by Emily Starr | Sep 23, 2020 | Lesson Ideas and Teaching Tips
4-PS3-4 Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another As we create informational texts for each of the Next Generation Science Standards, there are tons of amazing, interesting, and just plain weird facts we...
by Emily Starr | Apr 27, 2020 | Lesson Ideas and Teaching Tips
Right now, I am safe at home with my three-year-old and five-year-old. Like many of you, I feel the challenge of balancing at-home work with full-time parenting. I know many of your school districts are doing an amazing job of providing distance learning resources. ...
by Emily Starr | Feb 26, 2020 | Lesson Ideas and Teaching Tips
In my second year of teaching fourth grade, my science curriculum had a unit on plants. In an effort to integrate my English Language Arts and Science instruction, I wanted my students to read an informational text about plants during our small group guided reading...
by Emily Starr | Jan 8, 2020 | Lesson Ideas and Teaching Tips
3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. As we create informational texts for each of the Next Generation Science Standards, there are tons of amazing,...
by Emily Starr | Dec 23, 2019 | Lesson Ideas and Teaching Tips
It sounds like a silly question if you are a teacher. We know students need to understand what they read, but maybe you haven’t stopped to really think about the question in awhile. It may seem counterintuitive, but just because your students read fluently doesn’t...
