Learning Activities

Students will identify modes of transportation in the target language so that they can answer the question “How do you arrive at school?”

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

Students will write a narrative essay in past tense in the target language about a holiday that they celebrated.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

The teacher will introduce students to the word syllable and demonstrate to students how to count syllables in words using the digital tool. Next, the teacher will read a haiku poem to students and have the students count the syllables in the haiku using the strategy demonstrated in the video clip. Lastly, the teacher and students will read a variety of haiku poems, with the teacher encouraging the students to identify the syllable pattern in each poem using non-locomotor movements. The students will use mental math to calculate the number of syllables present in each line of a haiku poem and describe how this pattern supplies rhythm in a haiku. 

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity is designed to activate students thinking about perimeter and area. Students will work together to answer writing prompts about a rectangle that has an area of 36 inches.

In this learning activity, students will learn to add or subtract two vectors. The activity will teach the students how to add and subtract vectors in 2D. Vectors can be represented by line segments with a specific length (magnitude) and directions. Students will use this information to help visualize vector addition and subtraction. The scope of this learning activity will only consider vectors in two dimensions; however, the methodology described can be extended to vectors in three or more dimensions. The teacher will recall that a unit vector is a vector with a magnitude equal to 1 and that the unit vectors in the 𝑥- and 𝑦-directions are denoted by  ⃑𝑖 and ⃑𝑗 respectively. This learning activity can be used as a core lesson activity. 

Students will be working with a partner to generate benchmark numbers (to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand) for number cards.  They will use the benchmarks to round the number using place value understanding.  The students will be standing at the front of the class to create an embodied number line using teacher and peer support.

This activity requires students to solve a subtraction problem within 1,000, then show their computation strategy on a number line. The activity includes a parallel task. The parallel task uses the same word problem with different number magnitudes (within 1,000, within 100, and within 25). The students will be allowed to choose the word problem with the magnitude level with which they are most comfortable.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Cutting Up With the Unit Circle is a Google Doc tool that allows the student to study the Unit Circle and the different parts that make up the Unit Circle such as reference angles, radian measure, trigonometric ratios, and angle measurements. The student will use reference angles on the unit circle to construct a sine curve. This allows the student to visualize where the graph originates.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

The students will analyze the heart rate data they recorded during exercises to compare and contrast aerobic and anaerobic exercises. They will create a double bar graph to visually represent the data. The students will reflect on their performance of the exercises. Finally, they will develop an appropriate workout plan with balanced aerobic and anaerobic exercises.

This learning activity was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science (GEMS) Resource Development Project, in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

In this learning activity, students will apply their knowledge to distinguish the differences between proportional and non-proportional situations or relationships using graphs, tables, and equations. This Difference Between Proportional and Non-Proportional Relationships Practice Quizizz game has 25 questions to test the understanding of distinguishing the difference between proportional and non-proportional relationships and is intended to be used as an after-activity. Quizizz allows the teacher to conduct student-paced formative assessments through quizzing, collaboration, peer-led discussions, and presentation of content in a fun and engaging way for students of all ages. The students will work on this learning activity individually. To get the most from this activity, students should know that linear relationships can be represented as words, tables, graphs, and equations. 

This learning activity can be used as a stand-alone activity or as an After Activity.

This activity should be used as extra practice or an assessment after students have already been introduced to measuring with a ruler and line plots. In this learning activity, students will measure the lengths of pencils to the nearest half-inch and record the data on a line plot. 

In this activity, students will be assessed on decomposing a given number less than 10 into at least two pairs of smaller numbers and record their solutions using a number bond and number sentence.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity has students practicing matching numerals to sets of objects by using drag and drop on a computer device. Students will match a numeral to the correct object set that represents the numeral. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this free interactive math learning activity from Math is Fun, students gain an understanding of adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers by “playing” with an interactive tool. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this activity, the teacher will introduce a number path to help students rote count from any number other than 1. Number paths are used at this point because on a number path each box holds its own number. The unit being counted is easy to recognize and reinforces the one-to-one correspondence that younger students need to master. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will view a video that describes the relationship between multiplication and division. The video provides several illustrations that demonstrate this relationship. After viewing the video, the students will draw illustrations and corresponding math equations to show their understanding of this mathematical relationship.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity is intended for students to see how the study of languages can have a positive impact on their futures. Students will research ways to utilize language in their personal lives as well as in the future careers. The final product will be a video from each student discussing their research findings.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages Course of Study Resource Development Summit.

