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

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e-Learning for Educators - Data-Based School Reform for Administrators
Research shows that effective school improvement plans should be based on careful analysis of school data. Review current data-driven decision-making theory; use technology to identify, gather, and analyze data for patterns and trends; examine the role of data in equity reform; and develop action plans in support of their school-based data.
Take this course: Begins February 17.

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wait time
Length of time a teacher waits for students' responses after asking a question. Research shows that increasing wait time from the typical 1.5 seconds after a question to at least 3 seconds increases the likelihood of student participation.

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What time is it?
Students will learn to recognize analog and digital clocks. They will also gain skills to tell time to the hour on both clocks.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Alysia Baysden.
Telling time
Students will demonstrate telling time to the nearest minute kinesthetically. A large clock is made on the floor by using masking tape and index cards. The index cards serve as the numbers and the masking tape serves as the minutes.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Tracy Gregory.
Hands up for telling time
This introductory lesson on telling time will expose children to clocks and how they work. Children will begin to understand how to tell time and how the two separate hands on the clock operate. They will also gain understanding of the concept of time in general.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics)
By Lisa Williamson.
Telling time practice
Students will practice telling time skills using an applet developed by Shodor Educational Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop "Interactivate Your Bored Math Students."
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–3 Mathematics)
By Bonnie Boaz.
Order, please
This lesson lets students interact with rational numbers to create largest and smallest possible numbers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
By Gail Poteat.
Color-coded time
This lesson introduces telling time to the minute using the analog and digital clocks. The hands are color-coded to assist with hour and minute hand discrimination. The student will use the time on the digital clock, which can then be transferred to the more difficult analog clock.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Anne Clodfelter.
Legends: Dramatic story telling
In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 5.1
Introduction The act of storytelling makes learning exciting. Participating in a dramatic presentation of American Indian Legends allows class members to create, learn, and teach. Learning Outcomes Students will select an American...
Format: lesson plan (grade 4, 6, and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Linda Tabor.
Storytelling with Cherokee folktales
This is a two day lesson pertaining to telling Cherokee folktales. This lesson can be modified and used with any folktale.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
By Ricky Hamilton.
The Wish Giver: Cause and effect
Through a discussion of the characters in the novel The Wish Giver, by Bill Brittain, the teacher will teach the students to identify and analyze the cause/effect relationship and its importance in reading comprehension.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)
By Becky Ellzey.
Learning styles: An introduction
Students will read about and discuss learning styles. They will take a pencil and paper assessment to investigate their own learning styles, and practice determining the learning style of others with a story telling activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)
By Pat Nystrom.
Family story with research
Using the book, When The Legends Die and a Native American story-telling unit, students gather a family story of their own.
Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
By Eric Broer.
Pumpkin punctuation
Students will identify different end punctuation marks that are used in a book they read, and then use those punctuation marks in sentences they write.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
By Sherry Harris.
What does it mean?
In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.5
Introduction Visual symbols can be important ways of communicating ideas. Individuals, corporations, communities, and organizations use logos, seals, flags, icons, and other visual symbols to represent their values, share their histories, and send...
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Gazelia Carter.
Story sequencing
This multi-faceted lesson teaches students how to sequence stories. It reinforces the following concepts: first, last, before, after, left, right. This lesson can also focus on carryover of articulation skills to answering questions as well as story telling.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Michele Christon.
Portrait of a reader: Tyson
In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 3.3
Tyson is a student I have known for two years. He was a member of the school's newspaper club, which I ran when Tyson was in tenth grade. Tyson was very involved in seeking stories around the school for reporting in the paper. The articles he wrote tended...
By Jeanne Gunther.
Oral history through personal narratives
Students apply their knowledge of story elements to art and literature of the 1950s by developing a story, comprehending someone else's story, and diagramming the five elements of plot. Students will then create, revise, edit, and publish their own personal narrative.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Mary Magee.
Snails: Fact and fiction
This lesson on snails integrates Science, Language Arts, Technology and Math. Teacher will share a fictitious snail story with students. Students will complete a K-W-L chart on snails with the help of the internet. As a related activity, students will take a poll on snail preferences and graph it.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Jody Shaughnessy.
The wolf in children's books
Students will explore the ways wolves are represented in children's stories. They will decide if the wolf is a protagonist or an antagonist in the story. They will also attempt to determine if these representations are scientifically accurate. The first in a two-part lesson.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Vanessa Olson.
Show, don't tell: Using action words
To strengthen their writing and make it livelier, students will learn to use action words to show how their characters feel.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.
Math Fun
We have compiled some of our favorite mathematics instructional resources to help students develop a sense of numbers and how they are used by us everyday. Students will have fun practicing their skills and trying new problem-solving ideas.
Format: bibliography/help