Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
This professional development session focuses on the "Four C's" (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity) and how to integrate them into the classroom. In this interactive session, participants also will explore various iPad applications and develop a lesson or activity with... Read more »
Created by: Mandy Green
Date Updated: November 29th, 2021
In this interactive session, teachers will participate as learners in a 5E LEARN lesson. Through this experience, they will build formal knowledge of 5E concepts and evaluate the lesson’s alignment with the 5E model and its elements of authenticity. After observing modifications made to the 5E LEARN... Read more »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: November 19th, 2021
This professional development session applies research-based practices to support the use of educational technology (EdTech) in the classroom. Through exploring Scratch coding on a Raspberry Pi, 3D printing with TinkerCAD, and Swivl robots, participants will connect EdTech to science and engineering... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: October 27th, 2021
This professional development session applies research-based practices to support the use of educational technology (EdTech) in the classroom.Through exploring Scratch coding on a Raspberry Pi, 3D printing with TinkerCAD, and Swivl robots, participants will connect EdTech to science and engineering... Read more »
In this lesson, students will explore various types of expository writing. Students will experience the expository forms of description, sequence, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution writing through engaging tasks and collaborative activities and create an expository writing reference sheet... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: March 15th, 2023
Expository Writing
Students will identify and explain common mistakes in graphing on an x,y axis and create visual methods of remembering how to graph without making the three most common graphing mistakes. This is intended not as an introduction of graphing, but a review/helpful way of clearing up misconceptions. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 17th, 2020
coordinate plane graphing
Students will explore the cultural characteristics that appear in various versions of the story "Little Red Riding Hood." Additionally, students will compare and contrast how the cultural characteristics appear in each story and how American authors have revamped the story to mirror popular culture... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: September 16th, 2020
Cultural Characteristics
In this lesson, students will learn to determine which materials are best used in various situations based on their properties. After categorizing a few common materials like cotton balls and cooking oil, students contribute their rationales to an Anchor Chart, which is then expanded to include the... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 30th, 2020
Structure And Properties of Matter
Author's Purpose
Using the tale of The Three Little Pigs and associated nonfiction pieces, students try their hand at text analysis with a special focus on author’s purpose. Through examining a variety of texts, students practice determining author’s purpose. At the conclusion of this lesson, students demonstrate their... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 30th, 2020
In this lesson, students will learn about symbols that represent the United States, explain their importance, and demonstrate appropriate behavior when they recite the Pledge of Allegiance and when The Star-Spangled Banner is played. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: January 5th, 2022
Social Studies
In this fun and engaging lesson, students will learn what adjectives are and how they are used. Students will read or listen to the story "Dragons Love Tacos," by Adam Rubin. Then, students will engage in a learning game: they each pick a different kind of food and try to describe the food with adjectives... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: August 4th, 2021
Adjectives
In this lesson, students learn about the literary elements of character, setting, and plot while reading and exploring several stories: "Love Monster" by Rachel Bright, "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, "I Need My Monster" by Amanda Noll, and "How To Catch a Monster" by Adam Wallace and... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: October 19th, 2020
Literary Elements
After analyzing a variety of character descriptions, students will take a closer look at their own writing and make revisions to enhance their character descriptions. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: June 11th, 2021
Narrative Writing
In this lesson, students will discuss aspects of performance anxiety when speaking in front of an audience. They will identify strategies to manage these symptoms and create a tool to help improve their confidence when speaking to a group. Read more »
Created by: Adam Yeargin
Date Updated: November 4th, 2022
Speech and Debate
This lesson is based on the short story "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. Students will summarize the story and analyze each character's personality and internal conflict. Students will also identify the external conflict through the plot and setting. The author does not provide an ending... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: January 31st, 2023
Internal & External Conflict
Comparing and Contrasting Today’s Classrooms with Classrooms from the Past
Students will explore and explain how primary sources can help us learn about history. The class will use photos from approximately 100 years ago to discover how past classrooms compare with today’s classrooms. Students will then explore possibilities for future classrooms and draw their vision of how... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: February 10th, 2021
Comparing and Contrasting Today’s Classrooms with Classrooms from the Past
Computer programming helps young learners to understand how to think things through step-by-step, solve problems, and make adjustments based on feedback. There are many great resources now for both online and offline coding and using algorithms to solve problems for learners of all ages. These lessons... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: February 17th, 2022
Programming and Algorithms
Colloquial language is informal and consists of words or phrases known primarily to native speakers of a language. In this lesson, students will examine both how familiar they are with English colloquialisms, how often these colloquialisms are used in our speaking and writing, and the effects that colloquial... Read more »
Colloquial language
Sometimes, students have an aversion to writing because they lack a sense of purpose. In this lesson, students learn that letters can be an important way to communicate and can be fun to write. First, students brainstorm what they already know about letters and then explore letters written by a variety... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: February 4th, 2021