This interpersonal activity is geared toward level one World Language classes. Students will use the target language to interview and gather basic information about others at the novice-mid to novice-high level.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit. 

This measurement menu is comprised of 11 interactives teachers can use with students to practice converting within the customary and metric systems of measurement. Students practice converting measures of length, weight, and capacity, as well as determining which unit of measurement is appropriate for a given object. The interactives are available to be played in relaxed mode or timed mode for an additional challenge. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.

In this activity, the teacher will present students with the video Partitioning Circles and Rectangles. The teacher will introduce and define the math terms whole, equal shares, partition, halves (half of), thirds (third of), and fourths (fourth of). The teacher will use the Google Slide presentation to build and activate students' background/prior knowledge of circles, and rectangles while expanding students' knowledge of the math terms.

This resource was created in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

In this learning activity, students will learn how to rewrite algebraic expressions by combining like terms. The students will apply properties of operations to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions. The lesson offers a teaching video and additional problems for partner work to check for understanding. 

This learning activity can be used as a stand-alone activity but is best used as a core lesson activity. 

The Illuminations tool, Product Game, is an excellent resource for students to gain a deeper understanding of factors and multiples. This tool challenges students to make offensive and defensive moves to obtain four products in a row by selecting factors ranging from one to nine. The challenge comes when one of the factors must be from your opponent’s last move. Students can either play against the computer or with a partner in their class.

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This activity is a game about adding and subtracting polynomials.

This resource was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will work through a Desmos activity on Normal Distribution. They will be reminded of how to find the mean of a data set. The process of finding the standard deviation of a set of data values will be introduced. Students will practice doing both calculations. Next, using the mean and standard deviation they will define the intervals in a normal curve and will approximate the percentage of items in each interval using the Empirical Rule.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this activity, the teacher will use the checklist provided to assess students' mastery in rote counting from any given number other than 1. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity can be used as an introduction or engagement activity to a lesson on division with large numbers. Students will participate in a mathematical conversation that allows them to express their thinking on the relationship between multiplication and division. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity guides students through the process of creating a graph of a particular data set. Students can produce a bar graph that compares different categories, a line graph that shows a change in something over time, or a pie graph that shows percentages of a whole. Students will select the most appropriate graph choice, input data, create labels and titles, and make design choices to enhance the graphic representation of the data.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This lesson is intended to be the first introduction to verb conjugations in level one. This introduction to conjugation relies on students discovering verb conjugations and testing a hypothesis by using the interpretive mode of communication. Students will initially watch a short clip in the target language, create a hypothesis on how verbs are conjugated, and finally will put their hypothesis into action in a simple interpretive mode activity.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages Course of Study Resource Development Summit.

Seesaw is an online portfolio that allows students to document their learning.  Students can use Seesaw to add artifacts throughout the year. This activity is to have students solve a word problem and explain it within Seesaw.

This activity was created as a result of the DLCS COS Resource Development Summit.

This activity is an interactive online tool that allows students to explore and apply the order of operations to solve and evaluate algebraic expressions.

This activity was created at the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity is intended to be used as an introductory lesson on rational exponents and solving exponential equations.  It can also be used as a bellringer for a day two lesson on rational exponents.

In this activity, students will determine the appropriate tools to measure objects outside, and then determine other tools that could be used to measure the objects. The students will use rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, or a measuring tape to measure items. Students will record their measurements in their science journals.

This learning activity was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science (GEMS) Resource Development Project, in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

During this learning activity, students will solve a quality task that allows students to find the product of a given problem using equal grouping. Cookie Monster needs help counting the number of cookies he is baking for the school's bake sale. Students will first build the problem using counters then solve the problem and write the multiplication expression that matches what they built. 

This engagement activity allows students to use metric measurements to measure the length of an object. The students will use strategies based on place value and the properties of operation to combine the length of multiple objects with the same length to solve a real-world metric measurement problem.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this activity, students will investigate patterns and relationships related to the interior and exterior angles of polygons.  Students will also use Geogebra to construct regular and irregular polygons. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.