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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Terri Fannin is a fourth/fifth grade teacher at Pearsontown Elementary in Durham. Most of her 10 years of teaching have been spent teaching special needs students. She is currently teaching an inclusion model regular classroom.

Resources created by Terri Fannin

Introducing Simple Machines: A Machine Walk
This is an integrated lesson exploring simple machines. The poetry response part of this lesson serves to spark the students' interest as well as allow the teacher to identify students' prior knowledge of machine concepts and vocabulary. The machine walk gives a baseline assessment of students' understanding. The majority of students originally focus on complex machines; this will be evident by the types of machines they identify on their list.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
By Terri Fannin.