Career & technical ed.
Ag Math: Field Area, Acres and Crop Yield
Students use area, acre, yield and unit-conversion formulas to solve field and crop problems from a farm business.
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Mathematics
Area and Perimeter of Rectangles, Triangles and Combined Shapes
Students match shapes to area formulas, then find area and perimeter of rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, rhombuses and combined shapes described in words.
World languages
Bonjour! French Greetings and Introductions
Students match and use basic French greetings, complete mini-dialogues from a phrase bank, and write and perform a short introduction dialogue.
Business & personal finance
Break-Even Point: How Many Candles Must Corner Candle Co. Sell?
Students use a formula to find the break-even point for a fictional candle business, build a profit table, and test what happens when price or costs change.
English language arts
Career Spotlight: Wildlife Rehabilitator (Summarizing)
Students read an original career article, take notes paragraph by paragraph, and practice writing a short summary.
Arts
Careers in Music: More Than Performing
Students read about eight music careers, match jobs to descriptions, answer questions about training and plan two careers they might explore.
Arts
Caring for Your Instrument and Your Voice: Habits and Routines
Students read about instrument care, vocal health and performance routines, judge good and risky habits, and plan their own routine.
Mathematics
Circles: Circumference, Area, Arc Length and Sectors
Students compute circumference, area, arc length and sector area from radius, diameter and central angle, and solve real-world circle problems.
Career & technical ed.
Circuit Diagrams and Ohm’s Law on Paper
Students match circuit symbols described in words to their parts, then use Ohm’s law, series and parallel rules and the power formula to solve paper circuit problems.
English language arts
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Should the First Bell Ring Later?
Students read an original argument text about school start times, sort statements into claim, evidence and reasoning, and write their own CER paragraph.
Mathematics
Completing the Square: Perfect Squares and Vertex Form
Students find the missing term of perfect-square trinomials, solve three equations by completing the square, and rewrite a parabola in vertex form.
Mathematics
Complex Numbers: The Cycle of i and Complex Arithmetic
Students discover the repeating pattern of powers of i, then add, subtract, multiply and divide complex numbers.