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5.G Meerkat Coordinate Plane Task

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This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Greetings from the Kalahari Desert in South Africa! In this activity, you will learn a lot about the Kalahari’s most playful residents: meerkats. The f...

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

3.OA Markers in Boxes

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This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Presley has 18 markers. Her teacher gives her three boxes and asks her to put an equal number of markers in each box. Anthony has 18 markers. His teach...

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

4.G Are these right?

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This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Which of the polygons are right triangles? Choose a measuring tool to help you determine this. These are right trianglesThese are not right triangles F...

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

Achievethecore.org :: “High Schools Starting Later to Help Sleepy Teens,” by Michelle Trudeau and “High schools will keep starting too early. Here’s why.” by Dan Weissmann Mini-assessment

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Informational paried passage mini-assessment that includes two articles and one accompanying recording, thirteen text-dependent questions (including one optional constructed-response prompt for students), and explanatory information for teachers regarding alignment to the CCSS. Articles included are “High Schools Starting Later to Help Sleepy Teens,” by Michelle Trudeau and “High schools will keep starting too early. Here’s why.” by Dan Weissmann

Material Type: Assessment, Formative Assessment, Lesson Plan, Reading

Author: Student Achievement Partners

2nd Grade Math Scoot- Addition

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This game will give students an opportunity to review two-digit addition. Students will either work with a partner or indpendently to go to different desks where a new math problem will be solved. They will record answers on the provided answer sheet, or can just number their paper in a notebook and write problems and answers by the correct number.

Material Type: Assessment

Author: Superteachers.com

Primary Sources and Personal Artifacts - Library of Congress

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This lesson plan introduces the practice of using primary sources; where to find primary sources, what they are, how to examine them, and how to construct a context to tell more of the story.Students will:Analyze personal artifacts as primary sources; Analyze historical primary sources; andConnect historical text with primary sources.Materials/Links Included:Primary Source Analysis ToolPrimary source setsTeacher's guide to Analyzing Primary Sources

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Dawn Perez

Avatars and Identity

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Students are provided with opportunities to explore this concept and discuss the importance of using empathy and common sense when talking to others online. Because of the ways that digital media leave out many of the cures that prompt us to feel empathy, it is easy for students to sometimes forget that real people "“ with real feelings "“ are at the heart of online conversations.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: MediaSmarts

Lesson: Stereotypes and “Single Stories”

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In this lesson, students will continue to explore the relationship between individual and society by examining how we so often believe “single stories” and stereotypes about groups of people. The activities that follow ask students to reflect on the basic human behavior of applying categories to the people and things we meet and to think about the circumstances in which “single stories” about others can be harmful or even dangerous.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Formative Assessment, Vocabulary

Author: Facing History and Ourselves

1.G Grandfather Tang's Story

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This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Materials * A copy of Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert * One set of tangrams for each student (see note in commentary) * A set of tangrams for t...

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

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