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Grades 3-5 Lesson Plans  

Title and ITV Series/Technology

Grade

Subject

SOL

New for 2007
Made in China: The Art of Chinese Calligraphy

Elementary Video Adventures: Stories from China: Land and People: Write

2-3

History, Geography, Math, Art, and Language Arts

History 2.1, Geography 2.4,
Math 3.14, C/T K-2.5, 3-5

New for 2007
Matter for Minors

Properties of Matter, Part 2: Liquids, Solids and Gases

K-3

Science

K.4 a, b, c, d, e, K.5 a, b, c,
1.3 a, b, c, 2.3 a, b, c 3.3 a, b, c

New for 2007
Independent or Dependent? That is the Question

How Scientists Work- What is the Scientific Method?

4-8

Science, Math

Science 4.1 b, c, f, 5.1 e, g , 6.1 e , i, LS.1 b, f, h , PS.1 g, h, k,  Math 5.18, 6.18 a , 7.17 b,  8.12

New for 2007
The Dog Days of Data

Discovering Math:  Statistics and Data Analysis (Grades 6-8)

5-8

Mathematics, Statistics

5.18, 6.18 a, b, c, 7.17 a, b, c, d, e, f, 7.18, 8.13

New for 2007
Proud as a Peacock

U.S. Symbols
Symbols of America

K-3

Social Studies

K.9, 1.11 a, b
 

New for 2007
One Vs. One Hundred...

Math Mastery: Addition. Lesson 1: Getting Started, Lesson 2: Column Addition

3-5

Math

Math 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3

New for 2007
The Dog Days of Data

Discovering Math: Statistics and Data Analysis: "Example 1: Stem-and-Leaf Plots - Dog Weights"

5-8

Mathematics, Statistics

5.18, 6.18a, b, c, 7.17 a, b, c, d, e, f, 7.18, 8.13

New for 2006
Once in a Blue Moon


The Moon Dance

3-5

Science / Technology

Science: 3.8, 4.7

New for 2006
Coming Attraction


Electricity and Magnetism-The Magic of Magnets

4-8

Science / Math

Science: 4:1 a, b, 4:3 a, 6.1 a ,b,  
LS.1 a, b, c,  PS.1 a ,b, c,  PS.11 a,
Math:   4:20, 6:18 a, 7.17 b, 8:12

New for 2006
What a Tangled Web We Weave

Foldable

Food Chains and Webs

3-8

Science /
Language Arts

Science 3.5, 3.6, 4.5,  L. S. 6, 7, Biology 9a, Writing 8.7, 5.8,  9.6

New for 2006
Deep Blue Sea

Oceans: Earth's Last Frontier  

3-5, 7

Science

SCI.5.6, SCI.ES.11

New for 2006
Doing Dewey Decimal

Media Mania, 103

2-3

Library Information Skills

2.2, 3.3

New for 2006
Dear John...

How to Write a Report and Letter

3-8

Language Arts

English 3.10, 4.8, 5.8, 6.6, 6.7, 7.8,  7.9, 8.7, 8.8

New for 2006
Chances Are

Bill Nye Science Video Probability #303

3-5

Math

Math 2.23, 3.23, 4.18,3.23,
Science 3.1, 4.1, 5.1

New for 2006
Old Glory

Old Glory

K-3

Social Studies


K.1, 1.11, 2.10, 2.12, 3.12

New for 2006
When Push Comes to Shove


Let's Move It: Newton's Laws of Motion

4-8

Science/Math
/Art/History

Science 4.2 a, b, c, d, Math 4.10 a,
 4.11 a, PS.10 a, b

New for 2005
Wild and Wetlands

Man and the Great Dismal Swamp

3-5

Science/Language Arts/Math/Technology

Science 3.1, 3.6, English 3.9, Math 3.9,
3.10, Science 4.1, 4.5, Math 4.7,
Science 5.7, Math 5.3

New for 2005
A Matter of Fact

Mathica's Mathshop: "A Sure Cure"

3-4

Mathematics –Multiplication

Math 3.9, 3.10

New for 2005
I've Got The Power

Simple Machines: A First Look

3

Science – Force, Motion, and Energy

Science 3.2, 3.2a, 3.2b, 3.2d

New for 2005
You Are What You Eat

Herman's Chow-Down Nouns,  "What are Nouns?"

1-3

Language Arts/Technology

3.2e

New for 2005
I Have a Dream!

The Boyhood of Martin Luther King Jr.  & Holiday Facts and Fun: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

K-3

Social Studies/Math

K1b, K.2, K.17, K.18, 
1.10 a,
 2.10 a, b, c,
3.11a,
3.12

New for 2005
Can You Walk a Mile With My Foot?

Measurement and Scale

4-8

Math/Science

Math 4.11 a, b, c,
Science 5.11 a, b;  4.1 a, b; 5.1 c, d;  6.1, c, d, f;   7.1 c;  8.1 b, c

New for 2005
Can You Hear Me Now?

Breaking the Silence: an Introduction to Sound

5-8

 Science

5.2 a,b,  6.2 c, PS.8 a , b, PH.9     

New for 2005
Say It With A Graph

Geography Basics: Globes, Maps, & Graphs

5-8

Social Studies/ Science/Language Arts/Math

Math (5.18, 6.18, 7.17, 8.12)
Science (5.1, 6.1, LS.1, PS.1)

Social Studies (USI.1, USI.2, CE.1, WHI.1)

Language Arts (5.8, 6.6, 7.8, 8.7, 9.6)

New for 2005
Inquiring Minds Want to Know

What is Scientific Inquiry? 

