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Write! Math
List the Steps
Is the class currently learning a new problem solving skill that could be explained in a set of sequential steps? In this activity, students write a description of how to solve the problem. Writing o1
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Is the class currently learning a new problem solving skill that could be explained in a set of sequential steps? In this activity, students write a description of how to solve the problem. Writing out the sequence of steps helps students verbalize and internalize the steps of solving the problem.
Write! Math
Personal Problems
Word problems are a natural mix of writing and mathematics. In this activity, students write personally relevant word problems, and share them with teammates. Then, teams write a team word problem an1
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Word problems are a natural mix of writing and mathematics. In this activity, students write personally relevant word problems, and share them with teammates. Then, teams write a team word problem and share it with other teams.
Write! Social Studies
State Your Opinion
In this activity, students explore their opinions on a controversial topic related to the social studies theme. Students write an opinion paper and share it with teammates.
Write! Social Studies
Court Case Simulation
The decisions of some landmark court cases have altered the history of the United States. In this activity, students work in teams to research a landmark court cases write a script for the case, rehe1
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The decisions of some landmark court cases have altered the history of the United States. In this activity, students work in teams to research a landmark court cases write a script for the case, rehearse it as a team and perform it for the class. By simulating a court case, students become actively engaged in the learning process, and get an insight to the nation’s judicial system.
Write! Social Studies
Historical Correspondence
What might Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth have written to each other? Benito Mussolini and Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Dwight Eisenhower and Anne Frank? Or characters from different times such as1
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What might Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth have written to each other? Benito Mussolini and Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Dwight Eisenhower and Anne Frank? Or characters from different times such as O. J. Simpson and Clarence Darrow? In this activity, students write the correspondence between the historical figures.
Write! Math
Build Your Math
Numbers are symbolic representations of concrete things, used to calculate and quantify. Bring that abstraction back to a touchable level with models or dioramas. In this activity, students connect s1
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Numbers are symbolic representations of concrete things, used to calculate and quantify. Bring that abstraction back to a touchable level with models or dioramas. In this activity, students connect symbols with concrete objects as they build and present their math.
Write! Social Studies
Word Associations
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Democracy?” Words and phrases evoke feelings associated with the topic. In this activity, students write about what they know or how they feel about the top1
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What comes to mind when you hear the word “Democracy?” Words and phrases evoke feelings associated with the topic. In this activity, students write about what they know or how they feel about the topic and share with a partner. This activity can be used as an anticipatory set to assess what students already know or as a culminating review to assess what students have learned.
Write! Social Studies
Compare and Contrast
Social Studies is loaded with great topics to compare and contrast. Students can compare and contrast historical events, historical figures, parties, laws and much more. By comparing and contrasting,1
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Social Studies is loaded with great topics to compare and contrast. Students can compare and contrast historical events, historical figures, parties, laws and much more. By comparing and contrasting, students learn about the details of topics being studied and develop strong analytical skills. In this activity, students brainstorm how two things are similar and different and write compare and contrast essays on the topic.
Write! Math
Measuring the Untouchable
Some things are not easily measured. How do you measure the height of a building, flagpole, or crater on the moon? In this activity, students write a plan to measure the untouchable and share their p1
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Some things are not easily measured. How do you measure the height of a building, flagpole, or crater on the moon? In this activity, students write a plan to measure the untouchable and share their plans with teammates.
Write! Science
Some Interesting Consequences
Science is full of causal relationships. If bobcats die, deer multiply, deer eat the ground cover causing mice and rabbits to starve. With fewer mice and rabbits, raptors starve too. In this activity1
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Science is full of causal relationships. If bobcats die, deer multiply, deer eat the ground cover causing mice and rabbits to starve. With fewer mice and rabbits, raptors starve too. In this activity, students explore the consequences of different actions, draw a diagram and write about the consequences.