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Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking
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Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Transform the traditional egg drop experiment as you help students to engage in design thinking and develop empathy.
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Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking
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Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking
Transform the traditional egg drop experiment as you help students to engage in design thinking and develop empathy.
Third Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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What's the Problem?
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What's the Problem?
Second Grade
Time and Money
High order thinking skills are critical skills for students of all ages. In this lesson, your students will create word problems about money.
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What's the Problem?
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What's the Problem?
High order thinking skills are critical skills for students of all ages. In this lesson, your students will create word problems about money.
Second Grade
Time and Money
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Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
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Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
Third Grade
Subtraction
Word problems can be overwhelming to students, but if they have a tool to help them, they can handle it! Use this as a stand alone lesson or alongside
Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
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Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
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Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
Word problems can be overwhelming to students, but if they have a tool to help them, they can handle it! Use this as a stand alone lesson or alongside
Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
.
Third Grade
Subtraction
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Questions that Gauge Comprehension
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Questions that Gauge Comprehension
Third Grade
Vocabulary
Use this lesson to gauge your students’ basic comprehension of fiction text. If they can answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions, you know they have a handle on it and it’s time to get into more critical thinking!
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Questions that Gauge Comprehension
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Questions that Gauge Comprehension
Use this lesson to gauge your students’ basic comprehension of fiction text. If they can answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions, you know they have a handle on it and it’s time to get into more critical thinking!
Third Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Exploring Different Perspectives in Folktales
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Exploring Different Perspectives in Folktales
Third Grade
Give your students the opportunity to explore the perspectives of different characters by using the "Circle of Viewpoints" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.
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Exploring Different Perspectives in Folktales
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Exploring Different Perspectives in Folktales
Give your students the opportunity to explore the perspectives of different characters by using the "Circle of Viewpoints" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.
Third Grade
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Main Ideas, Please!
Lesson Plan
Main Ideas, Please!
Third Grade
Writing
Your students will be introduced to the concept of a main idea in this fun lesson using props to support their thinking.
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Main Ideas, Please!
Lesson Plan
Main Ideas, Please!
Your students will be introduced to the concept of a main idea in this fun lesson using props to support their thinking.
Third Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Exploring Animal Adaptations!
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Exploring Animal Adaptations!
Third Grade
Life Science
Give your students the opportunity to explore the perspectives of different characters by using the "See Think Wonder" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.
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Exploring Animal Adaptations!
Lesson Plan
Exploring Animal Adaptations!
Give your students the opportunity to explore the perspectives of different characters by using the "See Think Wonder" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.
Third Grade
Life Science
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Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9
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Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9
Third Grade
Teach your students to decompose factors as a strategy to find multiples of 6, 7, 8, and 9. This lesson supports flexible thinking and number sense.
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Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9
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Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9
Teach your students to decompose factors as a strategy to find multiples of 6, 7, 8, and 9. This lesson supports flexible thinking and number sense.
Third Grade
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Solving Elapsed Time Word Problems
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Solving Elapsed Time Word Problems
Third Grade
Get your students thinking about how the number line and the word problem are related! Use this lesson alongside
Get There On Time: Elapsed Time Word Problems
or on its own.
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Solving Elapsed Time Word Problems
Lesson Plan
Solving Elapsed Time Word Problems
Get your students thinking about how the number line and the word problem are related! Use this lesson alongside
Get There On Time: Elapsed Time Word Problems
or on its own.
Third Grade
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Explaining Equivalent Fractions
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Explaining Equivalent Fractions
Third Grade
In order to build a strong foundation with fractions, students should be able to explain the concept and their thinking. Use this as a stand alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for
Let's Play Equivalent Fractions!
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Explaining Equivalent Fractions
Lesson Plan
Explaining Equivalent Fractions
In order to build a strong foundation with fractions, students should be able to explain the concept and their thinking. Use this as a stand alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for
Let's Play Equivalent Fractions!
Third Grade
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Making Predictions Lesson
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Making Predictions Lesson
Third Grade
This lesson thoughtfully scaffolds the reading skill of predicting. Students are introduced to the concept and get to practice making predictions. They will apply what they have learned during a focused independent reading activity.
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Making Predictions Lesson
Lesson Plan
Making Predictions Lesson
This lesson thoughtfully scaffolds the reading skill of predicting. Students are introduced to the concept and get to practice making predictions. They will apply what they have learned during a focused independent reading activity.
Third Grade
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Missing Numbers: Math Review
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Missing Numbers: Math Review
Third Grade
Multiplication
Help! The numbers in our equations have run away and left their answers alone! In this lesson, students will review their math facts and knowledge to solve Ken Ken like puzzles and bring the numbers back to their places.
