Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. The grade 3 units are designed to help students examine how to take responsibility for their learning and behavior and to analyze how their behavior affects their group work. In a sample lesson from this resource, pairs of students create a fantasy pet by combining features from three different kinds of pets. Students draw pictures of their fantasy pets, and develop a list of each pet's statistics and special abilities using data collected in a previous lesson.
Pairs then share their fantasy pet drawings and statistics with the class.
The teacher resource books in this set contain complete directions for activities along with open-ended discussion questions, ideas for lesson extensions, informal assessment strategies, and tips for implementing cooperative work. Blackline masters for activities, transparencies, and record sheets are included. ENC does NOT distribute this resource. Number Power was developed by the Cooperative Mathematics Project, a program of the Developmental Studies Center. Developmental Studies Center grants permission to classroom teachers to reproduce these masters.