Master Teacher lessons
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Should kids carry cell phones? Students will get to decide as they compose a five paragraph opinion essay.
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Students explore the pros and cons of saving endangered animals through a debate.
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Sometimes you gotta ask for help!!
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Getting to know the new students and setting the classroom climate, expectations, and procedures.
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Thanksgiving is almost here and students have been learning about who the Pilgrims were. This lesson compares what they have read in their Columbus biography with a text on the Pilgrims.
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Students learn that an introduction informs the reader about the topic of the essay and a conclusion leaves them with something to think or do.
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Students will learn how to compose a persuasive letter in preparation for tomorrow's culminating activity where they will compose a persuasive trying to convince me to pick their choice of iPad apps.
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The students will learn the elements of a great persuasive letter as they compose a letter to a prospective Mars astronaut persuading the astronaut to either carry out the mission or to rethink their decision about the mission.
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To support your point of view, you must have reasons and evidence (facts, details and information); to understand another person's point of view, you must be able to identify the reasons and evidence he/she provides.
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Being able to plan an argument that convinces someone else displays higher order thinking skills.
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Students will examine former U.S. Presidents and their roles, responsibilities, and importance in history as we discuss the story "So You Want to Be President?."
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The students will write a five paragraph essay to support their opinions on whether they agree or disagree with the use of shipping boys for royalty.
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Convince me if you can! Students will write a letter trying to convince me that we should purchase the app that they think is best for our 4th grade class to use.
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Realizing when an author is giving us their opinion is difficult. In this lesson students will use a text they know well to help them write fact and then write opinions that the author could use.
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Students will research, write about, and present the PERFECT app for our 4th grade classroom to me, the teacher, in the hopes of convincing me to purchase that app.
