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Story Elements For Kindergarten, Renee D. Faulk

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Story Elements for Kindergarten

This unit will help students understand that authors use story elements to create stories and that readers can anchor comprehension by identifying these elements. Two authors will be used in this inquiry over a two week period. The first week will survey books by Kevin Henkes. The second week will examine stories by Tomie dePaola. Note that other children’s authors may replace these two or may be used to continue this study. This unit was created to parallel a writing unit studying authors’ craft. Each week can be used to notice what techniques an author uses …

Addition And Subtraction With Decimals Review [6th Grade], Samantha Bos

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This unit briefly reviews the skills of multiple-digit addition and subtraction with decimals. The culminating project is a bazaar where students buy and sell homemade goods while practicing their addition and subtraction skills. This unit is designed for a small group and is intended to be paired with flipped videos. Videos are available at teacher weebly linked in the unit.

Ap Chemistry: Bonding + Periodic Table Review + Extension [11th-12th Grade], Katelin A. Whittaker

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This AP Chemistry unit is designed to review bonding from first year chemistry and extend the content into AP bonding objectives. After first year chemistry, this unit attempts to place the bonding content within an intriguing context: smells + how humans sense smells. Our olfactory receptors are activated nearly exclusively by medium-sized, polar molecules. This allows the teacher to draw a distinction between covalent molecules and ionic formula units, polar and nonpolar molecules, and size and shape of molecules predicted from Lewis Dot structures and valence-shell electron-pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory. The unit concludes with a thin-layer chromatography (a separation technique …

¡Mantente En Forma! [10th Grade], Leah A. Morton-Gittens

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This unit in intended to be used with the ¡Exprésate! Spanish 2 textbook’s fourth chapter, ¡Mantente en forma! It addresses two enduring understandings: in order to communicate information effectively one must be able to manipulate time and tense and emotional intelligence is a key competency of effective communicators and global citizens. Students will demonstrate mastery of knowledge and skills through participation in an extended role play. The unit addresses all five categories of National Standards in Foreign Language Education (Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities), and features a variety of cooperative and communicative learning strategies.

Data Displays [6th Grade], Melanie R. Webb

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This unit was created to cover the data displays portion of statistics and measurement standards. Students will create data displays correctly, and use their knowledge to decide which data displays works best for their data and why.

The students will focus to understand that

- Not every data display is appropriate for data given.

- Each data display has its own purpose.

- The way information is displayed can skew a person’s perception of it.

They will do this through representing numeric data graphically including dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots, histograms, and box plots, and using the graphical representation of numeric …

Top Secret: Understanding Characters! [3rd Grade], Renee E. Ulrich

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In this novel based unit on Top Secret, students will discover how plot, conflict and relationships affect change in a character. (3rd Grade)

Sky Patterns [2nd Grade], Analeasa Holmes, Rachel Capetillo

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This unit will give students the opportunity to observe, describe, illustrate and predict patterns found in nature and specifically the daytime and nighttime sky.

The students will build on their prior knowledge of objects found in daytime and nighttime sky. Students will practice gathering, recording, and discussing data through classroom and home investigations leading to understandings of patterns found in nature.

Using the data and findings, the student will create projects displaying their understanding of patterns found in the daytime and nighttime sky.

Bullydozing With Kevin Henkes [2nd Grade], Kendra E S Salas

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This is a beginning of the year unit designed to reinforce story elements through an author’s study of Kevin Henkes but also to set up our classroom as a place where every student is safe and respected. We will read seven of his stories and will focus on the story elements of plot and setting. The plot will be defined as the beginning, middle, and end of a story. The setting will be defined as the time and place of the story. It will also discuss character development, and practice identifying inner and outer traits, including their motivations, and feelings. …

Cuerpo Sano, Mente Sana: Healthy Living ¡En Español! [8th-10th Grade], Shannon Probe

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Torque And Rotational Motion (11th Grade), Connor Gorman, Leslie Salazar

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The creation of the new AP Physics 1 course has introduced quite a few changes into the curriculum which have proven challenging for students. In particular, AP Physics 1 requires that students possess a deep, working knowledge of algebraic processes along with a sharp understanding of physics concepts which can be utilized in tandem to solve a wide array of problems given from many different perspectives. Within the angular dynamics unit, students must incorporate what has proven to be an incredibly difficult series of physics concepts into this repertoire. This unit was written to help with the process students must …

Atoms And Elements [6th Grade], Jennifer J. Wray

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This is a 6^th grade unit written to help students understand the abstract concept of atoms. Students will learn about the history of atomic theory and examine contemporary theories of atomic structure. The next piece is to explore the Periodic Table of Elements and gain an understanding for how it is organized. The culminating performance task invites students to adopt an element and create a 3 dimensional model of their specific element in addition to a written component.

Where I Live (2nd Grade), Lauren E. Pum Ms, Leslie D. Montoya Mrs

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Students will learn utilization of maps and their elements. They will also learn about physical and human characteristics of communities. The goal of this unit is to help students understand that maps tell the story of a community and that people modify their physical environment to meet their needs. Through station exploration, map reading practice, creating digital maps, and exploring the local neighborhood, students with a variety of learning modalities will internalize the purpose of maps. Students transfer their knowledge and skills at the end of the unit by designing a community and creating a map to represent that community.

