3-31-2012 Cesar Chavez Day

TOP 25 WAYS TO TEACH YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT 

CESAR CHAVEZ DAY

BACKGROUND:

1. Voice of America
2. America's Story
3. The Fight in the Fields Timeline
4. Watch, Know, Learn Videos
5. A Biography
6. Printable Timeline
7. The Short-handled Hoe
8. Presidential Proclamation
9. ABC Person of the Week
10. Cesar Chavez Reflects on Working Towards Peace

LESSONS:

1. Teaching Tolerance: Viva La Causa
2. Cesar Chavez Day Model Curriculum and Resources from California DoE
3. El Civics Lesson
4. BrainPop: Cesar Chavez
5. Harcourt: Cesar Chavez
6. Cultural Literacy: Cesar Chavez Day
7. Current Events: Si Se Puede Article
8. Cesar Chavez: Lessons in Compassion
9. Reading A-Z
10. Cesar E. Chavez Campaign: Middle School Toolkit
11. Scholastic: Honoring Cesar Chavez
12. Harvesting Hope Teacher's Guide

FOUNDATIONS:

1. United Farm Workers
2. Cesar Chavez Foundation
3. Cesar E. Chavez Institute

3-30-2012 US History to 1620 Online

Teching The Social Studies CCCS
Grades 5-8

American History to 1620

Content Area	Social Studies	RESOURCES
Standard	6.1 U.S. History: America in the World: All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think analytically about how past and present interactions of people, cultures, and the environment shape the American heritage. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make informed decisions that reflect fundamental rights and core democratic values as productive citizens in local, national, and global communities.
Era	Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Grade Level	By the end of grade 8
Content Statement	Strand CPI# Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)
1. Three Worlds Meet Indigenous societies in the Western Hemisphere migrated and changed in response to the physical environment and due to their interactions with Europeans. European exploration expanded global economic and cultural exchange into the Western Hemisphere.	A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights 6.1.8.A.1.a Compare and contrast forms of governance, belief systems, and family structures among African, European, and Native American groups. B. Geography, People, and the Environment 6.1.8.B.1.a Describe migration and settlement patterns of Native American groups, and explain how these patterns affected interactions in different regions of the Western Hemisphere. 6.1.8.B.1.b Analyze the world in spatial terms, using historical maps to determine what led to the exploration of new water and land routes. C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology 6.1.8.C.1.a Evaluate the impact of science, religion, and technology innovations on European exploration. 6.1.8.C.1.b Explain why individuals and societies trade, how trade functions, and the role of trade during this period. D. History, Culture, and Perspectives 6.1.8.D.1.a Compare and contrast gender roles, religion, values, cultural practices, and political systems of Native American groups. 6.1.8.D.1.b Explain how interactions among African, European, and Native American groups began a cultural transformation. 6.1.8.D.1.c Evaluate the impact of the Colombian Exchange on ecology, agriculture, and culture from different perspectives.	US History on Shmoop Lessons on PBS Teachers Age of Exploration Native Americans of the Western Hemishpere Native American North American Natives The Cherokee Nation Up Close with a Zapotec Urn Inca Investigation Types of Government Descriptions of Governments Political Economy Terms Glossary Determining Boundaries Trading Around the World Comparative Economic Systems Western Religions Religion of the Ancient Near East Ancient Civilizations Tenets of Major Religions Human Settlement Environmental Trends