Writing Letters
Colloquial language is informal and consists of words or phrases known primarily to native speakers of a language. In this lesson, students will examine not only how familiar they are with English colloquialisms, but also how often these colloquialisms are used in our speaking and writing, and the effect... Read more »
Colloquial language
This lesson serves as an introduction to the novel "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor. The lesson addresses the theme of persistence in the novel by making predictions about what struggles the main character will come across and continually addressing these predictions while reading the book. The lesson's... Read more »
Created by: Susan Mudrick
Date Updated: February 11th, 2021
Character Development
Do words matter? Does our choice of words affect the attitudes of others? In this lesson, students will explore the denotation and connotation of different words from Romeo and Juliet and how word choice affects understanding and perception of an author’s writing. This is a multimodality lesson, which... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: June 30th, 2022
Connotation and Denotation in Romeo and Juliet
In this lesson, students will use primary and secondary sources to learn about history. Students will compare and contrast how primary and secondary sources can offer different views and perceptions of events. Students will demonstrate understanding by creating their own primary and secondary sources. Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: July 23rd, 2021
Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources
This is the second lesson in a series called, "Survival." In an effort to understand animal characteristics and adaptations, this lesson invites students to make observations about a variety of animals, participate in a modified four corners activity, and create a class Anchor Chart. Learning is extended... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: March 18th, 2022
Animal Adaptations
This lesson analyzes the context and setting of the novel "Of Mice and Men." This cross-curricular lesson previews societal issues that were prevalent in John Steinbeck's text. Steinbeck was a young man during the Great Depression, and he wove the background and context of the Great Depression into... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: March 17th, 2023
Background & Setting
In this lesson, students will explore the causes of World War I by completing a card sort and analyzing political cartoons. Students will create and present an anchor chart in groups over the causes of World War I. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: January 5th, 2023
Understanding the Causes of World War I
In this lesson students use primary and secondary sources to learn about history. Students compare and contrast how primary and secondary sources may offer different views and perceptions of events. Students demonstrate understanding by creating their own primary and secondary sources. Read more »
Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources
Geographic Features Around the World
This is Part 3 of the Where In The World Map Study Unit. This final lesson complements Lesson 1: Where in the World? Map Study Lesson #1 and Lesson 2: Where in the World Do We Find the Things We Need? Map Study Lesson #2. In this lesson, students use Google Earth to locate and observe features found... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: July 8th, 2021
Geographic Features Around the World
Do words matter? Does our choice of words affect the attitudes of others? In this lesson, students will explore the denotation and connotation of different words and how word choice affects understanding and perception of an author’s writing. This lesson is multi-modal, which means it's intended to... Read more »
Connotation and Denotation
In this lesson, students will explore different research methods used by sociologists. Students will work in groups to analyze different readings and summarize what they have read. To extend their learning, students will create visual representations of the different research methods to display across... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: September 1st, 2022
The Foundations of Sociology
This is the first lesson in the "What Is a Wave?" unit. Students will begin by recalling information they already know about waves. They will explore movement with springs to learn about and identify types of waves. In groups, students will create anchor charts with key concepts and examples of waves.... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: June 23rd, 2022
London Bridge Is Falling Down
This lesson introduces a variety of homes to students. People live in many different kinds of homes: houses, trailers, farmhouses, apartments, and more. It also emphasizes that no matter the kind of house, the people living inside make it welcoming and interesting. The activities are designed to encourage... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: April 11th, 2022
Homes Are One of Our Basic Needs
The ability to sequence events in a text is a key comprehension strategy, especially for narrative texts. This lesson starts with students constructing a story by placing events into sequential order. The class creates an Anchor Chart with ideas and clue words that writers use for sequencing. Students... Read more »
Created by: Aimee King
Date Updated: March 28th, 2022
Sequencing
Students will work through various activities to gain a working understanding of facts versus opinions. Students will use nonfiction text to learn facts about a historical figure and then use facts to support their opinion about the person in a “battle”. Students will be able to distinguish the... Read more »
Created by: Kara West
Date Updated: June 8th, 2021
Using Facts to Support an Opinion
In this lesson, students will be introduced to analogies by exploring how given words are related to one another. Students will work as a class to create a definition of an analogy, finish given analogies, create new analogies, and be able to explain why an analogy may not make sense. Finally, students... Read more »
Created by: Allison Mitchell-Hill
Date Updated: May 19th, 2022
Analogy RelationSHIP
Students will track how inflation has altered the cost of living from 1920 until today by examining vintage advertisements for various goods. Students will also learn how inflation continues to have an effect on the U.S. economy by watching a couple of videos and designing anchor charts. Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: June 23rd, 2022
Inflation and Cost of Living
In this culminating lesson of the "Lord of the Flies" unit, students revisit the Microcosms they designed in Lesson 1 and re-evaluate their emergency items, as they think critically about what William Golding intended to say in the story and how the story influenced them as a whole. Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: January 31st, 2023
