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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: 1975 federal law (amended in 1997) under which schools must guarantee that all children with disabilities receive "free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment." The statute requires that children with disabilities be educated with children who are not disabled, and that removal from the regular classroom may occur only when the nature or severity of the disability interferes with the successful delivery of aid and services.

"So what?" details: Students will learn that adding details to a piece of writing doesn't make it better if the details are "So What?" details. Details and elaboration should be related to the main idea and should move the story along in an interesting manner.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Plain Polly: Adding relevant details: This instructional technique creates a lasting visual image of how relevant details help develop a character and a focus. Students learn to add only details that are related to the main idea of a “Plain Polly” stick figure. These mascots serve as reminders to students to be selective with the details they use to support their main idea.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

"I Declare, I believe this document May Flower!": The learner will apply ideas of self-government as expressed in America's founding documents. To be used with/for SLD and other exceptional students.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies); By Gary Peterson.

A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye Hills, 1651: John Farrer's 1651 map of Virginia shows the Pacific Ocean just beyond the Appalachian mountains. (Note that west is at the top of this map.) Farrer's conception of the continent may have been influenced by the idea that a "Sea of Verrazano" split North America...; Format: image/map

Energy: Concepts and careers: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 3.9; In this lesson for grade 6, students will analyze the law of conservation of energy and will apply energy concepts to skateboarding. Students will also explore careers related to energy.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); By April Galloway and Christine Scott.

The law and disabilities: A brief overview of two major laws — the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 — that protect students with disabilities in schools.; By Margaret P. Weiss.

Maritime forest residences: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 19; Building a house on a salt marsh may not be wise decision, but if you must live on a barrier island, building in the other major vegetated habitat is probably the best choice you have. Figure 16 shows a house sited within the maritime forest. Note how the...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

The four factors of production: Students will learn to identify and explain the four factors of production: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By penn pace.

Saving the environment through picture books: This lesson looks at environmental issues and man's relationship to the environment over time using main ideas and supporting details. The content comes from two picture books: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky and A River Ran Wild.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Libba Sager.

Beginning biography research: Encyclopedia research skills will be taught using biographies of famous people. This is one lesson in a collaborative unit taught by both the classroom teacher and library media coordinator; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Joan Milliken.

Vocabulary surprise: This lesson focuses on prediction skills and vocabulary development. Students predict what is in a box from information they are given. In order to determine the contents of the box, vocabulary must be deciphered through contextual meaning. The activity idea could be used in all areas with a few modifications. Science would be easily integrated. Cooperative learning is also used.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts); By Jennifer J. Murphy.

Ecosystem problem solving: Students will apply their knowledge of ecosystems and the interdependence of plants and animals to creatively solve problems.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science); By Kelley Turner.

Jump start your creativity: question yourself!: A short webliography of tools to help you ask good questions.; Format: article; By Bobby Hobgood.

A writing process: This edition presents a writing process through discussion, examples, and suggested resources to help teachers guide students through writing assignments.; Format: series (multiple pages)

"Un viaje inolvidable" (Gouin series booklet): Students will create a 12-page booklet about a real or imaginary plane trip (within or beyond the United States). The twelve pages include a title page, 10 pages (each with one sentence using a verb or various verbs in the preterit tense) and an ending page. Students share the processes involved in preparing to travel by plane, as well as activities enjoyed during the trip itself and at the destination.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Mary Thomas.

Jeopardy-style Media Vocabulary Game: This game will help students learn and review a variety of media terms in a non-threatening and fun way.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills); By Myrna Price.

Bedding planes: In Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont, page 8; The quartzite layers that make up the pinnacle of Pilot Mountain also comprise the erosion-resistant cap rocks of Hanging Rock and the two ridges that separate these pinnacles. This uniformity suggests a common origin of this material, and geologists theorize...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Predicting skills: Students will practice predicting what will happen in different stories and understand why predicting is important while reading.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Susan Bell.

The savanna: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 3; Figures 1 and 2 are general views of longleaf pine savannas in Camp Lejeune. You can see why Captain John Smith said of these habitats, “Of thicks [thickets] there were none” when he crossed these savannas in his seventeenth-century explorations...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

The thirty-second system for managing tardies and misdirected attention: In The First Year, page 3.3; A countdown can give your students a chance to settle in and get ready to learn or to refocus their attention when it has wandered.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

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