Common Core Lesson Plan Activities

Friday, September 19, 2014

L.2.1.E Common Core Activities

A must see!!
This meets 24 Common Core Standards for 1-3
The Mayflower Printable Book and Activities
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2.NBT.1 Place Value Task Cards
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L2.1E L3.1A
Adjective Task Cards
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L.2.1.E L.3.1.A
Adverb Task Cards
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2.NBT.A.1
Expanded Form Pumpkin- Freebie
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Blog & Pinterest Common Core Activities

Vist A Neighborhood Kindergaten Math Blog

Several English Language Arts & Ancient History Activities visit SkoolAid Products

Monday, September 15, 2014

RL.4 Fourth Grade Literature Units

CCRA Standards Aligned Lessons!

Here is a great lesson from one of my TPT colleagues!

CCRA.A.1: Focusing In: Close Reading & Annotating -Reading Skills Lesson Pack: The objective of this teaching pack is to foster students' beginning or basic understanding of how to close read and annotate a text.

L.6.4a, L.7.4a, L.8.4a, CCRA.L.4 Common Core exit slips for the skill of context clues . CCRA.L.4, L.9-10.4a Common Core Test Prep Exit Slips - CONTEXT CLUES - Grades 9-10 They use rigorous grade-level appropriate texts, many of which are on the text exemplar list, and are aligned to the PARCC test. Even if states aren't using PARCC, they are aligned to a new generation of tests, because students have to choose the inferred meaning and then select a piece of evidence to support it.

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Strengthen Speaking & Listening Skills With Debate

Topic: Higher Education in Prisons (Student Worksheet Available) Appropriate for grades 6-12

The first step in starting a good program is to find a topic that students are passionate about. One of our first topics in Stars-Edu was Higher Education in Prisons. Students argued over rather or not prisoners should be allowed a free education where they could receive a college degree while in prison. To many students this seemed unfair because here they have to go to school everyday, work hard and get good grades to compete for scholarships or pay out of pocket, while criminals and murderers get a free ride on their dime. The other side of the argument felt that allowing prisoners to get their degree while in prison helped to make them more likely to be able to re-join society without further offenses once they are released. Many prisoners are released from prison only to commit another crime and sometimes an even worse crime then are sent right back to prison, costing tax payers even more money to continue to provide free food and medical benefits, etc. Indeed both sides had great arguments. Students really enjoyed this topic and had the opportunity to work with a real prisoner who was seeking assistance from the government to finance his education while in prison. Having access to a real prisoner (or at least someone whom they thought was a real prisoner) made the debate even more real for students and ignited a deep passion not normally seen in students of this age on topics such as this. See the opening statement from one of our 7th grade debate students here on YouTube .

Need the worksheet that we used to get students started with their research and evidence collection. Access it here on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

RI.1 Classroom Activities Common Core

Good Wednesday morning everyone! Here are some activities for Informational Text RI.1. More, including the one's here can be found at:

http://www.pinterest.com/starsedu/ri1-ri5-informational-text-activities/