Math, Grade 7, Proportional Relationships, Analyzing Proportional Relationship Graphs

Students analyze the graph of a proportional relationship in order to find the approximate constant of proportionality, to write the related formula, and to create a table of values that lie on the graph.Key ConceptsThe constant of proportionality determines the steepness of the straight-line graph that represents a proportional relationship. The steeper the line is, the greater the constant of proportionality.On the graph of a proportional relationship, the constant of proportionality is the constant ratio of y to x, or the slope of the line.A proportional relationship can be represented in different ways: a ratio table, a graph of a straight line through the origin, or an equation of the form y = kx, where k is the constant of proportionality.Goals and Learning ObjectivesIdentify the constant of proportionality from a graph that represents a proportional relationship.Write a formula for a graph that represents a proportional relationship.Make a table for a graph that represents a proportional relationship.Relate the constant of proportionality to the steepness of a graph that represents a proportional relationship (i.e., the steeper the line is, the greater the constant of proportionality).

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Math, Grade 7, Getting Started, Calculating The Unit Rate of A Ratio Situation

Discuss the important ways that listeners contribute to mathematical discussions during Ways of Thinking presentations. Then use ratio and rate reasoning to solve a problem about ingredients in a stew.Key ConceptsStudents find the unit rate of a ratio situation.Goals and Learning ObjectivesContribute as listeners during the Ways of Thinking discussion.Understand the concept of a unit rate that is associated with a ratio.Use rate reasoning to solve real-world problems.

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Math, Grade 7, Proportional Relationships, Proportional Relationships In Graphs

Students continue to explore the three relationships from the previous lessons: Comparing Dimensions, Driving to the Amusement Park, and Temperatures at the Amusement Park. They graph the three situations and realize that the two proportional relationships form a straight line, but the time and temperature relationship does not.Key ConceptsA table of values that represent equivalent ratios can be graphed in the coordinate plane. The graph represents a proportional relationship in the form of a straight line that passes through the origin (0, 0). The unit rate is the slope of the line.Goals and Learning ObjectivesRepresent relationships shown in a table of values as a graph.Recognize that a proportional relationship is shown on a graph as a straight line that passes through the origin (0, 0).

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Math, Grade 7, Proportional Relationships, Solving Proportional Relationship Problems

Students watch a video showing three different ways to solve a problem involving a proportional relationship, and then they use each method to solve a similar problem. Students describe each approach, including the mathematical terms associated with each.Key ConceptsThree methods for solving problems involving proportional relationships include:Setting up a proportion and solving for the missing valueFinding the unit rate and multiplyingWriting and solving a formula using the constant of proportionalityGoals and Learning ObjectivesSolve a problem involving a proportional relationship in three different ways: set up a proportion and solve for a missing value, use a unit rate, and use the constant of proportionality to write and solve a formula.

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Math, Grade 6, Fractions and Decimals, Cooking with Fractions

Students determine how many times they would need to fill a quarter cup to measure the ingredients in a recipe.Key ConceptsThis lesson informally introduces the idea of dividing by a fraction. Students must figure out how many times a quarter cup must be filled to measure the ingredients in a recipe. This involves dividing each amount by 14. Here are some methods students might use:Add 14 repeatedly until the sum is the desired amount. Count the number of 14s that were added.Start with the amount in the recipe. Subtract 14 repeatedly until the difference is 0. Count the 14s that were subtracted.Draw a model (e.g., a bar or a number line model) to represent the amount in the recipe. Divide it into fourths and count the number of fourths.Goals and Learning ObjectivesLearn how to divide by a fraction.

