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In this playlist, students explore standard 4.NBT.B.5. They learn how to add and subtract multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. Students are walked through the process of solving several addition and subtraction problems using place value and regrouping. Graphics, such as place-value charts, help guide students through the problems. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Five links to practice quizzes or activities
• Seven links to instructional videos or texts
• Examples of how to use place-value charts
• Explanations of how to solve addition and subtraction problems using place value and regrouping
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• An example and explanation of how to solve an addition problem using place value and regrouping
• An example and explanation of how to solve a subtraction problem using place value and regrouping
• Links to additional practice problems or activities on certain parts of the standard such as subtracting five-digit numbers
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as regrouping
For more teaching and learning resources on standard 3.NBT.A.3, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard W.3.2.A. They learn how to introduce a topic, group related information, and include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. Students are guided through the steps of identifying introduction sentences, categorizing information, and using illustrations to help readers understand the text. Students apply what they learned in the playlist by conducting research on a selected topic and writing an introductory paragraph. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• One link to an instructional video or text
��� Two links to practice quizzes or activities
• Definitions of key terms, such as topic and category
• Example sentences and paragraphs showing how to introduce a topic, put information into categories, and use illustrations
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Differentiated instruction activity for students who work best in groups and a sample response
• Links to additional resources, such as an article describing ways to teach third graders how to write a simple paragraph
For more teaching and learning resources on standard W.3.2.A, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard RI.11-12.2. They learn how to identify central ideas, distinguish between central ideas and supporting factors, and analyze how central ideas and their respective supporting facts interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis. Students learn about an important Supreme Court case in order to practice providing a complex analysis. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Information on Marbury v. Madison
• Links to seven instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as thesis statement
• Excerpt from Opinion Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
• A self-check quiz consisting of informational passages, such as “Declaration of Independence” and others and two multiple choice questions, one fill-in-the-blank question, and one multiple select question
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Activities and writing prompts for students
• Links to additional resources, such as how to analyze historical documents
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.11-12.2, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard RI.11-12.3. They learn how to analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text. Students are guided through examples of how to understand sequence and how ideas interact and develop over the course of a text. Students apply what they learned by analyzing another speech. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to two practice quizzes or activities
• Links to three instructional videos or texts
• Excerpt from “Declaration of Conscience” speech given by Senator Margaret Chase Smith
• A self-check quiz consisting of informational passages, such as “Declaration of Sentiments” and others, two multiple choice questions, one fill-in-the-blank, and one multiple select question
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Activities and writing prompts for students
• Links to additional resources, such as how to analyze speeches
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.11-12.3, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard L.11-12.1.A. They learn how to identify conventions of language usage, including how they change over time. Students are guided through categories of common usage and a few examples of some of these usages. Students apply what they learned by analyzing the language of a historical document or classic literary text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Link to one practice quiz or activity
• Links to three instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as analogous words
• A self-check quiz consisting of three multiple choice questions
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Activities and writing prompts for students
• Links to additional resources, such as how to analyze historical documents
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.11-12.1.A, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard 8.EE.C.7.B. They learn how to solve linear equations with rational number coefficients. Students are guided through examples of how to solve linear equations that require expanding expressions using the distributive property and collecting like terms. Students apply what they learned by using the distributive property to simplify expressions and solve linear equations in one variable. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Link to a practice activity
• Links to five instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as coefficient and distributive property
• Explanations of how to solve complex problems using inverse operations to transform the equation and isolate the variable
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Links to additional resources for extra practice
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as making errors applying the distributive property, combining like terms, and choosing incorrect inverse operations
For more teaching and learning resources on standard 8.EE.C.7.B, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard RL.9-10.2. They learn how to determine a theme or central idea of a text, analyze its development over the course of the text, and provide an objective summary of the text. Students are guided through reading an excerpt, determining the theme or central idea and writing an objective summary of it. Students apply what they learned by identifying the theme or central idea and writing a summary of a classic horror story. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Link to one practice quiz or activity
• Links to five instructional videos or texts
• A self-check quiz consisting of story or poem passages, such as excerpt from “The Awakening,” “The Raven,” and more, and four multiple choice questions
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Classroom activities and writing prompts for students
• Links to additional resources, such as strategies for teaching theme
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
For more teaching and learning resources on standard RL.9-10.2, visit .
