Having explored how Robert Hayden uses consonance, assonance, and alliteration to illustrate a complex relationship between a father and a son in "Those Winter Sundays," students engage in a variety of vocal activities and performance techniques based on word sounds. Students then prepare a recitation of the poem for small group performances and compare their interpretative choices as part of the reflection process.

Students are able to make meaninful connections to vocabulary words by using word endings  by creating their own word books to form new books.

How long will the fidget spinner spin? This 3 Act Task by Graham Fletcher begins with a short portion of a video with a fidget spinner in motion. First students make observations and estimates to begin determining how long the fidget spinner will be in motion. Students are then given the total number of spins and the average spins per second. Using division of a 4 digit dividend by a 1 digit divisor and conversion skills, students calculate the amount of time the spinner will spin.

"I'd like to suggest the educational technology resource: SpinnerWheel.com

Spinner Wheel is a free online tool that allows for a flexible and engaging approach to learning. It has many use-cases for any subject.

All entries on wheels are fully editable and one of the main things that makes it so useful is the ability to create multiple wheels for use at one time.

An example use of Spinner Wheel for mathematics: https://spinnerwheel.com/mental-mathematics-quiz
and for creative writing: https://spinnerwheel.com/short-burst-writing-ideas-generator

From creating multiple random number generators to equitably selecting students from a group, the possibilities for using this resource in a learning environment are practically endless."

Students will utilize their event planning skills in order to plan a charity event. Students are responsible for developing a marketing plan that includes the use of the promotional mix, writing press releases, securing sponsors, working as a team, and raising money for a local cause. Students will be evaluated based on their effort and performance prior to, the night of, and through the reflection of the event.

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Students discover that states have their own governments and powers separate from the federal government. They learn what those powers are, how they’re different from the federal government’s powers, and that state governments also give power to smaller, local governments. Students critique a set of fictional state laws, create a story involving state powers, and look at some differences between state and local power.
We recommend teaching our lesson The "Federal" in Federalism right before this lesson.
(Please note: This lesson replaces our old "On the Level" lesson plan. The Venn diagram activity from On the Level can be found in The "Federal" in Federalism.)

Student Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to…
*Explain the source and nature of state and local governmental power.
*Distinguish reserved powers from federal powers.
*Identify types of powers that are held at the state or local level.
*Examine the differences between statewide laws and local ordinances/laws.
*Explain the duties of various local officials.

This text set includes a variety of multimodal resources designed to help learners understand treaty rights as they apply to the state of Wisconsin, giving special emphasis to the court cases of LCO v. Voight and State v. Gurnoe.  Indian tribes were independent, sovereign nations, before the arrival of Europeans in North America. Despite ceding their lands in the northern part of Wisconsin to the U.S. government, Chippewa tribes reserved the right to hunt, fish, and gather within the Ceded Territory. In the 1980’s, these court cases affirmed those rights. The year 2024 celebrates 50 years of the court decision. 

This activity displays a stem and leaf plot representing data either entered by the user or generated by the computer. The user can use the applet as a tool that creates a stem and leaf plot from data the user inputs, or to practice calculating the mean, median, and mode of a given data set.

The "Student loan debt calculator" applies two simple principles to paying off high-interest debt. 1. Consolidate the existing student loans 2. Use the extra cash every month to pay off other higher interest debt sooner. We apply the amount of payment savings you choose to the nonstudent loan debt with the highest rate. When that balance is paid in full, the balance with the next highest rate will be paid down. This continues until you have rolled through all of the balances and the non-student loan debt is paid in full. Click the "View Report" button for a detailed look at the results.

The "Student loan debt calculator" applies two simple principles to paying off high-interest debt. 1. Consolidate the existing student loans 2. Use the extra cash every month to pay off other higher interest debt sooner. We apply the amount of payment savings you choose to the nonstudent loan debt with the highest rate. When that balance is paid in full, the balance with the next highest rate will be paid down. This continues until you have rolled through all of the balances and the non-student loan debt is paid in full. Click the "View Report" button for a detailed look at the results.

Stukent's Social Media Marketing Online Simulation:

Write Targeted Social Media Ads
Students learn and test different promotional strategies to create compelling social media ads across various social media network platforms. Students will gain experience in writing ad copy that increases engagement and conversions.

Perform Demographic Targeting
Students get to analyze which types of content on which platforms resonate better amongst different demographics.

Social Media Content Promotion Strategies
Students learn the difference between earned, owned, and paid social media marketing promotion strategies. They will analyze various forms of media and different targeting strategies to achieve the greatest reach.

Measure Key Performance Indicators
Knowing which indicators to measure and improve can make or break your social media marketing efforts. The Mimic Social Simulation will help students learn not only what these key performance indicators are, but also how to improve such indicators.

Ad Budgeting
Students will learn how to manage a social media marketing budget that allows them to place competitive bids to drive clicks, shares, likes, comments, etc.

Proper Content Scheduling
Students learn the art of content scheduling. They will analyze data points and schedule out their posts to go live at optimal times.

This article describes how a high school teacher's approach to teaching "styles of writing" to her students. This lesson ties in reading and writing by taking what might be considered a difficult literary passage (ie: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitgerald) and teach students to write like the author and receive feedback in a "workshop" setting where students receive feedback from one another.

This resource is a tool for educators to better understand and support the subitizing progression from Pre-K through Grade 3 and was inspired by learning within The Power of Early Mathematics, 2024, a WISELearn Innovation Grant funded WI Department of Public Instruction learning series. It contains the general subitizing progression, with their connection to the 2021 Wisconsin Standards for Mathematics, and supporting instructional activities for each stage in the progression. 

Students will review and practice breaking numbers apart into expanded form in order to subtract.

Students will have independent review of subtraction within 100, including examples that require borrowing. Following review, students will be asked to complete independent practice.

The is a 3-Act lesson which shows a video of a man running Stairs and then running Super-Stairs.  Students generate questions like "How long will it take for him to run"  and "How many steps does he take".

This is appropriate for students studying sequences and series or as an enrichment problem for younger math students.

Think that the Supreme Court doesn't apply to your day-to-day life? Think again!The decisions the Court makes today, as well as its decisions in the past, have a real and lasting impact on the way Americans live their lives.This activity describes 10 situations encountered in the daily life of an American teen. Take a look at each scenario, and then choose the related Supreme Court decision that directly impacts our rights and freedoms as citizens of the United States.

Throughout US history, the Supreme Court´s rulings have had a real and lasting effect on the everyday lives of Americans.  In this activity, you will be sorting these landmark cases into the correct decades in which they were decided.  When you have them all correct, you can click on the cards to get more information on each case.

In this lesson, students learn how adaptations, limiting factors, and predator prey relationships all affect the survival of plants and animals. Predator-prey relationships are simulated in two games, where students record their experiences and display data in story and chart/graph form, and explore the adaptations of animals in terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Extension activities include habitat investigations in natural areas.