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Poems: What They Look and Sound Like The essential questions are: What do poems look and sound like? What are some forms of poetry? What is the connection between music and poetry? 1 year 21 weeks ago
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patricialouis
South America: Geography's Effect on People's Lifestyle and Work The essential questions are: What are landforms? Which landforms do we find in South American countries? How do landforms determine how people live and work in South American countries? 1 year 24 weeks ago
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patricialouis
What Was Life Like in Ancient Hawaii? The essential question is what was Hawaii like in the past? Students describe the culture and geography of ancient Hawaii by searching for information in a range of resources and combining information and visuals from their research in the form of digital posters. 1 year 24 weeks ago
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patricialouis
Animal Research Following a class study of the characteristics of animals students will select on animal of their choice to research. Essential questions: What characteristics do you already know about your animal? How can you find information about the animal you have selected? How is this animal the same or different from ones that the entire class studied? How can you share your information with others? 1 year 25 weeks ago
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ostrandera
Creating Story Elements Flap Books Story elements are key parts to every story. Essential questions: What character traits would you use to describe the characters? What key details would you use to describe the setting? What key details would you use to describe major events? 1 year 25 weeks ago
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mymkface
Animal Research Project The lesson is designed to teach students how to use the BIG6 graphic organizer so they will have a systematic way to approach research papers. The students will then have to look-up a book on the subject and retrieve the book form the shelf to show they can use the library online catalog system. A review on accessing databases from the school lab and home will be done. Student will choose topic. 1 year 32 weeks ago
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MWPopovich
Explorers Project Students will apply the research process for this multiple class unit. They will read about a particular explorer, learn about their aims, challenges and accomplishments, and will trace the routes they followed on maps. As a group, they will generate questions to use during the "Interview with an Explorer" section. Students will gain practice in writing skills to communicate effectively as they create a journal from the Explorer's point of view. 1 year 33 weeks ago
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mstaton
5 Types of Literary Conflict Students will identify the five different types of conflict shown in literature through an examination of books. Books will be grouped according to their specific type of conflict, but unlabeled so students will have to use their previous knowledge and previewing skills to identify the type of each group. Essential Question: What are the five basic internal/external conflicts that are found within literature? 2 years 31 weeks ago
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msstencil
CCC: Credible Sources, Creative Commons Images, and Citing Your Sources Concepts Taught: A good researcher and writer seeks out credible sources, uses digital images that they have permission to use, and gives credit to those who provided the information and images used in his/her final product. Essential Questions: 1. Why is it important to use credible sources? 2. Why is it essential to use Creative Commons images? 3. How do I give proper credit to the suppliers of the information that I'm using? 1 year 33 weeks ago
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msbecs
U.S. Westward Expansion Students will explore the significant changes that people experienced during the westward expansion of our country. We will discuss the many areas of people's lives that were different from what we currently experience. This includes: food, clothes, travel, houses, entertainment, landscape, wildlife etc. We will discuss why we are even talking about these things. Essential Question: Is it important for us to know about people and things that came before us? 1 year 31 weeks ago
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ms susan