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- Pattern block addition
- Students will practice addition, problem solving, and writing equations in the context of a fun and challenging pattern game.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
- By Dawn Potter.
- Patterns galore!
- Students will create patterns using Kidspiration software.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics)
- By Michele Tipton.
- Fractional parts with pattern blocks
- Through this lesson students will understand that fractions are part of a whole. Students will identify halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, eights of a whole. They will use terms numerator, denominator and write fractions from models of fractions. Also, they will use sheets of paper to fold for different size fractions and label each part to see proportion size from least to greatest or greatest to least.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Brenda Collins.
- Exploring patterns you can feel and hear
- The following lesson will enable students to develop tactile and auditory patterns. As students observe, analyze, and make predictions about patterns they will enhance their problem-solving and reasoning skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Carlene M. White.
- Super shape shifter
- Students learn shapes and put them together to make other shapes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
- By Becky Woolard.
- Dino-rhythms
- Students will read rhythm notations written on dinosaur shapes, discover how to play two digit number patterns, create their own rhythm patterns and play rhythms on unpitched percussion instruments.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Music Education)
- By Amy Snyder.
- Topkapi gate
- An Islamic gate that has Arabic writing all over it inlaid in gold against the stone. The gate has long horizontal rectangular blocks laid out in a pattern like a washboard, with a seal at the top. Each of the blocks has the gold writing in it and is outlined...
- Format: image/photograph
- Describing words: Go Away, Big Green Monster
- The students will use describing words in their writing based on the book Go Away, Big Green Monster while integrating math concepts about shapes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Paula Jennings.
- Try to see it my way; I'll try to see it yours
- This lesson includes guided class discussion and a hands-on activity demonstrating the importance of clear communication in avoiding misunderstanding and conflict. Students use wooden blocks in a building activity that allows them to actually experience the difference in their own and another student's perception and understanding of verbal building instructions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Guidance)
- By Karen Osborne-Rowland.
- Entry way in Tzintzuntzan, Mexico
- An interior courtyard is seen through an open wooden door. A stone-tiled floor is laid out in a diamond pattern inside the doorway. Several potted plants are trees fill the courtyard. Tzintzuntzan is a small town near Pátzcuaro, Mexico in the state of Michoacán....
- Format: image/photograph
- Folklife
- Students will learn North Carolina folklore, traditions, war activities, local legends, superstitions, food preparation traditions, art, songs and dances which are unique to the area.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Carolyn Early.
- Experience ABA form
- This lesson will help students understand ABA Form. Through listening activities, they will be able to distinguish the "A" section from the "B" section and the return of the "A" section. Other activities will also be used for illustration.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–5 Music Education)
- By Lisa Qualls.
- Reindeer boots
- Children will use problem-solving techniques to answer the question, “How many boots will Santa need for his reindeer?”
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
- By Vanette Hann.
- Design
- Both math and art include elements of design. Explore the relationship between form and function as well as pattern, shape, and space using these educational resources.
- Format: bibliography/help
- "Eggs-tra" special sounds
- Students will identify, compare, and classify the sounds made by plastic eggs filled with rice, pebbles, and salt. They will graph the results of their discoveries. They will then compose and tape sound pieces illustrating dynamic levels they discovered. Finally they will construct their own "maraca" using plastic eggs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education)
- By Sondra Edwards.
- Instruments in action
- Students will demonstrate mastery of eight measures of four beats by speaking, moving and playing. They will classify instruments metals, woods, scrapers, ringers, shakers, etc.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education)
- By Jeanne Anderson.
- Nature's checks and balances
- This unit introduces students to several essential understandings. They will learn that plants and animals depend on one another for survival and organisms interact within nature to create a balance. They will also learn that humans can influence and manipulate nature.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Nicolette Heise.
- Weather is the word-o
- Using an integrated curriculum, this unit plan provides sixteen fun-filled weather activities to familiarize students with sun, rain, snow, and wind. Each of the activities will take approximately 30 minutes over a three week period.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- The Belk brothers' department stores
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.13
- When Henry and John Belk opened their first department store in Charlotte in 1895, the idea of buying everything under one roof -- and always for cash, not store credit -- was new to consumers. This excerpt from the history of Belk, Inc., tells the story of Henry Belk, his first store in Monroe, and the Belk Bros. stores in downtown Charlotte.
- Format: book
- Becoming an online teacher
- For even the most experienced classroom teacher, teaching online requires a thoughtful transition to the new environment.
- Format: article
- By Bobby Hobgood.