Personal Narrative Genre Study [4th Grade], Emily B. Delgado

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This unit is intended to be a beginning of year introduction to the genre of personal narrative, with the purpose of equipping students with a solid understanding and strong examples of personal narrative writing in preparation for writing their own. Students will begin by identifying the purpose for writing a personal narrative and then uncover the components of a quality personal narrative through discussion and dissection of six mentor texts. After determining the elements of a personal narrative, students will then use those elements as guidelines for identifying and improving upon the personal narratives of others. This unit culminates with …

A World On Fire: The Age Of Revolutions [10th Grade], Marisa C. Cavin

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This unit will help students identify, analyze, and argue different revolutionary perspectives. Students will develop an understanding of what revolutionary success means. They will analyze primary source documents, have discussions about the validity of enlightenment thought, and explore the revolutions in the time period of 1750 – 1850. They will become experts on at least one revolution in this time period and will translate this knowledge to the revolutions that are occurring around them today or in modern times. They will come to recognize causation, effect, and impact of revolutionary zeal, and will come to terms with the concept that …

Casas Del Mundo [8th-9th Grade], Merida Elizondo

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Why Can't I Have Everything I Want? [2nd Grade], Elle V. Norman

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In this social studies and math unit, students will be introduced to how people earn money, save money, spend money and donate money. Throughout the eight day unit, students will conduct interviews with parents, siblings and friends about the different ways people earn money and choices people make about the money they earn. At the end of the unit, students will contribute fictional money earned to needs such as a desk in the classroom (to represent apartment rent or a house payment), lights and electricity, food and then have the chance to spend remaining money in a class store. After …

Exploring Quadratic Functions Through Angry Birds [8th Grade], Amber M. Sanchez

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This unit is designed for students in Algebra 1 to be used in a quadratics unit. Students will be able to explore quadratic functions, quadratic equations, and the properties of a parabola. The final assessment is created to show students' understandings of quadratic functions by designing an Angry Birds level that meets specific criteria.

Why Does Matter Matter?, Carrie Duesing, Carolyn Martin

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Why Do I Need Math? [7th Grade], Dory Lopez

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Julius Caesar By Shakespeare, Amy R. Thomson, Heather M. Patillo

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This unit takes a critical look at Shakespeare's Julius Caesar as historical fiction, emphasizing that authors sometimes manipulate fact in their writing. It evaluates the power of persuasion and what makes a speech successfully persuasive. It also explores the concepts of honor and friendship, and how both are connected to morality.

The American Empire: Age Of Imperialism (America Journey) [7th Grade], Mark A. Mccullough

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This rather large unit discusses the imperial age of America during the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. This unit was created as 7th grade curriculum for St. Luke’s Episcopal School using “The American Journey: Modern Times” textbook. In this unit, teachers will find a comprehensive set of lessons to lead students to think about empires, what makes up an empire, and which foreign policies are best for empire-making. This unit includes narrated PowerPoints that should be used as a basis and modified for each class according to student needs. In the end, students are required to …

It’S All Greek To Me [6th Grade], Grace R. Marengo Sanchez, Alex Karamol

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Los Impactos De Los Seres Vivos En El Medioambiente (The Impact Of Human Beings In The Environment) [2nd Grade], Graceanne S. Brim

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This unit is designed for a bilingual classroom, with instruction in Spanish, but much of the information is also translated into English. In this unit, students will learn about the positive and negative impacts humans have on their environments. The goal of this unit is to help students understand the importance of making positive changes to help our natural environments grow. Through class discussion, hands on experimentation, reading, and researching, the students will be able to develop an understanding of negative changes happening in our world. At the end of the unit, students will be expected to develop a short …

Understanding U.S. Coins To Spend And Save (1st Grade), Jordan E. Taylor, Eloisa Perez, Rebecca Zelaya

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This unit was designed for first grade to teach the value and relationships of U.S. coins. Students will be using their knowledge about coins to count money and make decisions about spending and saving.

Microbe Hunters: Pioneers Of The Microscopic World [7th Grade], Joy Brush, Jaime Jaen

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This unit integrates reading and science as students follow the contributions of Leeuwenhoek, Spallanzani, and other influential scientists depicted in Paul de Kruif’s Microbe Hunters. Students first read and discuss the investigations conducted by these scientists in reading class. In science class, students design and implement their own versions of these experiments to build on their understanding of the microscopic world and the importance of problem solving and perseverance.

Staar Eoc Expository Essay [9th-12th Grade], J. Kat Aylesworth

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This unit was designed for a class of students who have failed the STAAR English I EOC multiple times. Many of the students are struggling readers and writers which means that they enter my classroom with large gaps in their knowledge. Some can write well and just need to know how to write an essay designed to pass the EOC. Others cannot write in complete sentences and completely shut down when tasked with a major writing assignment. This unit is break down the task of essay writing into manageable steps. While a student will not be able to write a …

Artist As Chemist [10th Grade], Bonnie Brawner

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The purpose of this unit is for students to experience the interdisciplinary nature of chemistry and science by having them create a work of art using processes and/or concepts learned in class. Each student will create their own art piece which incorporates at least 7 chemical processes. At least 4 of them must be concepts learned in class. The theme of the project: My Personal Identity. Accompanying the physical project will be a “How-To” paper which explains at least 7 of the chemical processes used to create the art piece. Also, accompanying the project will be a paper explaining the …