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American Folklore: A Jigsaw Character Study

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In this lesson, collaborative groups will read a variety of American tall tales, then report elements of their story to the whole class. Students add story information to a collaborative, whole-class character study matrix that summarizes all the stories. In a writing activity, students compare two characters of their choice. The lesson process is applicable to any set of related texts.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Renee Goularte

Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study

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In this author study, students listen to four books by author Leo Lionni over the course of multiple days. Each reading is followed by discussion focusing on literary elements and comparing characters, themes,settings, and plots. After discussion, students participate in creating and organizing information on a large matrix which depicts the main elements of that day’s story. During the lessons, the matrix helps students review and retell each story and to compare details of two or more stories at a time. On the final day of this lesson, individual students choose any two books to compare using a Venn diagram.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Renee Goularte

3.NBT How Many Colored Pencils?

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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: There are 6 tables in Mrs. Potter's art classroom. There are 4 students sitting at each table. Each student has a box of 10 colored pencils. (A) How ma...

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

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3rd Grade Problem of The Day

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Problem of the Day resources are for use of spiral content review in Math class. Each resource has 1 weeks worth of problems-two for each day of the week. This allows for quick, re-teachable moments of standards your students may not have mastered the first time around, or that they need additional practice with.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: KAREN McLaurin-Williams

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3rd Grade Problem of The Day

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Problem of the Day resources are for use of spiral content review in Math class. Each resource has 1 weeks worth of problems-two for each day of the week. This allows for quick, re-teachable moments of standards your students may not have mastered the first time around, or that they need additional practice with.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: JANNA TOLLESON

Elementary Math - Grade 3

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CK-12's Elementary Math Grade 3 is a series of videos and interactive videos designed to teach basic math concepts to 3rd graders. Concepts covered include Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Place Value, Decimals, Time, Factors and Multiples, Money, Measurement, and Geometry.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lecture

Making Objects Move

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Students study the motion of objects by brainstorming and experimenting with the different ways that a ping-pong ball can move. They will then create a structure that can be used to move an object from one place to another. They are encouraged to observe and test their structures, revising them as needed.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Author: Science Netlinks