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STANDARD
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SUMMARY
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Addition
of Integers
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6-8
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Mathematics:
STANDARD
4.1 & 4.5
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The
teacher will demonstrate how to use counters to add integers and the
number line. Students will be able to develop rules by themselves.
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Across Five Aprils |
6 - 8 |
Language
Arts Literacy: 3.1 |
Students will examine a text for examples of
characterization and theme and then synthesize the information to create a
friendly letter in the persona of the main character. |
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Anne
Frank Extension Research Activity |
6 - 8
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Language
Arts Literacy: Standard 3.1 & 3.2 Soc. St.: Standard 6.3 &
6.4
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Students
will create and present a PowerPoint presentation about the
holocaust. |
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A
Webquest Comparing Japan, Russia, and Mexico
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3
-6
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Social
Studies
Standard
6.7 Language Arts Literacy: Standard 3.3
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Students
will complete a web quest activity, using technology and research skills
to discover facts about Japan, Mexico, and Russia.
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Auto-Bio Poems
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4
- 8
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Language Arts Literacy: Standard 3.3
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This
poetry activity will introduce students to writing poetry. The students will compose an autobiographical poem consisting of
eleven lines
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Before
and After a Timeline
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5
-7
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Science
Standards (2002) Standard 5.1
Language
Arts (2002) Standard 3.2
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Students
will make their own timelines to demonstrate the “BC” & “AD”
their relation to a “Key Event” – Their Birthday.
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Book
Talk Breakfast |
7-12
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Language 3.1, 3.2 |
Students
rate their favorite personal reading books; teacher prepares a database of
highest-rated books; students write a persuasive summary/review of their
highest-rated book and present it at our Book Talk Breakfast. |
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Boolean
Searching on Electronic Databases
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8-11
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Career/Consumer
Standards 9.1
Lang Arts 3.1 & 3.2
Technology 8.1
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Students
will build "Boolean pizzas", on paper, by using the appropriate
Boolean operators to join their pizza ingredients.
Students
will use Boolean search techniques when searching an electronic database
or while using a search engine on the World Wide Web.
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Can
You Solve My Math Problems!!!! |
2
- 6 |
Mathematics:
STANDARD
4.1 Language
Arts Literacy: Standard 3.2 |
Students
will create a word problem then create a picture from KidPix and
type the word problem on the page, and then print the product. Next they
will create 5 word problems. Students will solve each others problems. |
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Come to My Colony |
8 - 12 |
Language Arts: 3.2
Social Studies: 6.4
& 6.6
Technology: 8.1 |
Students will create
“brochures” advertising various parts of colonial America to encourage
people to move there. |
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Comparative Shopping |
8 - 12 |
Language Arts: 3.1
Math:
4.5 |
Students will see the value of reviewing the advertisements and sales in the
newspaper. It will allow them to plan for purchasing items at best price |
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Enjoying Writing
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3-8
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Language Arts Literacy: Standard
3.2
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Each student will save
their writing samples to a diskette that will be provided to them by the
school. The diskettes will follow each student from fourth to eighth grade.
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Family
Camping |
6-9 |
Mathematics:
Standard
4.1 Language Arts Literacy: Standard
3.2 |
Students
will be given an imaginary budget of $600 to buy all the camping equipment
needed for four family members including the student. |
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Figurative
Language
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6 -9
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Language
Arts Literacy
 Standard
3.2
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The
students will create a figurative language collage that will include
examples and definitions. The collages will be posted throughout the
classroom and will be used as part of a larger unit on poetry.
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From
"How-To" Paragraph to Cookbook
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5-9
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Language
Arts Literacy Standard 3.2
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Students select family recipes and
turn them into a procedural paragraph stressing a variety of transitional
words. Paragraphs were finally bound into a book and given as gifts to
parents.