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Missing Numbers: Math Review
Lesson Plan
Missing Numbers: Math Review
Help! The numbers in our equations have run away and left their answers alone! In this lesson, students will review their math facts and knowledge to solve Ken Ken like puzzles and bring the numbers back to their places.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Equivalent Fractions: Are They Equal?
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Equivalent Fractions: Are They Equal?
Third Grade
If you can see it, you can achieve it! Use this lesson to teach your students how to use visuals to determine if two fractions are equivalent.
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Equivalent Fractions: Are They Equal?
Lesson Plan
Equivalent Fractions: Are They Equal?
If you can see it, you can achieve it! Use this lesson to teach your students how to use visuals to determine if two fractions are equivalent.
Third Grade
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Training Our Puppy Mind
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Training Our Puppy Mind
Second Grade
In this lesson, students will practice mindfulness and learn how our minds can be like a puppy. They will learn that we can use mindfulness to train our wandering minds by bringing our thoughts back to our bodies, breathing, or sounds.
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Training Our Puppy Mind
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Training Our Puppy Mind
In this lesson, students will practice mindfulness and learn how our minds can be like a puppy. They will learn that we can use mindfulness to train our wandering minds by bringing our thoughts back to our bodies, breathing, or sounds.
Second Grade
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Skip Counting with Visuals
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Skip Counting with Visuals
Third Grade
Give your students visuals to support their understanding of skip counting. Use this lesson on its own or as a pre-lesson for
Roll the Dice: Skip Counting by Fives
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Skip Counting with Visuals
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Skip Counting with Visuals
Give your students visuals to support their understanding of skip counting. Use this lesson on its own or as a pre-lesson for
Roll the Dice: Skip Counting by Fives
.
Third Grade
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Informational Text: Citing Evidence Like a Detective
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Informational Text: Citing Evidence Like a Detective
Third Grade
Vocabulary
Get your magnifying glasses—it’s time to play text detective. In this lesson, students will learn the importance of reading comprehension and making inferences while learning to correctly label the 5 Ws within a text.
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Informational Text: Citing Evidence Like a Detective
Lesson Plan
Informational Text: Citing Evidence Like a Detective
Get your magnifying glasses—it’s time to play text detective. In this lesson, students will learn the importance of reading comprehension and making inferences while learning to correctly label the 5 Ws within a text.
Third Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Polygon Perimeters with Tantalizing Tangrams!
Lesson Plan
Polygon Perimeters with Tantalizing Tangrams!
Third Grade
Measurement
Teach your students to find the perimeter of polygons using real world examples. They will make polygon pictures using tangrams and practice finding the perimeters of the polygons in their masterpieces.
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Polygon Perimeters with Tantalizing Tangrams!
Lesson Plan
Polygon Perimeters with Tantalizing Tangrams!
Teach your students to find the perimeter of polygons using real world examples. They will make polygon pictures using tangrams and practice finding the perimeters of the polygons in their masterpieces.
Third Grade
Measurement
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Halloween Repeated Addition and Multiplication
Lesson Plan
Halloween Repeated Addition and Multiplication
Third Grade
Students are at the center of learning as they create and illustrate their own Halloween math problems that show the relationship between addition and multiplication - helping them transition conceptually from the concrete to the abstract.
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Halloween Repeated Addition and Multiplication
Lesson Plan
Halloween Repeated Addition and Multiplication
Students are at the center of learning as they create and illustrate their own Halloween math problems that show the relationship between addition and multiplication - helping them transition conceptually from the concrete to the abstract.
Third Grade
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Make a Big Difference
Lesson Plan
Make a Big Difference
Third Grade
Master rounding and estimating skills by having students challenge their classmates in the Make a Big Difference game. Roll three dice two times to arrive at two three-digit numbers. The largest difference wins!
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Make a Big Difference
Lesson Plan
Make a Big Difference
Master rounding and estimating skills by having students challenge their classmates in the Make a Big Difference game. Roll three dice two times to arrive at two three-digit numbers. The largest difference wins!
Third Grade
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Subtraction Detectives: Missing Numbers
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Subtraction Detectives: Missing Numbers
Third Grade
In this lesson, students must become detectives to solve for the missing number in each subtraction problem. They will develop and use their powers of mathematical reasoning using number bonds to find differences.
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Subtraction Detectives: Missing Numbers
Lesson Plan
Subtraction Detectives: Missing Numbers
In this lesson, students must become detectives to solve for the missing number in each subtraction problem. They will develop and use their powers of mathematical reasoning using number bonds to find differences.
Third Grade
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Making Sense of Realism and Fantasy
Lesson Plan
Making Sense of Realism and Fantasy
Third Grade
Vocabulary
Is it real or is it fantasy? This lesson introduces students to the literary concepts of realism and fantasy. Readers will practice this skill by using details in texts to distinguish the two genre elements.
