Goal Students will be able to research facts about rabbits and compare fact with fiction, then use their creativity to create their own bunny stories or plays. Objectives 1. Students will learn that rabbits do not lay eggs, but give birth to living children 2. Students will learn how rabbits became part of Easter traditions. 3. Students will use information gathered to decide if they want to have a rabbit in the classroom. 4. Students will work together in groups to research the following information about caring for rabbits a. What is the best place to house a rabbit? b. What rabbits eat and how much? c. How to breed a bunny and care it's babies. 5. Students will use their creativity to act out or write stories about rabbits 6. Students will use cover illustrations of rabbit stories to create their own. 7. Students will browse the library for stories and/or books for more rabbit stories. The following video can be used to demonstrate how rabbits are born, but it may not be appropriate for some children. Use discretion. Watch "Rabbit giving birth-baby bunnies" on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/9ohMZF5C-i8

Goal: To facilitate understanding of solar energy and its uses and develop an appreciation on how animals depend on humans during cold weather, as well as undertaking an engineering project and conducting an informal scientific study Objectives: 1. Students will learn how to use passive solar energy to melt ice in a bird bath so the birds can have a water source for drinking during the winter 2. Students will create the schematics to use in constructing a passive solar bird bath with assistance and/or guidance from an adult expert. 3. Students will use the schematics to build the passive solar bird bath with expery adult assistance. 4. Students will install the passive solar bird bath with expert adult assistance and present the project to parents, peers, and school staff. 5. Students will conduct and present the results of an informal scientific study. This unit project can be used at any grade level; however, the informal scentific study should be conducted by older children and gifted students Younger children and students with special needs can learn to observe and count/record data with teacher assistance.

Goal: This unit teaches students in grades K-1 (2-4 remedial) about ones, tens, hundreds, etc. Objectives: 1. Students will understand that ten pennies are equal to one dime or ten cents. 2. Students will make and defend choices regarding spending and saving. 3. Students will generalize the relationship between pennies and dimes to that between dimes and dollars, pennies and nickels, and nickels and dollars. 4. Student inquiry questions and discussion will be used to determine student understanding and need for individualized instruction when applicable. 5. Students' knowledge will be assessed before and after activities using open-ended questions and friendly debates. (NOTE: GRADES 2-4, use dimes and dollars)

Language, Science, Math, and Art Plus Any Other Subjects That Can Be Added to This Fun Unit to Start the School Year Introducing Specific Skills, Collaborating with Peers, Investigating and Researching Online, and Including Family in Creating an Artifact for Display Students will learn how to investigate a topic that involves multiple subject areas and gain understanding about the topic and how the various subjects covered relate to each other.

Goal: To help students compare and contrast political personas and positions and recognize media bias Objectives: 1. Students will observe memes of political figures giving opposite views on the same age and being portrayed positively and negatively in the media. 2. Students will answer open-ended questions requiring critical thinking to discuss the differing opinions and images as shown in the media of known political figures. 3. Students will address a point of view attributed to one of two political figures and research ctedible sources to expand on the statement or opinion. Grades 5-7 recommended, also gifted 3-4, special needs High School

THE ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE UNION SOLDIERS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVE THE UNION AND END SLAVERY http://usslave.blogspot.com/2011/05/slaves-started-memorial-day.html DISCUSSION FOR K-2 Explain why the compelling question is important to the student. Read the article to students in K-2, then have them listen to some of the songs mentioned while marching as if they are in a parade. Have them use inquiry to understand the article. DISCUSSION FOR 3-6 Explain why compelling questions are important. Instruct students in grades 3-5 to read the article in pairs and allow time for them to ask inquiry questions to further understanding. Use open-ended questions to assess students. *Use the article to make your own plan for celebrating Memorial Day or reenact the first Students in Grades 7-12 will research two articles that supports one of two debate topics, prepare for debate by developing questioD1.1.3-5. Explain why compelling questions are important ns and prepare arguments, and participate in the debate. COMMON CORE STANDARDS: D1.1.K-2. Explain why the compelling question is important to the student. D1.1.3-5. Explain why compelling questions are important D1.1.6-8/D1.1.9-12. Explain how a question represents key ideas in the field.

