This curriculum guide covers six works of Laurie Halse Anderson (Chains, Forge, Ashes, Fever 1793, Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution, and Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving), and contains discussion prompts, key vocabulary terms, and ideas for assignments and activities related to each book.

Based on knowledge of the unit Circles, students see how sinusoids (Sine and coSine waves) get their shapes.

Students will create an endothermic chemical reaction. Students will observe and describe the ingredients. They will measure the temperature of the milk and the ice. After making ice cream, students will measure the temperature of the ice cream (if thermometer is sanitized), and the ice/salt mixture. Students will observe and describe the changes in the physical properties of the ingredients. Students will taste the ice cream, and use their senses to describe the ice cream.

This project is directed at elementary level students, with a first grade group in mind. Students will be researching and discovering what it means to be a good friend and then using gained knowledge to demonstrate what good friendship looks like.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.Students need distributed practice of newly-learned skills to develop fluency, build proficiency, and deepen understanding. This file contains directions for activities which may be used as Cluster 6 games or math stations.

This activity is from Tools 4 NC Teachers. Aligned with 5.OA.2 students determine where to put parentheses to modify the value of the expressions. This is remixable.

This article explains how hands-on science activity can support vocabulary development and links to two books and six web sites that provide more information.

This is a fun activity/game that allows students to :
think
plan
share
discuss
problem solve
rationalize
defend their stance
ask questions

Students will create a paper face and a paper face book. The teacher will lead a discussion about faces and what they consist of. Students will graph class eye and hair colors to assist in noting their differences and similarities.