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Introduction to Functions Lesson Plan Revision

This is an excerpt of a Grade 8 mathematics lesson plan revision. The teacher valued the conceptual soundness of the lesson, but wanted to insert additional elements of formative assessment, such as adding tasks that allowed students to provide feedback to each other.  For more information on lesson revision with formative assessment, see this resource and […]

Why Do Fireflies Glow?

This lesson is part of a larger science unit on chemical reactions. The lesson incorporates English language arts with science content and features formative assessment. For the full set of science and ELA lesson plans, visit this collection on model lesson plans.

ELA Building Blocks of a Standard

This tool is used to record the Learning Goals and Success Criteria of lesson-sized stacks of Building Blocks. Teachers may choose to use one template per stack or record multiple stacks on the same template.