explicit written feedback about the slope of the line they created. All starting points and target slopes are generated randomly, so students in the class are not likely to get the same problems within a slide. They will all be practicing plotting points given a slope.

How might Earth's temperature change in the future? Use this model to explore how changing human emissions of greenhouse gases might affect the temperature. The model incorporates positive and negative feedback loops. Ice cover and cloud cover change in response to the level of water vapor and temperature in the model.

Students will interact with a set of two slangs and dialects (1920’s English and contemporary Scottish) to begin to understand how English can be different for different people groups. Then, they will begin to analyze and explain how trying to communicate in this way will slow down or hinder international communication. Students will learn the definition of the internet, how the internet is used to communicate across the globe throughout nations and people groups, and how in professional settings, the internet utilizes Standard English (in English speaking nations).

This lesson is similar to a "Mystery Skype" where two classes connect through a live video conferencing platform and provide critical thinking clues to determine the location of the other class. Once both locations have been identified, students can then ask additional questions to learn more about the culture, climate, language, and traditions of both classes.

Dan Meyer has created many mathematics lessons centered around storytelling, along with a methodology for using these with students. Before you do any of his lessons, please see the explanation at his blog: https://blog.mrmeyer.com/2011/the-three-acts-of-a-mathematical-story/ To see all the lessons in a Google Docs spreadsheet, go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jXSt_CoDzyDFeJimZxnhgwOVsWkTQEsfqouLWNN
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The lessons are all CC BY, and you may edit these to fit your own students’ needs. The links from #GoOpenVA go to his own website because the structure of the lessons (including pertinent videos) is integral to the delivery of the lessons. Some lessons are stored as downloadable zip files, and these are noted as part of the link.

Word study is the use of explicit instruction which encompasses both phonics and phonological awareness to instruct decoding and encoding. Third grade students are learning to decode and encode hard and soft ‘g’ and ‘c’. The Go Fish game is an enjoyable way to practice and contrast between Hard and Soft ‘g’ and ‘c’. The words and photos can help students develop vocabulary.

Word study is the use of explicit instruction which encompasses both phonics and phonological awareness to instruct decoding and encoding. Third grade students are learning to decode and encode short vowels. The Go Fish game is an enjoyable way to practice and contrast between long and short vowels, specifically short short ‘o’ and long ‘o’ (oCe). The words and photos can help students develop vocabulary.

Word study is the use of explicit instruction which encompasses both phonics and phonological awareness to instruct decoding and encoding. Third grade students are learning to decode and encode short vowels. The Go Fish game is an enjoyable way to practice and contrast between long and short vowels, specifically short a and aCe and short I and iCe. The words and photos can help students develop vocabulary.

Word study is the use of explicit instruction which Third grade students are learning to decode and encode short vowels. The Go Fish game is an enjoyable way to practice and contrast between long and short vowels, specifically short a and aCe. The words and photos can help students develop vocabulary. encompasses both phonics and phonological awareness to instruct decoding and encoding.