Curriculum Review Rubric
(View Complete Item Description)This rubric is offered as a starting point for curriculum review and iteration on the #GoOpenNC platform.
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All resources in Jesse Wharton Digital Leaders
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2020--What is a Table of Contents?
(View Complete Item Description)Students enjoy using the almanac and it is a great way to teach social studies and information skills like how to interpret a table or graph as well as ELA skills like how to scan for information.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Adventures in Tempo
(View Complete Item Description)Students will discover the differences in musical tempo between fast and slow. Students will learn to use the correct musical terms to describe the tempo of each piece. Students will use streamers and their bodies to show at what tempo each piece is played.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
The ABCs of Saving
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students identify the steps for success in saving, give examples of how saving for the future means giving up things today, and set a savings goal and develop a plan to reach it.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
History in Quilts
(View Complete Item Description)The lessons in this unit are designed to help your students recognize how people of different cultures and time periods have used cloth-based art forms (quilts) to pass down their traditions and history.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
3rd Grade Poetry
(View Complete Item Description)In this unit, students will be introduced to poetry. Students will learn about the different types of poetry characteristics through the use of poetry books, prezi presentations, music, and spoken word.
Material Type: Unit of Study
Go Bug!
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students play a simple card game based on the stages of metamorphosis in insects.
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Gr 5 C5 Common Formative Assessment (CFA)- Fractions
(View Complete Item Description)This Common Formative Assessment (CFA) provides examples of assessment items for fractions in Grade 5 Cluster 5. This is remixable if you maintain the rigor of the items.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Formative Assessment
Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding of the Story
(View Complete Item Description)This resource, Character Perspective Charting, is an instructional method designed to reflect the actual complexity of many stories and is a practical instructional alternative to story mapping. This strategy delineates the multiple points of view, goals, and intentions of different characters within the same story. By engaging in Character Perspective Charting, students can better understand, interpret, and appreciate the stories they read.
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3 x 3 Vocabulary Challenge
(View Complete Item Description)3 x 3 Vocabulary Challenge Use within any subject Need a bank of at least 10 words from a similar subject. Students will put 9 words randomly in the 3x3 grid. Challenge: Make a sentence using each word in row 1. Challenge students to make sentences for each row and column in the 3x3 grid.
Material Type: Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Vocabulary
Continued Close Reading of Thank You, Mr. Falker: Text Dependent Questions and Vocabulary
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson from Expeditionary Learning, students will perform a close reading of Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. They will answer questions using specific details from the text and explain why they chose those details. Students will also use context clues to access new vocabulary. This is Lesson 2 of 10 from the unit Grade 3 Curriculum Map Unit 2, Module 1: http://engageny.org/resource/grade-3-ela-module-1-unit-2 .
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson Plan, Reading, Vocabulary
Aboriginal Art
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students learn about traditional Aboriginal artwork and then create then own original work of art.
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G5M5: Addition and Multiplication with Volume and Area
(View Complete Item Description)G5M5: Addition and Multiplication with Volume and Area. Contains 21 Lessons.
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From Caterpillars to Butterflies: Life Cycles
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will illustrate the life cycle of a butterfly and compare the butterfly life cycle to that of a different insect or animal.
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