Classroom Resources

In this video lesson, students revisit some situations that can be modeled with quadratic functions. They analyze and interpret given equations, write equations to represent relationships and constraints (MP4), and work to solve these equations. In doing so, students see that sometimes solutions to quadratic equations cannot be easily or precisely found by graphing or reasoning.

In this interactive activity, students must figure out who won the race by comparing their times. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about ordering decimals, number lines, and rounding to the tenths place and then asks you to think about what numbers could be rounded to get a certain decimal.

In this interactive lesson, students will apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions. They will also interpret the division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number, compute such quotients and interpret the division of a whole number by a unit fraction, and compute such quotients.

This media gallery is designed to assist students, teachers, and parents in successfully completing an original composition for the WQED PBS KIDS Writers Contest. These resources can be used with students in grades K-5.

The gallery includes many resources that students could use to draft and refine a narrative.

The focus of this video lesson is writing expressions to represent situations. Students write expressions to represent operations with numbers and with letters standing in for numbers. Students can also choose to represent expressions with tape diagrams (MP5).

Students will watch a video that shows kids camouflaging themselves in order to blend into nature so they can watch wildlife. The kids follow a sequence of steps in order to camouflage themselves. The students will take notes on this process and write a paragraph that conveys the steps in proper order.

Overview
Students watch a video segment, take notes and using a time-order organizational structure, write a paragraph about how to camouflage themselves.

Why is this an important concept?
When learners can take ideas and sort them by order according to time, they can better comprehend the complexity, sequence, and relationships among the ideas. Noting the relationships among ideas leads to the ability to generalize, categorize, sort, evaluate, and understand new information.

Many jobs in the manufacturing industry require writing emails, reports, and updates. The first thing employees should consider when they start to write anything for work is audience and purpose, so they are sure to use the most appropriate language and format. This resource provides instruction and discussion in considering your audience when crafting workplace documents. 

Healthcare workers often write reports, charts, and emails. Writing clearly and accurately is critical to patient care and success in the medical field. This resource provides instruction and discussion about the audience, purpose, and functions of workplace documents. 

This novice-mid to novice-high Spanish activity encourages students to gather information from heritage speakers about how various holidays are celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Students gather information from the video recordings and compare their findings to celebration practices from within their own culture and eventually plan a party of their own. This full class period activity includes various stages requiring students to work individually, in pairs, and in groups.