In this stem changing verb activity the students will color code the French ER verbs according to the stem changing pattern that they follow. 

Students will love and enjoy this lesson based from the popular book, Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel. Within this lesson, students learn the concept of sequencing and storyboards. They will learn the importance of a storyboard by looking at the example in Bad Kitty. Students will show their understanding as they create their own storyboard about an animal of their choice.

Text includes each chapter of Don Quixote with comprehension questions, difficult words are bolded and provided with synonyms on the margin. Quotes and facts are also provided. Each chapter ends with a fill in the blank summary of the reading.

Create an instagram post from one of the characters in the novel :The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket,  inspired by an event,  from one of the characters perspective.

While 4th grade students are learning about space, this is a great resource to enhance students’ understanding of the solar system.

This is a mini lesson on Surface Area.  My students use the Desmos calculator.  It's much easier for my SPED students to put the formula in the calculator.  They are pleased with the accuracy of their work.  

In this unit, students explore the attributes necessary for survival by reading excerpts from Julie of the Wolves, Endangered, Hatchet, and a variety of poems. With each story, students will explore if one needs more physical or mental strength, or a combination of both, in order to overcome an obstacle or problem. Students will also explore how our ability to adapt and make changes impacts our lives and ability to survive. It is our hope that this unit challenges students to think about the way in which they tackle obstacles and the power and influence they have over their own lives.

When analyzing individual stories, students will focus on explaining how scenes fit together and contribute to the overall structure of a story or poem, and summarizing a text and determining theme. After analyzing a story or poem in-depth, students will then practice comparing and contrasting across stories and analyzing the way in which different stories approach similar themes and topics. This unit places a large emphasis on the power of rereading a text in order to build deeper meaning. Over the course of the unit, students will have multiple opportunities to engage with a particular text multiple times in order to analyze and notice author's craft and additional layers of meaning.

This resource suggests having students provide supplemental materials for a 21st century novel, using a Digital Public Library resource as a model.

This lesson is about practical problems for tax on items.  Students will use the Desmos calculator.

Creating a strong thesis statement is a critical skill in writing, but it can sometimes be difficult.  The good news is that it doesn't have to be!  This exercise will help you create the puzzle pieces needed to put together a strong thesis statement. 

This teaching guide and activity seeks to introduce primary sources to students so that theyT can understand how to analyze and interpret them to make conclusions about the past. The primary sources the students will analyze are from the John Marshall House’s collection. All of the sources presented, both objects and written, focus on the theme of clothing during the Early Republic (1780-1820), the period in which John Marshall lived. This teaching guide and activity follow the Virginia Standards of Learning from 4th-6th grade, but may be applicable for other grades/ages.

Help students recognize their habits when using technology using this 24-hour tracking challenge!

This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.

An online pedagogical reference grammar of the French language that combines authoritative grammar explanations, self-correcting exercises and online audio with surreal dialogues and cartoon images.

Students will understand the importance of text features in nonfiction texts and will use them to tell about themselves.

I created this google document to use as a weekly homework assignment for my students. It covers thermal energy concepts such as convection, conduction, radiation, phase changes, and temperature conversions. It could be assigned in google classroom or printed out and given as a hard copy. It could also be adapted to be used as classwork, a quiz, enrichment, reinforcement, extra credit or a warm-up.

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Concepts: Algorithms, Time Lines, Sequence of Events, Cause and EffectTerms: Sequence, AlgorithmMaterials: Paper, Pencil, List of Important Dates and EventsLesson Delivery: This lesson can be used as an ongoing project, or a review lesson for Historical Events.The learner will create a timeline that lists historical events and dates in US or Virginia History. Timeline_Algorithm.pdf

Students will love and enjoy this lesson based from the popular book, The Tiny Seed By Eric Carle. Within this lesson, students learn the concept following an algorithm to complete a process. Students will learn about the way seeds can travel and grow as they listen to The Tiny Seed. They will also use this information to correctly organize the steps of their algorithm to plant a seed.