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Making Sense of Realism and Fantasy
Lesson Plan
Making Sense of Realism and Fantasy
Is it real or is it fantasy? This lesson introduces students to the literary concepts of realism and fantasy. Readers will practice this skill by using details in texts to distinguish the two genre elements.
Third Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Capturing the Clues
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Capturing the Clues
Third Grade
Vocabulary
It’s time to get those magnifying glasses out! In this lesson, students will act as detectives, searching for clues about idioms. Who can find the clues that lead to the meanings of various idioms?
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Capturing the Clues
Lesson Plan
Capturing the Clues
It’s time to get those magnifying glasses out! In this lesson, students will act as detectives, searching for clues about idioms. Who can find the clues that lead to the meanings of various idioms?
Third Grade
Vocabulary
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Look for the Clues
Lesson Plan
Look for the Clues
Third Grade
What the character will do next? Designed to teach students the skill of predicting characters’ actions, this lesson guides students to use clues and evidence from the text to make their predictions. Let’s follow those clues!
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Look for the Clues
Lesson Plan
Look for the Clues
What the character will do next? Designed to teach students the skill of predicting characters’ actions, this lesson guides students to use clues and evidence from the text to make their predictions. Let’s follow those clues!
Third Grade
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Captions for Illustrations
Lesson Plan
Captions for Illustrations
Third Grade
Use this lesson to help your ELs learn about the components that make a good caption for an illustration. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the
Caption Illustration! Say It With A Drawing
lesson.
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Captions for Illustrations
Lesson Plan
Captions for Illustrations
Use this lesson to help your ELs learn about the components that make a good caption for an illustration. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the
Caption Illustration! Say It With A Drawing
lesson.
Third Grade
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What Are Equivalent Fractions?
Lesson Plan
What Are Equivalent Fractions?
Third Grade
Get your students to think deeply about fractions as they discuss which pictures show equivalence. Use this as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson for the
Equivalent Fractions: Are They Equal?
lesson.
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What Are Equivalent Fractions?
Lesson Plan
What Are Equivalent Fractions?
Get your students to think deeply about fractions as they discuss which pictures show equivalence. Use this as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson for the
Equivalent Fractions: Are They Equal?
lesson.
Third Grade
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Writing: Show, Don’t Tell
Lesson Plan
Writing: Show, Don’t Tell
Third Grade
Writing
Help students learn about descriptive writing with this engaging lesson. Your class will learn to show character emotions though the “show, don’t tell” writing technique with videos, practice writing, and class participation.
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Writing: Show, Don’t Tell
Lesson Plan
Writing: Show, Don’t Tell
Help students learn about descriptive writing with this engaging lesson. Your class will learn to show character emotions though the “show, don’t tell” writing technique with videos, practice writing, and class participation.
Third Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Strategies for Multiplying by Multiples of 10
Lesson Plan
Strategies for Multiplying by Multiples of 10
Third Grade
Help your students become detail-oriented mathematicians as they explore two strategies for multiplying a one-digit number by a multiple of 10. Use this as a stand alone lesson or alongside
Multiplying by Multiples of 10.
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Strategies for Multiplying by Multiples of 10
Lesson Plan
Strategies for Multiplying by Multiples of 10
Help your students become detail-oriented mathematicians as they explore two strategies for multiplying a one-digit number by a multiple of 10. Use this as a stand alone lesson or alongside
Multiplying by Multiples of 10.
Third Grade
Lesson Plan
Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions
Lesson Plan
Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions
Third Grade
Teach your students the difference between facts and opinions, and why an author would choose to use each type of information. This can stand-alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the
Exploring Author's Purpose and Point of View
lesson.
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Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions
Lesson Plan
Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions
Teach your students the difference between facts and opinions, and why an author would choose to use each type of information. This can stand-alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the
Exploring Author's Purpose and Point of View
lesson.
Third Grade
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The Same or Different? You Decide!
Lesson Plan
The Same or Different? You Decide!
Third Grade
Reading
Are the stories the same or different? You decide! Use this lesson with your students to practice comparing the story elements in two fictional stories written by the same author.
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The Same or Different? You Decide!
Lesson Plan
The Same or Different? You Decide!
Are the stories the same or different? You decide! Use this lesson with your students to practice comparing the story elements in two fictional stories written by the same author.
Third Grade
Reading
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Character Cards
Lesson Plan
Character Cards
Third Grade
Real people and characters in stories show who they are by their words and actions. Help students make the connection between a character trait and the words or actions that support it by using Character Cards.
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Character Cards
Lesson Plan
Character Cards
Real people and characters in stories show who they are by their words and actions. Help students make the connection between a character trait and the words or actions that support it by using Character Cards.
Third Grade
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