Mathematics
Expressions and One-Step Equations: Words to Symbols
Students match word phrases to algebraic expressions, evaluate an expression, and solve one-step equations from word problems.
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Mathematics
Literal Equations: Solving Formulas for Any Variable
Students rearrange familiar formulas to isolate a chosen variable, apply them to real numbers, and match formulas to their rearranged forms.
English language arts
Poetry Close Reading: Figurative Language in “Early Bus”
Students annotate an original free-verse poem, identify similes, personification, alliteration and enjambment, and write a short poem of their own.
English language arts
Poetry Forms: Haiku, Acrostic and Free Verse
Students learn three poetry forms from original examples, count syllables, and write one haiku, one acrostic and one free verse poem.
Mathematics
Pythagorean Theorem: Find the Missing Side
Students find missing sides of right triangles, test whether side lengths make a right triangle, solve ladder and screen problems and fix common mistakes.
Arts
Song Form Detective: Verse, Chorus and Bridge
Students label the sections of an original song lyric, map its form with letters, study rhyme, and write four lines of their own.
Mathematics
The Pythagorean Theorem and Its Converse
Students find missing sides of right triangles in real-world situations and use the converse to test whether side lengths make a right triangle.
Mathematics
Two-Step Equations: Solve, Check, Catch the Mistake
Students solve eight two-step equations, check each answer by substitution, and find the errors in sample student work.
Mathematics
Two-Step Inequalities: Solve, Test and Describe
Students solve two-step inequalities, match them to word descriptions, model budget situations and correct sample student work.
Science
Waves and Sound: Wavelength, Frequency and Speed
Students match wave vocabulary, use v = f × λ and echo and thunder timing to find wavelengths and distances, and classify waves as transverse or longitudinal.