This lesson pairs a magazine article about the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck in 1975 with the Gordon Lightfoot song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." After comparing and contrasting the elements of each text, students will choose a historical event and, using the song as a model, create a narrative poem about their chosen event. In addition, more contemporary songs and current events will also work for this activity.

In this assessment task the student will determine the length and height of a shape on a flashcard. They will be asked to use comparing words such as longer or shorter to tell about length of two rectangles. They will also be asked to use comparing words such as taller or shorter to tell about the height of two cans or cylinders. The 2 flashcards along with directions, a recording sheet and rubric are provided.

Compare the Greek and Roman gods' attributes with the characteristics of our planets.  

This free, online article, developed for elementary teachers, describes a Kindergarten polar science, standards aligned, unit centered on The Polar Express developing literacy, math, and science skills.

This lesson is designed to assist students through multiple sessions with identifying relevant propaganda techniques in literature, discussing persuasive elements found in print and non-print media and composing a persuasive essay. Lesson is appropriate for use with a provided list of novels to include Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

This article provides geography lessons to teach elementary students about the polar regions. Literacy extensions are included for each lesson.

This lesson helps students become more familiar with poetry concepts by using photography to jumpstart the critical thinking process. Students compare photographs to poetry after recording their reactions to each.

This article provides a list of children's literature relating to the geography and characteristics of the Arctic and Antarctica.

Students are challenged to count out ten connecting cubes and join them to make a tower. Next, they are to find objects in the classroom that are longer than the tower of ten cubes. They are to use pictures, numbers, or words to record their work.

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This lesson focuses on classifying objects. Kindergarten students gain experiences comparing and identifying likenesses and differences. These experiences build the foundations for understanding relationships and the development of logical reasoning.

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Prior to this lesson, students should have worked with two-dimensional shapes. Additionally, they should have been introduced to three-dimensional shapes and their attributes with the lesson "Guess My Shape".

In this lesson, students will use a variety of materials to build shapes and use math vocabulary to explain their shape.

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This list contains links to parent videos, student videos, games, books, and activities aligned to Kindergarten, Cluster 1.

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This file contains easy to implement math center ideas for Kindergarten, Cluster 1.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.A Common Formative Assessment (CFA) provides a snapshot of current student understanding. It serves as a checkpoint, and may be used to guide future whole and small group instruction. This CFA addresses 2nd grade, Cluster 4 standards.

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This packet contains exit tickets for the Kindergarten, Cluster 4 geometry standards. Exit tickets are written responses to questions posed at the end of a lesson. They are brief assessments which allow the teacher to determine student understanding of the concepts and skills taught that day. At the Kindergarten level, a blank copy of the exit ticket should be displayed on the board and read aloud to students. As teacher reads, students work independently on their own copy of the exit ticket.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.A Common Formative Assessment (CFA) provides a snapshot of current student understanding. It serves as a checkpoint, and may be used to guide future whole and small group instruction. This CFA addresses 2nd grade, Cluster 6 standards.

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In this task, students are faced with a real world comparison situation involving coins. A scoring rubric is included. The task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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In this lesson, students solve a word problem using a strategy of choice and share the strategy to develop the concept of representing and solving problems involving addition and subtraction within 20. This lesson format may be used with any problem type appropriate for the grade.

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In this task, students identify shapes, describe attributes of shapes, and compare a two-dimensional and three-dimensional shape. This task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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This purpose of this lesson is to give students the opportunity to problem solve and analyze other student solutions while working on adding two-digit numbers. This lesson assumes students have had previous experience with multiple addition strategies and that the class has posted strategy supports.