3-29-2012 Dependent and Independent Variables

Teching the CCCS for Grade 6 Mathematics

STRAND	CPI	SKILLS	Resources
Expressions & Equations	The goal: Students will be able to apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions, reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities, and represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.	More specifically, students will understand the use of variables in mathematical expressions. They write expressions and equations that correspond to given situations, evaluate expressions, and use expressions and formulas to solve problems. Students will understand that expressions in different forms can be equivalent, and they will use the properties of operations to rewrite expressions in equivalent forms. Students will learn that the solutions of an equation are the values of the variables that make the equation true. Students will use properties of operations and the idea of maintaining the equality of both sides of an equation to solve simple one-step equations. Students will construct and analyze tables, such as tables of quantities that are in equivalent ratios, and they use equations (such as 3x = y) to describe relationships between quantities.	Algebraic Reasoning Algebra Algebra Games Math By Design Maths Masters Algebra Virtual Manipulatives Exploriments
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.			Pre-Algebra on Shmoop  Algebra: The Supplement
	Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.		Powers and Roots Base and Exponent Evaluate Squares Evaluate Cubes Evaluating Exponents Exponents Scientific Notation practice site
	Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.	Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers. For example, express the calculation “Subtract y from 5” as 5 – y.	Function Machine Formulas and More on Formulas
		Identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient); view one or more parts of an expression as a single entity. For example, describe the expression 2 (8 + 7) as a product of two factors; view (8 + 7) as both a single entity and a sum of two terms.	Translate Sentences into Equations Writing Equations The Mystery Number Song Escape from Planet X
		Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). For example, use the formulas V = s3 and A = 6 s2 to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s = 1/2.	Evaluating Expressions w/ 1 variable Evaluating Expressions w/ 2 variables Balancing Equations Evaluate Expressions
	Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.	For example, apply the distributive property to the expression 3 (2 + x) to produce the equivalent expression 6 + 3x; apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y to produce the equivalent expression 6 (4x + 3y); apply properties of operations to y + y + y to produce the equivalent expression 3y.	Properties of Operations Properties Practice Solving with Inverse Operations Order and Zero Properties of Addition Properties
	Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them).	For example, the expressions y + y + y and 3y are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number y stands for. Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.	Algebra Four

3-28-2012 One Variable Equations and Inequalities

Teching the CCCS for Grade 6 Mathematics

STRAND	CPI	SKILLS	Resources
Expressions & Equations	The goal: Students will be able to apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions, reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities, and represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.	More specifically, students will understand the use of variables in mathematical expressions. They write expressions and equations that correspond to given situations, evaluate expressions, and use expressions and formulas to solve problems. Students will understand that expressions in different forms can be equivalent, and they will use the properties of operations to rewrite expressions in equivalent forms. Students will learn that the solutions of an equation are the values of the variables that make the equation true. Students will use properties of operations and the idea of maintaining the equality of both sides of an equation to solve simple one-step equations. Students will construct and analyze tables, such as tables of quantities that are in equivalent ratios, and they use equations (such as 3x = y) to describe relationships between quantities.	Algebraic Reasoning Algebra Algebra Games Math By Design Maths Masters Algebra Virtual Manipulatives Exploriments
Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.	Word problem practice
	Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true.		Introduction to Equations and More 1 Step Equations (add and subtract) One Variable, One Step Equation Games 1 Step Equations (divide) 2 Step Equations Order of Operations
	Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.		Algebra vs. The Cockroaches Weigh the Wangdoodles
	Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q andpx = q for cases in which p, q and xare all nonnegative rational numbers.		Number Cruncher and Whole Number Cruncher
	Write an inequality of the form x > cor x < c to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem. Recognize that inequalities of the form x > c or x< c have infinitely many solutions; represent solutions of such inequalities on number line diagrams.		Inequalities and Simultaneous Equations Solving Inequalities

