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The SmartBoard lesson teaches about lines, angles, and shapes. It teachers polygons and types of polygons. It also includes quadrilaterals and types of quadrilaterals. This includes a frayer model of definitions, characteristics, examples and non-examples. It also teaches concepts such as similar, congruent, and symmetry.

Use this interactive SmartBoard file to teach decimals to fourth graders. The unit provides visual materials for students as they relate tenths to dimes and hundredths to pennies. The unit meets the CT objectives including, represent decimals pictorially, tie decimals to fractions, locate and label decimals on a number line, use models to represent tenths and hundredths and record the representation using equivalent fraction and decimal notation and adding and subtraction problems with decimal

These worksheets offer a comprehensive unit on electricity and magnetism. The unit is designed to meet the State of Connecticut GLEs for the Science and Technology in Society Unit which is 4.4 - Electrical and magnetic energy can be transferred and transformed. It includes the State of Connecticut Grade 4 Embedded Task as well. The worksheets provide student directions for experiments on magnetic attraction, electrical circuits, insulators and conductors, and electromagnets. The worksheets pr

Looking to have students investigate ways to find the area of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles? This SmartBoard file assists students in discovering the formulas for the area of rectangles, the area of parallelograms, and the area of triangles. Keywords: Perimeter of rectangles, geometry, interactive, inquiry method,

These Smart Notebook lessons walk through many pattern objectives, specifically those for the state of CT. The unit has interactive slides where students can explore patterns using pattern blocks, create patterns meeting a set of conditions, and use function boxes to solve problems. While it addresses 4th grade objectives, it may easily be adjusted for 3rd or 5th grade. Patterns, Interactive Patterns, Patterns SmartBoard, Patterns SmartNotebook,

Within science, students study forces and motion. According to the State of CT GLEs, the position of and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling. This SmartNotebook file walks you through how to demonstrate, how to have students experiment, and how to see the GLE through video clips. As you use this as a unit of study, the State of CT GLEs are met. I apologize. I cannot create a file small enough for you to preview it. Force and Motion Isaac Newton Laws of Motion Experimen

This SmartBoard file provides links to videos about abiotic and biotic factors, photosynthesis, and pollination. Within the file, there are ways to have students get ready to take notes on the videos and then answers as you wipe away the "flowers." Once students learn about the factors that affect plants, they may want to use the format to design their own inquiry or investigation. Photosynthesis

Use inquiry-based teaching to lead students to discover y = mx + b. Through observations, students will learn that linear expressions expressed as y=mx+b may be graphed using m as slope and b as the y-intercept.

Use interactive place value pieces, hundreds, tens, and ones, to explore place value. How many different ways can you create 32? What are some ways to create 267? Use these SmartBoard Lessons to explore the expanded notation, the value of numbers, and ways to represent numbers. Place Value, Interactive Place Value,

Use a mnemonic device to convert between metric units. Teach the metric system by comparing the metric system to a base-ten number system.

Are you having students teach students? If so, use this note taking form to guide the instruction that the students provide to the class. Along with the note taking sheet is a rubric to grade the group for the presentation and a rubric to grade individuals for the presentation. By having students teach students, students learn about a topic in depth and can articulate their learning to a new level.

A quick matching assessment with two questions about the scientific method. Designed in excel so you can edit the language as best suits your students.

Use these interactive SmartBoard lessons to teach addition with carrying and subtraction with borrowing. You can use place value pieces to represent how to solve problems. Place value, addition with carrying, subtraction with borrowing.

Use inquiry-based teaching to lead students to discover y = mx + b. Through observations, students will learn that linear expressions expressed as y=mx+b may be graphed using m as slope and b as the y-intercept. Provide students with practice as they use these worksheets for discovery and practice. Please buy the SmartBoard file to guide students through these worksheets.

Determine if students truly understand the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. Students determine if statements such as "Always line up decimal points in the problem using place value" apply to each operation. Decimal, Decimal Operations, Semantic Organizer

Have students reflect on the definition of quadrilaterals through this semantic organizer. First, students look at what the characteristics of each type of quadrilaterals are. Then students reflect is a square a rhombus or a rhombus a square. What truly makes up the definitions of these quadrilaterals?

Walk students through the scientific method. Teach vocabulary concepts such as control, hypothesis, and conclusion by revealing definition.

Assess your students understanding of photosynthesis.

Encourage a flexible thinking by having students find equivalent ratios in 3 different ways. This includes 2 tasks. 1 task is differentiated for 3 different levels.

Encourage flexible thinking by having students write a ratio from a scenario 3 ways.