In the End
In this lesson, students explore the changes that happen from night to night in the sky, especially the Moon's changing appearance. Students learn that as the Moon orbits the Earth, the Moon appears to change shape, which is a predictable pattern. In this lesson, students use a Moon card sort, view... Read more »
Created by: Brenda Rivera
Date Updated: July 6th, 2022
Eight Phases of the Moon
In this lesson, students will explore different research methods used by sociologists. Students will work in groups to analyze different readings and summarize what they have read. To extend their learning, students will create visual representations of the different research methods to display across... Read more »
The Foundations of Sociology
In this introductory lesson to the unit Introduction to Waves, students recall information they already know about waves. They explore with Slinkies to recognize types of waves, then create an anchor chart in groups with key concepts about waves and complete an exit ticket to assess their learning. Read more »
London Bridge is Falling Down
Environmental Factors
During this second lesson in the Connecting Social Issues and Health Inequities unit, students analyze Oklahoma City's Air Quality and pollutant levels from 2020 and summarize important information about air pollutants in a public service announcement. Read more »
Environmental Factors
What does it mean to have a plan for a post-secondary college or career? This lesson encourages students to explore their career choices and develop a plan to achieve their career goal. Read more »
College and Career Readiness
This lesson aims to develop an understanding of Zoonotic Diseases. In this lesson, students will explore how zoonotic diseases spread. Read more »
Zoonotic Diseases
What does it mean to have a plan for a post-secondary college or career? This lesson encourages students to explore their career choices and develop a plan to achieve their career goal. Read more »
College and Career Readiness
Geographic Features Around the World
This is Part 3 of the Where In The World Map Study Unit. This final lesson complements Lesson 1: Where in the World? Map Study Lesson #1 and Lesson 2: Where in the World Do We Find the Things We Need? Map Study Lesson #2. In this lesson, students use Google Earth to locate and observe features found... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: February 4th, 2022
Geographic Features Around the World
Learning how to listen and participate in conversations is an important skill for all learners. In this lesson, students will learn how to take turns speaking and how to listen to their friends to improve their social skills and enhance learning. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: January 18th, 2022
Speaking and Listening
This lesson takes learners through a process using their five senses to describe various candies. Learners will record their findings using descriptive words and then pose positive or negative opinions about the candies. Following this activity, they will write the first draft of a persuasive paragraph... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: March 16th, 2022
Persuasive Writing
This is the second lesson in a series called, "Survival." In an effort to understand animal characteristics and adaptations, this lesson invites students to make observations about a variety of animals, participate in a modified four corners activity, and create a class Anchor Chart. Learning is extended... Read more »
Animal Adaptations
This is the second lesson in a series called, "Survival." In an effort to understand animal characteristics and adaptations, this lesson invites students to make observations about a variety of animals, participate in a modified four corners activity, and create a class Anchor Chart. Learning is extended... Read more »
Animal Adaptations
Students will build, read, and write numbers to 100 using a myriad of math manipulatives. In this lesson, students will learn there are different ways to create the same number. Read more »
Created by: Shelli Cox
Date Updated: July 7th, 2022
Building and Decomposing Numbers
Learning about three-dimensional (3D) shapes opens up a new world to students. In this lesson, students will become aware that not all shapes are created equal, gain a better understanding of the attributes of basic 3D shapes, and practice identifying and naming shapes. Students will watch an introduction... Read more »
Created by: Cheryl Arnall
Date Updated: July 8th, 2022
3D Shapes
In this lesson, students will recall expanding polynomials and factoring quadratics. Students will learn how to factor polynomials with two, three, or four terms: difference of two squares, sum or difference of two cubes, trinomials of the quadratic form that are not quadratics, and grouping. Students... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: October 5th, 2022
Factoring Polynomials
Using adjectives can make a story bigger, brighter, and more beautiful. The book "If You Were an Adjective” by Michael Dahl will be used as a catalyst to help students examine how exciting a story can be when adjectives are used to describe people, places, and things. Students will learn what adjectives... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: July 7th, 2022
Human Problems Can Be Solved by Mimicking Animal Solutions
In this lesson, students will be given a picture of a polar bear missing some fur. They will also receive a handout with a picture of a cartoon person missing a coat in the snow. Students will be provided with art supplies to give the polar bear some fur and design a coat for the cartoon person so they... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: June 13th, 2022
Human Problems Can Be Solved by Mimicking Animal Solutions
This lesson provides an overview of yellow journalism and its impact on the Spanish-American War. Using hands-on activities and discussions, students explore the vocabulary and attributes of yellow journalism. Students also evaluate the field of journalism. Following completion of the lesson, students... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: August 15th, 2022
The Role of the Media in the Spanish-American War
What came first, the chicken or the egg? Oftentimes, Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) and Growth Mindset seem as if they are one and the same. During this activity, students will explore the importance of developing a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) in order to establish a Growth Mindset and will finally... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: October 18th, 2022
In this lesson, students learn about the history of assimilation in the education system and how it led to the rise of Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). Students begin by becoming familiar with some of the many famous and successful people who attended TCUs. Then, after reading a short article... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: February 20th, 2023