This unit lesson will lessen the difficulty students with special needs have learning about and understanding history. By researching family history, students with special needs will realize that history delves in the past and that everyone has a history that can be passed down to families, friends, and historians. The goals and objectives provide teachers with an outline of this approach. The suggested activities, starting with each student investigating the history of someone in his/her family which will be displayed and presented by the student to the class. This will provide a foundation from which to explore historical events by having each student identify any event in the local, state, national, or world history their relative might have witnessed or with which s/he was involved. The teacher then arranges these historic events into a timeline to acquaint the students with how to research and display historical events.

Differentiation in public schools can be difficult for teachers. However, teachers that learn how differences in the classroom require differences in how each group learn, teaching in a diverse classroom is easier. Each group has a method of learning. For students with developmental disabilities, the IEP is the tool used to support learning. Along with that behavioral concerns should be addressed. Addressing behavioral problems is usually the job of support staff - behavior specialists, psychologists, therapists, etc. However, the behavior specialist is the one that will probably most involved with helping teachers and children deal with maladaptive behavior exhibited by students with developmental disabilities. In order to help teachers and support staff in a very large, well-known city an in-service with a doctor who has worked miracles with his patients with developmental disabilities. He works mostly with students with autism spectrum disorder but has worked his miracles on students with many types of maladaptive behavior. However, not having worked in a school setting, he tasked this behavioral specialist/classroom teacher (of typical students, gifted students, and students with developmental disabilities in grades 2-12 over two decades, as well training staff in behavior analysis and retiring as a supervisor) to create a presentation for an in-service. The results of that request are here in the form of an outline covering behavioral tools, examples of how those tools work, an understanding of the basic behavior problems and how parents should be part of the process. Added to the “behavior outline” is a “break out” session for various school groups using various materials. Teachers, teacher aides, support staff, and substitute teachers, along with teachers with specialists (art, music, gym, etc.) constitute the groups, each with different learning tasks. Slides are used throughout the in-service ice that have a great deal of information. The slides can be used if requested and can be purchased as a book. Another excellent tool is the MAS (Motivation Assessment Scale) that is almost one hundred percent accurate in determining what is causing a behavior and which behaviors need to be dressed. This author has used in as a behavior specialist and given each of the teachers and aides fill out with almost all coming up with the same score. Also, last but not least are a few games to play at the end of the in-service that you and your peers might like to use to identify various behavior management tools. They include games titled “Faculty Feud” “Name That 'Tude” and “Behavior Jeopardy.” All of the information is useful and easily understood. I am charging ten dollars for the complete program (the MAS is free) but will reduce it by half if your school would like to purchase the program for teachers and other faculty, to use for in-services, parent training. The discount is available for all U.S. schools, groups of teachers, etc. Howe

D****emand for behavioral intervention is at an all-time high. I’ve created my own company: If you are dealing with behavioral problems in your classroom, encourage your school district to contact CBAA (Chapman Behavior Analytics and Applications) at GenevaChapman@gmail.com which will provide your school district with a module for staff and parents, "break-out sessions for teachers and other staff, and assessment that’s fun as well as introduces a researched assessment. Online meetings are also available to answer questions for school districts that use our module and/or presentations. Created for an in-service for teachers in a major city, this behavior management training outline was created by a behavior specialist/special education teacher/gifted and talented teacher/regular student/staff instructor/supervisor was recently asked to prepare a protocol for a school district. This outline includes information about the author and presenter, as well as behavior management tools and examples that will help teachers and support staff (as well as students with developmental disabilities teach and learn how) to create classroom settings that equip and support students of all intellectual levels. The easy to use outline provides a great deal of information and a comprehensive list of sources that provide more detailed information. The attached MAS (Motivation Assessment Scale) which helps teachers and staff understand the cause of maladaptive behaviors. This scale is very easy to understand and use and usually shows the same results for a specific student by the teacher, staff, and parents. I only charge teachers $10, $50 for departments or schools. $250 for districtwide for distribution. Selling far more offline than on Tes.com.