Students will be able to identify the number four, identify groups with four objects and represent the number four.

Students develop their understanding of fractions through counting unit fractions on a number line.

Students explain that an hour can be written as several different fractions. They will color representative segments on a clock.

Students will be able to model division of fractions by another fraction. Students will be able to divide a fraction by a fraction using the standard algorithm.

People talk about quarters of the hour, or quarters in a dollar. This lesson lets students in on what that means.

In this lesson, students will listen to the story "Franklin in the Dark" by Paulette Bourgeois. Then students will compare and contrast its two characters and write about them.

How do I convince others to understand my side of the story? Second grade students conducted shared research activities and participated in a Socratic Seminar practicing the techniques of persuasive reasoning.

In this lesson for early readers, students will describe the major events in the plot, describe the characters, and ask and answer questions about the first chapter in Frog and Toad Are Friends---Spring.

In this lesson, students will record events and evidence from the story "Frog and Toad Are Friends" so they can use that evidence to answer comprehension questions.

During this lesson, students will sequence events in "Frog and Toad Are Friends" by Arnold Lobel, describe the problem and solution, and describe the characters.

Students will use the illustrations and details in the text to describe how plants grow. This lesson uses a complex text to allow students to analyze the pictures in From Seed to Plant and From Seed to Pumpkin. Included are videos and pictures of the lesson in action.

Using Fruit Loops, students sort by color, count, and enjoy a yummy snack!

Students examine several fossil samples as they analyze different ways these fossils formed using both real samples and an interactive web page.

Students act as problem solvers to take an unknown fact and solve it by breaking it down into pieces that are known.

In this lesson, students learn how to identify a generalization in a text so that they can then spot lies or inaccuracies. Includes downloadable workbook with a generalization activity on page 53.

Students develop their understanding of the importance of different 2-dimensional shapes by finding real world examples.

Students see how money is used to buy and sell items. They will participate in an activity to see how people get money.