Google Sheets platform for small groups of students to record/share their discussions as they evolve their understanding of any topic, along with a Google Slides slideshow that teaches how to use the Google Sheets Group Discussion Form while small groups of students explore/discover how to generate each next row of Pascal's Triangle.

In this lesson, the teacher will show a variety of activities related to note writing that can be incorporated into the classroom throughout the year to promote authentic writing among students. Model note writing in context by taking advantage of opportunities that come up in the classroom both to read actual notes and to think aloud while writing them. Read books featuring notes, discuss why the notes were written, and copy the notes for classroom display. Enlist families in the fun by asking students to collect notes from home to share with the class.

Learners compare a life-size drawing of a Tyrannosaurus rex head and a full-size Sinornithosaurus body to understand that dinosaurs varied in size. Learners trace individual pieces of a dinosaur on paper and then work together as a group to arrange the pieces of the "puzzle". This is an opportunity to understand scale drawings as well as learn how to work as a group.

In this lesson, students introduce each other to the characters from The Canterbury Tales in order to grant background information before reading the tales. Students work in groups to read, analyze, and present on one of the characters from the Tales along with that character's story.