Students will read a prompt that includes questions and write an essay about an African American civil rights hero. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read an explanation and an example of noun clauses. Students will then read phrases and write sentences using noun clauses. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a description and an example of personification. Students will then read phrases and write words and paragraphs that use personification. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

In this Math video lesson on rates, students will explore ways of writing rates, then, they will develop arguments for comparing and making conclusions about them; finally, they formalize their ideas by making justifications recording the data in complete sentences. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

In this area and perimeter video lesson, students will find perimeter and area of various shapes when given fixed area, then, after addressing posible students' missconceptions they will use the formulas in a practical context for solving real life problems. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners. Students will design an ideal playground utilizing mathematical principles in this SIOP based lesson plan. Student rubrics are included.

This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners. Students will study various aspects of atomic theory and elements and incorporate language objectives in this SIOP unit. The resource includes targeted vocabulary, student worksheets, and activities across all language domains.

This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners. This SIOP unit/lesson set contains instructions, pacing guide, slides, bilingual word cards and student activities. Students will study ecology and access the information in an appropriately modified format.

This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners. Students will study genetics and sexual v. asexual reproduction in this SIOP based lesson. The resource includes instructions, a pacing guide, slides, vocabulary cards, and student activities.

This resource supports the English language development of English language learners. Students help Detective LePlant to solve the mystery of plant life and will identify the different parts of plants, what each part does, and how plants grow. The case has a case brief, facts, a quiz, and activities. This is available in Spanish, also.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. This lesson plan guides students through a process of evaluating John Locke’s theory of “living in a natural sate”. Students discuss and learn about three basic freedoms: life, liberty, and property through a mix of brainstorming, framed discussion, and writing techniques designed especially for English Language Learners. The lesson includes links to PDF handouts.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson, students examine the roles of women in the Revolutionary War era. Working in groups, students work make predictions about the contributions of a specific female patriot. The lesson provides a graphic organizer, cooperative grouping, and a think-aloud to support English language learners. Then students write a paragraph to demonstrate their new knowledge.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson, students describe the steps people took to eliminate segregation in U.S. schools. Students use a graphic organizer to analyze primary source photographs as a class, in pairs, and individually. After comparing their work in groups, students write a paragraph citing evidence from their graphic organizer to explain their understanding.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. This online activity follows a young slave's escape from a Kentucky plantation. At each of the four "stops" on this journey, students can listen to audio support of the reading, read primary source quotes, listen to an audio slideshow of primary source images, and write about what they've learned. The teacher's guide provides background information, a Words to Know list, discussion questions, and extension activities.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. This lesson plan guides English Language Learners through the process of analyzing primary sources. This lesson includes Civil War Photographs from the National Archives, however the activity can be used with any topic of study. The lesson includes links to PDF handouts.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson plan, students analyze visual and textual primary sources to determine the extent to which African-Americans freed themselves versus the extent to which Abraham Lincoln ended slavery. The site includes links to primary source documents (including one from North Carolina), analysis worksheets for each document, and graphic organizers to support the lesson. The lesson includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities.

This article gives background information on the Iditarod race in Alaska and shows how the race can be used in Grades K-5 classrooms to incorporate science, geography and language arts. The author provides links to resources that involve reading expository tests and writing assignments as well as working with real-time data. The article appears in the free, online magazine Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears.

In this story, the main character, Margaret is affected by the loss of her father and then the loss of her best friend who moves away. As she adapts to that change she discovers new talents and new friends. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments;

In this lesson, students participate in learning clubs, a grouping system used to organize active learning events based on student-selected areas of interest. Guided by the teacher, students select content area topics and draw on multiple texts—including websites, printed material, video, and music—to investigate their topics. Students then have the opportunity to share their learning using similar media, such as learning blogs.

In this lesson, students combine vocabulary exploration with word play by planning their own vocabulary parade, modeled on the activities in the text after a read-aloud of the picture book, Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster. Students brainstorm a list of vocabulary terms from a recent unit of study and then design concrete ways to illustrate the terms. The presentation of terms can be in the form of a parade, or a video, which might play during parent conferences or open house.