3-27-2012 6th Grade Algebraic Expressions

Teching the CCCS for Grade 6 Mathematics

STRAND	CPI	SKILLS	Resources
Expressions & Equations	The goal: Students will be able to apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions, reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities, and represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.	More specifically, students will understand the use of variables in mathematical expressions. They write expressions and equations that correspond to given situations, evaluate expressions, and use expressions and formulas to solve problems. Students will understand that expressions in different forms can be equivalent, and they will use the properties of operations to rewrite expressions in equivalent forms. Students will learn that the solutions of an equation are the values of the variables that make the equation true. Students will use properties of operations and the idea of maintaining the equality of both sides of an equation to solve simple one-step equations. Students will construct and analyze tables, such as tables of quantities that are in equivalent ratios, and they use equations (such as 3x = y) to describe relationships between quantities.	Algebraic Reasoning Algebra Algebra Games Math By Design Maths Masters Algebra Virtual Manipulatives Exploriments
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.			Pre-Algebra on Shmoop  Algebra: The Supplement
	Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.		Powers and Roots Base and Exponent Evaluate Squares Evaluate Cubes Evaluating Exponents Exponents Scientific Notation practice site
	Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.	Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers. For example, express the calculation “Subtract y from 5” as 5 – y.	Function Machine Formulas and More on Formulas
		Identify parts of an expression using mathematical terms (sum, term, product, factor, quotient, coefficient); view one or more parts of an expression as a single entity. For example, describe the expression 2 (8 + 7) as a product of two factors; view (8 + 7) as both a single entity and a sum of two terms.	Translate Sentences into Equations Writing Equations The Mystery Number Song Escape from Planet X
		Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). For example, use the formulas V = s3 and A = 6 s2 to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s = 1/2.	Evaluating Expressions w/ 1 variable Evaluating Expressions w/ 2 variables Balancing Equations Evaluate Expressions
	Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.	For example, apply the distributive property to the expression 3 (2 + x) to produce the equivalent expression 6 + 3x; apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y to produce the equivalent expression 6 (4x + 3y); apply properties of operations to y + y + y to produce the equivalent expression 3y.	Properties of Operations Properties Practice Solving with Inverse Operations Order and Zero Properties of Addition Properties
	Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them).	For example, the expressions y + y + y and 3y are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number y stands for. Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.	Algebra Four

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3-26-2012 We're All in Motion - CCCS for Science

5.2 Physical Science: All students will understand that physical science principles, including fundamental ideas about matter, energy, and motion, are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of phenomena in physical, living, and Earth systems science.


E. Forces and Motion :  It takes energy to change the motion of objects. The energy change is understood in terms of forces.

By the end of grade	Content Statement	CPI#	Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)	RESOURCES
6	An object’s position can be described by locating the object relative to other objects or a background. The description of an object’s motion from one observer’s view may be different from that reported from a different observer’s view.	5.2.6.E.1	Model and explain how the description of an object’s motion from one observer’s view may be different from a different observer’s view.	Forces and Motion Forces in Action The Forces Lab NOVA Physics and Math Free Online Physics Loads Lab Friction Friction 2.02 Magnets and Springs Forces BrainPop Forces and Motion Gravity Force Lab The Gravity of the Situation Acceleration Lift The Ramp Inventor's Toolbox Simple Machines Simple Machines Robot Factory The Compound Machine Forces at Work John Travoltage Shoot a Cannonball into Orbit FOSS Force and Motion Pulleys and Levers Machine ESPNs Sports Science  The Science of Football Exploratorium Sports Science Newton's 2nd Law & Khan Academy
6	Magnetic, electrical, and gravitational forces can act at a distance.	5.2.6.E.2	Describe the force between two magnets as the distance between them is changed.
6	Friction is a force that acts to slow or stop the motion of objects.	5.2.6.E.3	Demonstrate and explain the frictional force acting on an object with the use of a physical model.
6	Sinking and floating can be predicted using forces that depend on the relative densities of objects and materials.	5.2.6.E.4	Predict if an object will sink or float using evidence and reasoning.
8	An object is in motion when its position is changing. The speed of an object is defined by how far it travels divided by the amount of time it took to travel that far.	5.2.8.E.1	Calculate the speed of an object when given distance and time.
8	Forces have magnitude and direction. Forces can be added. The net force on an object is the sum of all the forces acting on the object. An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion at constant velocity will continue at the same velocity unless acted on by an unbalanced force.	5.2.8.E.2	Compare the motion of an object acted on by balanced forces with the motion of an object acted on by unbalanced forces in a given specific scenario.