This resource is designed to accompany students notes, texts, and other instructional resources and provide a means to review what they have learned about atomic structure and counting atoms in compounds.

I love this activity, and I think it is a great instructional resource for students to learn about atomic structure and counting atoms in compounds.  However, I would like to add a single modification.MODIFICATION:  Add the following question: How are atoms of one element different from the atoms of  a different element?   This resource is designed to accompany students notes, texts, and other instructional resources and provide a means to review what they have learned about atomic structure and counting atoms in compounds.

Overview:  I created this lab activity to provide my students with a fun way to learn about the components of the atom.  Students will investigate and understand that all matter is composed of atoms.  Key ideas include atoms consisting of particles including electrons, protons and neutrons.  This activity will be done after the introduction of the Periodic Table of Elements. This activity uses Playdough which is and always will be a favorite among kids. This activity provides support for SOL 6.5a in which students are expected to create and interpret a simplified, modern model of the structure of an atom.

Students will read a variety of texts to include Fiction and Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, and Expository Nonfiction to complete the following tasks:1) read and annotate both a fiction and nonfiction paired passage2) complete the Author's Craft Graphic Organizer for each text.3) write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the two texts using the graphic organizer for guidance. 

This lesson includes a ppt. slideshow which includes definitions, examples, and 6 practice  problems to check students’ understanding. Students will learn the acronym PIE to remember the three reasons--Persuade, Inform and Entertain.

I created this activity to help students learn to identify the author’s purpose. This activity is meant to help students see the completed strategy while asking them to analyze what is going on. This allows the students to pick apart the completed strategy in order to better understand it. This activity should be completed before asking students to identify the author’s purpose of an entire passage. When talking about author’s purpose use the acronym PIE (persuade, inform, and entertain). This is an engaging way to practice SOL 4.6b.

Students examine the characterization of a character in a novel or short story to complete the "Autopsy of a Protagonist" slideshow.  

Objective:1. Go over Rules and Court Regulations2. Set up tournament. Double Elimination bracket attached (10 teams) can be modified and website attached3. Lessons on Smash and Drop Shot from UGA. 

Badminton Lesson1. Lesson Plan (serve, overhead clear and drop shot)2 UGA inforamtional video and info sheet 3. Quiz on Badminton

Students choose a character, then answer questions to reveal which was chosen. Practices description in Spanish. Sample game

Students will read a fiction text to create a journal in the voice of a character of their choice.  Students will record noticings about the character's characterization and how incidents in the plot lead to a change in their character. 

 To conclude any novel read in class or as a book report option, students will create a Bloom Ball book report. The twelve-sided structure will require students to answer questions connecting to the novel. Each face of the structure will ask a question that aligns with a particular level of Bloom’s Taxonomy. 

This lesson is based on a book from Reader's Theater. The book selected for this lesson is called Using My Body.  The teacher will introduce the book, and go over the picture vocabulary, and the sight words in the book. The students will participate in repeated readings to build fluency and increase their concept vocabulary. They will be assessed on fluency when they perform in front of the class and for comprehension when they do their cloze activity. 

This lesson is part of a cross curriculum unit based upon planning of a road trip.  In this lesson students research an attraction they wish to visit on their road trip.  After researching an attraction students complete a brochure describing their attraction.

Students will deconstruct ideas, claims, or concepts presented to them, build understanding of those ideas, and show their understanding.

This is a subject verb sentence building activity. Students with build sentences with regular French ER verbs in steps.

Buying and maintaining a car is a project designed to help students understand the financial implications and budgeting of purchasing and maintaining a car. This project was designed by Pam Spots of Powhatan County Public SchoolsEssential Knowledge, Skills, and Processes: Research, some math skills, and being able to find basic information on the internet. Primary SOL: DE.21 

Students will answer the question: Did the American Dream come true for immigrants who came to New York? Students will analyze primary and secondary sources, synthesize new information, and answer the compelling question using evidence from the lesson.  Students will use interactive simulations, videos, secondary sources, and primary sources as they engage in supporting questions throughout the lesson. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to explain why immigrants chose to emigrate to America, describe the process at Ellis Island, describe life in New York tenements, and explain how immigrants helped shape New York culture.This lesson is adapted from the Immigration Inquiry designed by C3Teachers.org: http://www.c3teachers.org/inquiries/immigration/