Master Teacher lessons
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The end of the year is a time for wrapping up and reviewing. In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to share with other's what they think is important to know as a third grader.
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21st Century Learning includes the skill of reading reports for information and directions. This lesson gives students their first experience in reading technical reports.
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Today we learn how to start writing opinions by using facts from the story. We are laying the foundation for citing evidence from the story.
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Say good bye to all the pre-teaching and front-loading. Students will use several strategies to learn the meaning of new words they encounter in text.
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Are simple machines really simple? This lesson uses complex text to analyze a colorful text.
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Three heads are better than one! Working together first graders can gain a lot of information from different books.
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Students will use the illustrations and details in the text to describe how plants grow.
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What would you do if you have a tail like a lizard, a nose like a platypus, or feet like a chimpanzee? Find out about amazing animals with author Steve Jenkins!
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Students explore timelines and diagrams through informational texts.
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By creating and using pinhole viewers, students will get an opportunity to observe a partial solar eclipse while it is happening.
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How do you determine which came first, the chicken or the egg? How would a scientist go about investigating this question? There are many different methods. Here is one way to consider.
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What better way of understanding the purpose of an illustration, than to illustrate your own work?
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Learn about the life cycle of a butterfly.
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We can learn about facts and clouds at the same time.
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Students will use the illustrations about the food web or food chain to describe key details.