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Heroes
of the Columbia |
3
- 7 |
Career/Consumer Stads 9.1
Language Arts
Std 3.1 & 3.2 |
Students
will search the web for information on the seven Columbia Space
Shuttle astronauts who perished in on Feb. 1, 2003 |
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Idiomatic
Expressions |
5
- 7 |
Language
Arts Literacy: Standard 3.1 |
Students
are exposed to various types of figurative language and are expected to
interpret this style language. |
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Interview with
History
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5
- 7
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Career/Consumer Standards 9.1 Language Arts: Sts 3.1 & 3.2
Social
Studies: St 6.3 & 6.7
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The
students will pretend to be historical reporters and design an interview
for a historical figure and then research to find the answers for their
interview.
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I
Remember |
3
- 9 |
Language
Arts Literacy: Standard 3.1 & 3.2 Social
Studies: Standard 6.3 |
This
mini-unit on the Holocaust provides students with the opportunity to
relate to a child that experienced the horror of the Holocaust. The
activities allow the students to bond with a child and understand some
children's thoughts and feelings as they experienced life in a
concentration camp.
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Letters
from Big J
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4
- 8
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Language Arts Literacy:
Standard
3.2
Social
Studies: Standard
6.7
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This
lesson requires students to imagine life aboard a battleship during WWII
and through their research compose fictional letters home.
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Lobster
Quadrille & Learning Styles
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7-12
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Career/Consumer Standards 9.1
Language Arts Literacy: Standard
3.1 & 3.2
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Through
the use of a copy of Carroll's "Lobster Quadrille" and a survey
sheet students will self-examine their own learning styles.
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My
Mystery |
5
- 9 |
Language
Arts - Standard 3.2
Standard
3.5
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Students
will write a short mystery story using the elements of a mystery: setting,
plot, characters, clues, solution. |
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New
Jersey VS Other States
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4
- 7
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Language Arts Std
3.2 Social Studies Standard
6.3
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Students
Create booklets comparing New Jersey to other states
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Original
Short Story
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6-9
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Language
Arts Literacy
 Standard
3.1 &
3.3
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The
students will use the writing process to write a short story. In addition,
they will illustrate the stories they write. Students will be given the
option of creating a totally original story, a modern version of a fairy
tale, or a story based on a picture prompt provided by the teacher.
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Pick
Your Brain
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5
- 9
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Language
Arts Literacy: Standard 3.1 & 3.2
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'Pick
Your Brain' can be used to review a specific skill taught like
cause/effect. Instead of just recalling events, students must recall
events and must write cause/effect sentences.
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POETRY
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5-8
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Language
Arts Literacy
Standard
3.1
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Students will use lyrics from their favorite songs as sample of poetry
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| Propaganda:
The Power to Persuade |
4
- 12 |
Social
Studies Standards 6.5 & 6.6Language Arts Standard
3.5 |
After
viewing various propaganda posters from World War II, students will make
their own Propaganda posters . |
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Through the Eyes
of the Explorers |
3 - 7 |
Social Studies 6.1
Language Arts 3.2
Math 4.5 |
Students
experience map-making first hand as well as read actual journal entries to
reconstruct a map that William Clark drew in 1805 using triangulation.
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Wanted Posters |
4 - 6 |
Language
Arts Literacy 3.2, 3.4
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Students
will create and wanted poster of a staff member from their school using the
descriptive writing process. |
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Water Color and
Haiku |
3 - 12 |
Language Arts 3.2
Visual and Performing Arts
1.2 |
Students use
watercolor to illustrate a haiku poem they create. |
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What
Matters? Taking Notes from Varied Sources |
6-
12 |
Language
Arts -
Standard 3.2 |
Students
will use their notes to write a summary of an article, speech and a video. |
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Writing
A Five Paragraph Essay
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6-8
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Language
Arts Literacy
Standard
3.3
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Students
use the four square method to
organize their essays into five distinct paragraphs, each with a topic
sentence and 4 - 5 supporting sentences.
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