Lessons tagged with "written"
Determine the Central Message in a Story
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading literature lesson explains how to determine the central message of a text. In this lesson, students will discuss the main events of a text and choose which of several possible sentences would best show the central message.
Spoken and Written English
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson requires students to distinguish between language that is written and spoken. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice and compare the formal and informal uses of spoken and written English.
Draw Conclusions
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on drawing conclusions from a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the question identifying the topic. Then, they underline evidence in the text that may lead to a conclusion about the topic. Finally, they choose one of four conclusions and then justify it. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use a Variable to Write an Algebraic Expression
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- Math
This algebra and functions lesson focuses on using a variable to write an algebraic expression. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the problem, identifying the unknown amount, the given number or known amount, and the operation (using clue words or actions such as sum, difference, product, or quotient). Then, they write the algebraic expression. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Rotation Stations (Two-Syllable Words & Other Activities)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development