In this playlist, students explore standard W.8.2.A. They learn how to organize their writing by introducing the topic of an essay, previewing what is to follow, organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories, and use formatting, graphics, and multimedia to aid comprehensions. Students look at example mini-outlines and example paragraphs and are guided through the process of organizing the ideas and details into a coherent structure. Students apply what they learned by creating a news report about a topic of interest. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Link to one practice quiz or activity
• Links to four instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as graphics and multimedia
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Classroom activities and a writing prompt
• Links to additional resources, such as how to integrate multimedia into classroom writing projects
For more teaching and learning resources on standard W.8.2.A, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard 7.SP.C.5. They learn how to determine the likelihood of an even occurring based on its probability, comparing multiple probabilities, and determining which event is more or less likely to happen. Students learn how to set up a probability formula and are guided through examples of how to use the formula to determine the probability of different scenarios. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to six instructional videos or texts
• Links to two practice quizzes or activities
• Explanation of the role of a number line in probability
• Definitions of key terms, such as probability and outcome
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as setting up a probability incorrectly
For more teaching and learning resources on standard 7.SP.C.5, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard 7.G.B.5. They learn how to find the missing angle measures of supplementary angles, vertical angles, and complementary angles, as well as how to identify these angles. Students look at examples of the different angles and are guided through the process of using these angles to set up equations and find the missing angles. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to six instructional videos or texts
• Links to two practice quizzes or activities
• Visual examples of how to set up an equation in a drawing of an angle
• Definitions of key terms, such as supplementary angles and congruent
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as finding vertical angles
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as confusing complementary and supplementary angles
For more teaching and learning resources on standard 7.G.B.5, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard HSF.TF.C.9. They learn how to prove the Pythagorean identity and find the value of other trigonometric functions given the value of sin(θ ), cos(θ ), or tan(θ ) and the quadrant of the angle. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to ten instructional videos or texts
• Links to two practice quizzes or activities
• Explanation of the trigonometric function
• Definitions of key terms, such as Pythagorean identity
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as proving the Pythagorean identity
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as understanding the Pythagorean identity
For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSF.TF.C.9, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard HSF.IF.A.1. They learn how to understand that a function is a mapping from an element in the domain to an element in the range and how to distinguish between functions and relations. Students are guided through explanations of functions, relations, and values. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Link to one practice quiz or activity
• Definitions of key terms, such as range
• Links to four instructional videos or texts
• Visual examples of different graphs and functions
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as vertical line tests
For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSF.IF.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard HSA.APR.A.1. They learn how to use polynomials in a variety of math problems. Students are guided through the processes of adding and subtracting polynomials by combining like terms, multiplying monomials and polynomials by monomials, multiplying two binomials, including special cases, and multiplying polynomials by polynomials. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Explanation of the distributive property
• Links to four practice quizzes or activities
• Links to eleven instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as trinomial and binomial
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as subtracting polynomials with multiple variables
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as operations on polynomials
For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSA.APR.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard L.9-10.1.B. They learn how to identify and use various types of phrases and clauses and explain how using sentence variety can add interest and meaning to a text. Students are guided through examples of how to identify and use phrases and clauses, such as prepositional phases and independent clauses, as well as explaining their contributions to the overall text. Students apply what they learned by writing a paragraph consisting of sentences of different lengths and structures. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to two practice quizzes or activities
• Links to three instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as infinitive phrase
• A self-check quiz consisting of two multiple choice questions and one fill-in-the-blank question
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Classroom activities and writing prompts
• Links to additional resources, such as worksheets for sentence variety
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.9-10.1.B, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard HSN.RN.A.1. They learn how to understand the meaning of a rational exponent and the relationship between exponents and roots. Students are guided through solving equations with rational exponents and integer exponents. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to four practice quizzes or activities
• Links to four instructional videos or texts
• A self-check quiz consisting of five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as rational exponent and base
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as understanding the difference between bases and exponents
For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSN.RN.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard HSF.IF.B.6. They learn how to calculate the rate of change of a function over a specified interval and estimate a rate of change. Students look at examples of graphs and are guided through calculating and estimating the rate of change of a function. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to two practice quizzes or activities
• Links to four instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as slope and function
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as calculating slope
For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSF.IF.B.6, visit Wisewire.com.
This lesson has been designed to cover the Connections, Comparisons, and Communities ACTFL standards. It provide students with an opportunity for research and writing and to integrate the vocabulary, grammar, and culture concepts previously acquired:
• People, places, and lessons in school
• Subject pronouns
• Verb ser in present tense
• Use of pronouns with school-related nouns and other verb forms
• México: cultural fusion, Spain and Native Americans, and Mestizo culture
Students and their teacher will watch the Spanish version of the vocabulary and grammar video together. Then, students must complete a final activity: Ser y estar, which will allow them to share the Spanish knowledge gained up to this point with their classmates or family. Each activity includes its corresponding rubric.
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Spanish Lesson 3.8: Nuestra Escuela - Unit Review
Spanish Lesson 3.9: Nuestra Escuela - Unit Test
In this lesson, students review their knowledge of the following concepts and themes: vocabulary related to school, time of day, days of the week, and months of the year; the use of indefinite and definite articles; the verbs ser and estar; and significant cultural and historical traits of México.
This printable lesson bundle includes:
• A core lesson with introduction, video and print instruction, practice exercises, a review section, and a 5 question quiz
• Three videos that support the teaching of the vocabulary, grammar, and culture of the lesson, one bilingual, one in English, and one in Spanish
• A beginner level worksheet and advanced level quiz that complement the lesson
• An accompanying teacher guide with correct answers
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Spanish Lesson 3.9: Nuestra Escuela - Unit Test
In this lesson −aligned to ACTFL standards− students will identify the seasons and months of the year in Spanish, distinguish between uses of verbs “ser” and “estar” to express “to be,” express the date in Spanish (day and month only), and also examine how locations the southern Hemisphere experience seasons, including the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
This printable lesson bundle includes:
• A core lesson with introduction, video and print instruction, practice exercises, a review section, recording tool for practicing punctuation, and a 5 question quiz
• Two videos that support the teaching of the vocabulary and the grammar of the lesson, one bilingual and one in Spanish
• A beginner level worksheet and advanced level quiz that complement the lesson
• An accompanying teacher guide with correct answers
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Spanish Lesson 3.5: Synchronous Component - Teacher Notes
Spanish Lesson 3.7: Así es mi Escuela - Independent Study
In this lesson − aligned to ACTFL standards− students will show an understanding of vocabulary related to colors, use descriptive adjectives with the verbs “ser” and “estar,” identify vocabulary related to shapes, and examine the life and artwork of Fernando Botero.
This printable lesson bundle includes:
• A core lesson with introduction, video and print instruction, practice exercises, a review section, recording tool for practicing punctuation, and a 5 question quiz
• Two videos that support the teaching of the vocabulary and the grammar of the lesson, one bilingual and one in Spanish
• A beginner level worksheet and advanced level quiz that complement the lesson
• An accompanying teacher guide with correct answers
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