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Readers Record Their Thinking
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Readers Record Their Thinking
First Grade
It is important for students to stop and think as they read. This activity/lesson is a fun and quick way to see how students are thinking as they read.
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Readers Record Their Thinking
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Readers Record Their Thinking
It is important for students to stop and think as they read. This activity/lesson is a fun and quick way to see how students are thinking as they read.
First Grade
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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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Exploring Systems with the See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine
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Exploring Systems with the See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine
Kindergarten
Give your students the opportunity to explore systems by using the "See Think Wonder" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.
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Exploring Systems with the See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine
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Exploring Systems with the See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine
Give your students the opportunity to explore systems by using the "See Think Wonder" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.
Kindergarten
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What's the Problem?
Lesson Plan
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?
Lesson Plan
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 About Three-Digit Numbers
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Thinking About Three-Digit Numbers
Second Grade
Math
Help students gain a better understanding of three-digit numbers by providing students with opportunities to compare sets of three-digit numbers. Use as a stand-alone activity or alongside the lesson Building My Math Fluency.
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Thinking About Three-Digit Numbers
Lesson Plan
Thinking About Three-Digit Numbers
Help students gain a better understanding of three-digit numbers by providing students with opportunities to compare sets of three-digit numbers. Use as a stand-alone activity or alongside the lesson Building My Math Fluency.
Second Grade
Math
Lesson Plan
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
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Third Grade
Subtraction
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Exploring Metric Units of Length
Lesson Plan
Exploring Metric Units of Length
Second Grade
Measurement
Help your students learn the standard measures of length and foster critical thinking with this engaging lesson. Use alongside The Smaller They Come or as a stand-alone activity.
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Exploring Metric Units of Length
Lesson Plan
Exploring Metric Units of Length
Help your students learn the standard measures of length and foster critical thinking with this engaging lesson. Use alongside The Smaller They Come or as a stand-alone activity.
Second Grade
Measurement
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How'd You Get That Many?
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How'd You Get That Many?
First Grade
Drawing on various problem solving techniques, students will challenge themselves to solve word problems involving three whole numbers. Problem solving, critical thinking, and real life applications? This lesson has it all.
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How'd You Get That Many?
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How'd You Get That Many?
Drawing on various problem solving techniques, students will challenge themselves to solve word problems involving three whole numbers. Problem solving, critical thinking, and real life applications? This lesson has it all.
First Grade
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Shape Sort
Lesson Plan
Shape Sort
First Grade
Geometry
Sorting takes on a new challenge for students in this activity which engages their critical thinking skills. As students determine defining attributes, they’ll figure out what makes a shape a shape!
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Shape Sort
Lesson Plan
Shape Sort
Sorting takes on a new challenge for students in this activity which engages their critical thinking skills. As students determine defining attributes, they’ll figure out what makes a shape a shape!
First Grade
Geometry
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Career Math
Lesson Plan
Career Math
First Grade
Community and Culture
Help your students make the connection between what they're learning in school and how adults use math in everyday life with this art lesson. Students will sharpen their critical thinking skills and share their ideas for the future.
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Career Math
Lesson Plan
Career Math
Help your students make the connection between what they're learning in school and how adults use math in everyday life with this art lesson. Students will sharpen their critical thinking skills and share their ideas for the future.
First Grade
Community and Culture
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Tangrams: An Ancient Chinese Puzzle
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Tangrams: An Ancient Chinese Puzzle
Kindergarten
Geometry
How do you build spatial reasoning, critical thinking, and problem solving skills while doing something that is fun? With tangrams! In honor of Chinese New Year, this lesson introduces your students to the Chinese puzzle of tangrams.
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Tangrams: An Ancient Chinese Puzzle
Lesson Plan
Tangrams: An Ancient Chinese Puzzle
How do you build spatial reasoning, critical thinking, and problem solving skills while doing something that is fun? With tangrams! In honor of Chinese New Year, this lesson introduces your students to the Chinese puzzle of tangrams.
Kindergarten
Geometry
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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
Lesson Plan
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
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Writing Simple Equations
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Writing Simple Equations
First Grade
Understanding how words translate into equations is a critical everyday math skill. Take your students step-by-step through this process in this lesson.
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Writing Simple Equations
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Writing Simple Equations
Understanding how words translate into equations is a critical everyday math skill. Take your students step-by-step through this process in this lesson.
First Grade
Lesson Plan
Animal Habitats
Lesson Plan
Animal Habitats
Pre-K
Reading
Students will love thinking about lots of interesting animal homes and the different types of animals who live in each one!
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Animal Habitats
Lesson Plan
Animal Habitats
Students will love thinking about lots of interesting animal homes and the different types of animals who live in each one!
