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- Simple interest
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.6
- In this lesson for grade seven, students learn how to calculate simple interest, and research careers in which people need to understand simple interest.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- By Tammie J. Dawkins-Smith and Cynthia Russell.Adapted by Sharon Abell, Peggy Dickey, and Barbara Turner.
- CareerStart lessons: Grade seven
- This collection of lessons aligns the seventh grade curriculum in math, science, English language arts, and social studies with potential career opportunities.
- Format: (multiple pages)
- Imaginative writing
- This plan addresses emerging writing skills by engaging the student's interest in creating original drawings.This plan is for Special Needs students, non-readers with limited writing skills, and reluctant learners.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
- By Ann Franklin.
- 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.
- Hear it, spell it, see it!
- This is an activity to help children develop visual recognition of basic sight word vocabulary at the kindergarten level. The words covered are: I, am, can, like, it, and is. This is a simple, quick activity that adds a new dimension to sight word building with the help of the computer.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
- By Vickie Hedrick.
- Strive to survive: Part 2
- Students will explore the concepts of survival and natural selection from scientific and historical points-of-view using inquiry-based investigations, internet research and other strategies.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Jeffrey Bell.
- What's in a "digital textbook"?
- An overview of the features of our digital textbook for North Carolina history.
- Format: article/help
- The Learning Page: Community Center
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 8
- This installment of the American Memory Guide explores the Learning Page's Community Center, highlighting features of particular interest to teachers.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Teaching "style"
- This exercise works best as a review at the mid-point or end of a literature course. Paired students describe the style of ten authors ranging from "ornate" to "plain," and then compare the authors' styles through a designated series of metaphors.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)
- By Charlotte Osterman.
- Persuasive speaking: A classroom model
- In Arts of persuasion, page 3
- A plan for teaching persuasive speaking in the middle school classroom, with tips for speakers and on how to recognize bias.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- Bird watching made elementary
- Observing and identifying birds can be a gateway to a variety of learning experiences. This primer will get you started birding.
- By Linda Dow.
- Poetry through music: "Smooth"
- This lesson draws students into a study of poetry, using Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas' "Smooth" as an entry point.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Andrea Belletti.
- Letter activity one
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 2
- The following excerpt is from a letter from Mr. Sherlock Bronson, a lawyer and president of Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation, to the Honorable Graham Braden, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives. It was written March 16, 1939. The...
- Format: lesson plan
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Finding, not searching
- You can work smarter, not harder, by determining your searching style, learning more about what your searches return and why, and learning to look in the right place first.
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Portrait of a reader: Ben
- In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 3.2
- A fourth-grade teacher uses running records to uncover individual strengths and needs in a new student's reading.
- By Jeanne Gunther.
- Radial symmetry design
- Students will study the carving of 18th century America and create a rosette design using radial symmetry.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education)
- By Lisa Mitchell.
- Setting the tone
- Building a student-centered classroom culture starts on the first day of the school year.
- By Victoria Lunetta.
- Interviewing artists in the classroom
- Inviting guests into your classroom can enrich students' learning experiences, but teaching students to ask good questions is crucial. This article explains how to prepare students to interview guests and how to teach them to ask good, open-ended questions.
- Integrating the internet into the curriculum: Jan Brett author study
- Jan Brett's books will be used to integrate technology into different areas of the curriculum. The seven activities will each take about 30 minutes depending on the class. The highlight of the author study will be the design of a class multimedia presentation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
- By Barb Thorson.
- Nothing exceptional
- For teachers, the task is to determine which strategies will help students with learning disabilities succeed, both in our classrooms and beyond.
- By Janet Ploghoft.
