This elementary literature lesson engages students in reading and analyzing two different versions of a popular story. Click on the thumbnail graphic to see the entire figure. Here students use a variety of products and performances to demonstrate understanding of the targeted curricular standards. Like real mathematicians who prepare graphical displays or geographers who construct maps, students are asked to communicate the results of their research and analysis in a variety of forms. These might include editorials, brochures, debates, diagrams, lab reports, display boards, posters, e-mail, news broadcasts, Web pages, speeches, letters, multimedia, presentations, oral histories, skits, magazine articles, and books.
Students conduct a survey, analyze data, and make recommendations based on data.
Click on the thumbnail graphic to see the entire figure. Throughout the entire lesson, student work is assessed and evaluated. In this lesson, students research a controversial topic and take a position. Click on the thumbnail graphic to see the entire figure. This model allows for the infusion of technology in any one or more of the three lesson phases.