Pre-K
Reading
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Kandinsky Shapes
Lesson Plan
Kandinsky Shapes
Second Grade
Your students will have a blast thinking about polygons and making these paintings inspired by Wassily Kandinsky!
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Kandinsky Shapes
Lesson Plan
Kandinsky Shapes
Your students will have a blast thinking about polygons and making these paintings inspired by Wassily Kandinsky!
Second Grade
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How to Analyze a Character
Lesson Plan
How to Analyze a Character
First Grade
Your students become masters at character analysis as they learn how to describe fictional characters by identifying traits and providing concrete evidence to support their thinking.
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How to Analyze a Character
Lesson Plan
How to Analyze a Character
Your students become masters at character analysis as they learn how to describe fictional characters by identifying traits and providing concrete evidence to support their thinking.
First Grade
Lesson Plan
Exploring Different Perspectives in Folktales
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
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!
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
Point of View Frenzy
Lesson Plan
Point of View Frenzy
First Grade
Reading
Explore a day in the life of a pencil! Your students will practice different points of view by thinking outside the box and writing as though they are something else.
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Point of View Frenzy
Lesson Plan
Point of View Frenzy
Explore a day in the life of a pencil! Your students will practice different points of view by thinking outside the box and writing as though they are something else.
First Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Just the Facts, Please!
Lesson Plan
Just the Facts, Please!
Kindergarten
Learning how to distinguish between facts and opinions is critical for the development of communication and social skills. In this lesson, students will learn the difference between facts and opinions through play and pictures.
Lesson Plan
Just the Facts, Please!
Lesson Plan
Just the Facts, Please!
Learning how to distinguish between facts and opinions is critical for the development of communication and social skills. In this lesson, students will learn the difference between facts and opinions through play and pictures.
Kindergarten
Lesson Plan
Building My Math Fluency
Lesson Plan
Building My Math Fluency
Second Grade
Vocabulary
Tap into students' metacognitive skills and get them to think about their thinking! This lesson encourages students to pay attention to the strategies they use while supporting math fluency!
Lesson Plan
Building My Math Fluency
Lesson Plan
Building My Math Fluency
Tap into students' metacognitive skills and get them to think about their thinking! This lesson encourages students to pay attention to the strategies they use while supporting math fluency!
Second Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
Measure with Cubes
Lesson Plan
Measure with Cubes
First Grade
Get your students thinking about the importance of standard measurement units with this fun hands-on activity. Use this scaffolded EL lesson plan alone or with
Measurement Madness
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Measure with Cubes
Lesson Plan
Measure with Cubes
Get your students thinking about the importance of standard measurement units with this fun hands-on activity. Use this scaffolded EL lesson plan alone or with
Measurement Madness
.
First Grade
Lesson Plan
Reading with Symbols
Lesson Plan
Reading with Symbols
First Grade
In this lesson, students will retell stories and use symbols to highlight interesting parts. This lesson can be used alone or with the Readers Record Their Thinking lesson plan.
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Reading with Symbols
Lesson Plan
Reading with Symbols
In this lesson, students will retell stories and use symbols to highlight interesting parts. This lesson can be used alone or with the Readers Record Their Thinking lesson plan.
First Grade
Lesson Plan
We Love the Earth
Lesson Plan
We Love the Earth
Kindergarten
Grammar and Mechanics
It’s time to celebrate Earth Day! This music and literature-inspired lesson plan will get your students thinking about how they can help our planet stay healthy.
Lesson Plan
We Love the Earth
Lesson Plan
We Love the Earth
It’s time to celebrate Earth Day! This music and literature-inspired lesson plan will get your students thinking about how they can help our planet stay healthy.
Kindergarten
Grammar and Mechanics
Lesson Plan
Solving Elapsed Time Word Problems
Lesson Plan
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
Lesson Plan
Fact Family Triangles
Lesson Plan
Fact Family Triangles
First Grade
Mixed Operations
This hands-on lesson will get students thinking and talking about how the numbers in fact families are related. Use alone or with the lesson plan
Fact Family Trees.
Lesson Plan
Fact Family Triangles
Lesson Plan
Fact Family Triangles
This hands-on lesson will get students thinking and talking about how the numbers in fact families are related. Use alone or with the lesson plan
Fact Family Trees.
First Grade
Mixed Operations
Lesson Plan
The Five W's of Notetaking
Lesson Plan
The Five W's of Notetaking
Second Grade
Writing
Thinking about who, what, when, where, and why isn’t just for detectives! Students will practice gleaning important information from texts using these questions and a few other tools.
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The Five W's of Notetaking
Lesson Plan
The Five W's of Notetaking
Thinking about who, what, when, where, and why isn’t just for detectives! Students will practice gleaning important information from texts using these questions and a few other tools.
Second Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Explaining Equivalent Fractions
Lesson Plan
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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