91 My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This lesson requires that students create a "My World of Words Journal" that includes definitions and proper usage information. These journals help students to maintain a personalized involvement with language by allowing them to select their own vocabulary words.... 92 Myth and Truth: The "First Thanksgiving" Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–7 Professional Commentary: Behind every myth are many possible truths. As they read and discuss the pilgrims, and the first Thanksgiving, students think critically about commonly believed myths regarding native people in colonial America.... 93 Shared Spelling Strategies Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This repeated lesson helps students to develop and use effective spelling strategies during the writing process. While responding in writing to a previously read text, students are prompted to become more explicitly aware of the strategies they use .... Projects: Writing 6-12 94 The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character: Searching Informational Texts Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students examine their prior knowledge, make predictions, and verify their predictions through research on the Internet. This lesson uses the topic of frogs to teach students strategies for reading electronic informational texts.... 95 The Reading Performance: Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This lesson examines how the oral reading of poetry may be used to support and improve fluent reading for middle school students. Central to this lesson is the idea that students require practice and repetition to master decoding skills for fluency and comprehension in oral reading.... 96 Writing and Assessing an Autobiographical Incident Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Reading biographies and autobiographies is an important part of many reading programs. In this lesson, students build upon their knowledge about the content and structure of biographies to write their own autobiographical incidents.... 97 Our City, Our Words: Writing Poetry Celebrating Student Impressions of Their City Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students write poetry that captures their feelings about their city or town. After reading and discussing the poem "Mannahatta" about New York City, students brainstorm words and ideas for original poems.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Health Science, Human Services Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 98 Web Writer's Block: Investigating Internet Censorship Around the World Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This interdisciplinary lesson promotes critical thinking through thoughtful research and discussions about the legitimacy of banning access to certain types of information on the Internet. Working in cooperative groups, students review websites banned in various countries, and investigate the reasons why particular countries would want to block information.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Government & Public Administration, Information Technology, Law & Public Safety Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 99 Versed on the Disadvantaged: Using Poetry to Explore the Issues of Poverty Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students begin by sharing their opinions and ideas about what it means to help someone in need. They then read and analyze a poem which illustrates the struggle of poor people.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Construction Technologies, Education & Training, Health Science, Human Services, Law & Public Safety, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 100 Trout Pond: Using Algebra and Discrete Mathematics to Investigate Population Changes Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: This four-lesson unit uses iteration and recursion to model and analyze a changing fish population. Graphs, equations, tables, spreadsheets, and calculators are used to investigate the effect of varying parameters on the long-term population of fish in a trout pond.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Government & Public Administration, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First |