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Accessibility Evaluation

This activity guides students through the evaluation of a website that they have created to see if it is accessible for users with disabilities. Students will simulate a number of different disabilities (e.g. visual impairments, color blindness, auditory impairments, motor impairments) to see if their website is accessible; they will also use automated W3 and WAVE tools to evaluate their sites. Students will consider the needs of users with disabilities by creating a persona and scenario of a user with disabilities interacting with their site. Finally, students will write up recommendations to change their site and implement the changes. Comments Although this activity can be used in isolation, it is intended to be part of a series guiding students towards the creation of a front-end of a website. The series (all published as OER) consist of: a) Needfinding b) Personas, Scenarios and Storyboards c) Front-end Website Design and Development d) Accessibility Evaluation

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment

Author: Devorah Kletenik

Inside This Book: (are three books), by Barney Saltzberg Early Literacy Activity Sheet

An activity sheet with bibliographic information, an annotation, and ideas for extending the book with children. 2016 CLEL Bell Award Book for the early literacy practice, WRITE.

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I Don't Want to Be a Frog! by Dev Petty Early Literacy Activity Sheet

An activity sheet with bibliographic information, an annotation, and ideas for extending the book with children. 2016 CLEL Bell Award Book for the early literacy practice, TALK.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Literacy Lesson: I Need My Monster

Students will be able to listen to a story being read aloud, accurately answer comprehension and literacy elements questions about the story, and create a monster drawing with explanation.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment

Author: Jessica Hanson

Literacy Lesson: Hanukkah in Alaska

Students will be able to listen to a story being read aloud, accurately answer comprehension and literary elements questions about the story, and create a slides presentation about Alaska or Hanukkah traditions.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment

Author: Jessica Hanson

Literacy Lesson: Rainbow Fish

Students will be able to listen to a story being read aloud, accurately answer comprehension and literary elements questions about the story, and create a slides presentation about a fish.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment

Author: Jessica Hanson

Literacy Lesson: The Kissing Hand

Students will be able to listen to a story being read aloud, accurately answer comprehension and literary elements questions about the story, and create a research project using information from the story.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment

Author: Jessica Hanson

Literacy Lesson: Chester's Way

Students will be able to listen to a story being read aloud, accurately answer comprehension and literary elements questions about the story, and create a project with information from the story.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment

Author: Jessica Hanson

Literacy Lesson: Strega Nona

Students will be able to listen to a story being read aloud, accurately answer comprehension and literary elements questions about the story, and create a written text to life connection.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment

Author: Jessica Hanson

Does Science Fiction Predict the Future? Inquiry Bases Media Literacy Unit

Students will learn the potential costs and benefits of social media, digital consumption, and our relationship with technology as a society in the three-week lesson. This inquiry based unit of study will answer the following questions: Essential Question: How can we use science fiction’s ability to predict the future to help humanity? Supportive Questions 1: What predictions of future development has science fiction accurately made in the past? This can include technology, privacy, medicine, social justice, political, environmental, education, and economic. Supportive Question 2: What predictions for future development in contemporary science fiction are positive for the future of humanity? What factors need to begin in your lifetime to make these predictions reality? Supportive Question 3: What predictions for future development in contemporary science fiction are negative for the future of humanity? What factors need to begin in your lifetime to stop these negative outcomes?

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Reading, Unit of Study

Author: Morgen Larsen

Literacy Lesson: Me and My Cat?

Students will be able to listen to a story being read aloud, accurately answer comprehension and literary elements questions about the story, and create a life swap story from varying perspectives.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment

Author: Jessica Hanson

Global Digital Library

The Global Digital Library (GDL) has been developed to increase the availability of high-quality reading resources in underserved languages worldwide where there is currently a lack of quality early grade reading resources. The site primarily hosts reading instruction books and storybooks for leisure reading, but the GDL will also link to more interactive resources, such as literacy games.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Global Book Alliance

Missouri: Selected Library of Congress Primary Sources

Highlights from the past and present of Missouri, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Primary Source

Reading Library Call Numbers

This activity was created to assist students in identifying various locations in the library by reading library call numbers. Understanding is demonstrated by investing the library organization and creation of their own riddle search with answer key utilizing Google Doc or Sheets.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Shelley Rath

MO LEAP Block - Social Studies - Grade 5 - Changes in Society - Voting

Changes in Society - Voting - Grade 5

Material Type: Assessment