5-8

Science/Language Arts

 Science, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1,  CH.1,  English, 4.7, 5.8, 6.6, 7.8, 8.7

New for 2005
You Light Up My Spectrum

Light & Color

5-8

 Science/ Art/History

Science 5.3 a, b, c, d, e, PS.9 a, b

New for 2004
Mummy Said There'd Be Days Like This
Attachments

Ancient Times: Segment 4 -" Pyramids of Egypt" and Segment 2 - "Hieroglyphics"
Reading Rainbow # 509 "Mummies Made in Egypt"

2-3

Social Studies / Math / Language Arts / Technology

History:  2.1
Geography: 2.4 a, 2.4 d
Math: 2.20, 2.22, 3.18
English: 2.8 e, 2.9,  2.11, 3.1, 3.7
Technology: C/T5.3

New for 2004
Good Golly, It's Mali

African & African American Folktales, "How Anansi Obtained the Sky God's Stories"

3

Language Arts / Social Studies

Social Studies 3.2

New for 2004
Fat Chance

Baye's Theorem Considering New Information When Making Decisions
Mathica's Mathshop: "A Bundle of Joy", # 110

3-5

Math

Math 2.23, 3.23, 4.18
 Science 3.1, 4.1, 5.1

New for 2004
Tell A Ton of Tall Tales


Telling Tales, Hardy Hard Head #101

3-5

Language Arts

English 3.1, 3.2, 4.1
C/T 5.4, C/T 5.3

New for 2004
We Built This City

Living History Series: Living in Ancient Greece
Life in Ancient Rome: Contributions of Ancient Rome

3-5

History, Geography, Technology

History 3.1, Geography 3.4

New for 2004
Rambling Through the Regions
Attachment


Virginia Pathways,
#101 "Taxes and Transportation"

4

Virginia History / Geography

VS.1i, VS.2b

New for 2004
Let's Make a Dill


Club Write Series 103

4-8

Language Arts / Science

Writing 4.7,  5.7, 6.7, 7.8, 8.5, English 8.5, Science, 6.1, LS 7.1, PS 8.1

Updated for 2004
Hey, Hey, We're the Pamunkey…and Other American Indians

Native American Series #104, Indians of the Southeast

2-5

History / English / Technology

History 2.3;  English 5.7;  Computer/Technology 5.4; VS.1, VS.2, VS.3, VS.4

Updated for 2004
Chop Chop, Who's There

Passport to the Rainforest 101

3-5

English / Science / Technology

 English 3.5, 3.10, 4.7, Science 3.6, Computer/Technology 5.4

Updated for 2004
Now You See Them, Now You Don't

Colonial Life Series, 103

3-5

Social Studies

VA History 3.3, VS.1, VS.3

Updated for 2004
Picture This

Club Write Series 106

4-8

Language Arts / Descriptive Writing

3.2, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 3.11, 4.7, 4.8, 5.1, 5.8, 5.9

Updated for 2004
The Good Old Days:  Were They?

Attachments

Colonial Life Series 101

5-6

Social Studies

VS.3

Updated for 2004
This Little Light of Mine

Attachments

Take a Look 2, 109 Electricity

3-5

Science / Math

 Science 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 5.1,
Math 3.14, 4.12, 5.11, Computer/Technology 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

Updated for 2004
He Said, She Said, So: What's the Point?

Attachments

Club Write 109, Writing Reports & Point of View

4-8

English

English 6.2, 7.5, and 8.3

Updated for 2004
Orville and Wilbur Wong and the Fantastic Flying Machine

Read On: Cover To Cover #115, Dragonwings

5-7 Language Arts English 4.1, 5.4, 6.3, 3.5, 3.6, 4.4, 4.5, 5.5, 6.4, 6.5, English/Writing 4.7, 4.8, 5.7, 5.8, 6.8, English Research 4.9, 5.8, 6.9, History 4.7, 6.1, 6.10, C/T 5.3, 5.4, Computer/ Technology C/T5.3, C/T5.4
Updated for 2004
Can You Do It

Attachments

Reading Rainbow #101

K-3

Language Arts

History K1, 1.1; CivicsK.8, 2.9 ; Oral Language K1, K2, 1.1, 1.2; Writing 1.12, 2.1, Reading Literature 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 3.7, 4.4, 4.6; Research 3.10 ; Computer/Technology 5.3, 5.4

Updated for 2004
King Size Dream

Attachments

Holiday Facts & Fun #109

K-3

Social Studies / Math / Science

Social Studies K.1, 1.1, 1.4,2.6,3.5
Math K.8, 1.12, 2.12, 3.14
Science K.2, 1.2

Updated for 2004
Under Construction

Attachments

Reading Rainbow #1114
 

K-3

Language Arts

K.11,1.12,2.11,3.9

Updated for 2004
Weather Watchers

Vocabulary - Instruments
Weather Chart - Webquest

Passport to Weather and Climate

3-5 Science Science 4.6, ES.13
Updated for 2005
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Attachment

Mathica's Workshop 2 - Eddie Files

3-5

Mathematics

Math 2.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.18, 3.20, 4.2, 4.17

Updated for 2005
Tribal Survival: Native Americans
3-5 Social Studies History 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 4.1, 4.7, 5.1, Virginia Studies VS.2, VS.3, English 5.7, C/T 5.4
Updated for 2005
Stayin' Alive
3-5 Science Science 3.4-2, 3.5-3, 3.6-1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.10
Be Specific, Go West to the Pacific
Attachments

Landmarks of Westward Expansion

5-6

Social Studies

SS/History 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, C/T 5.3, 5.4

Flutterings and Flowers
Attachments

NatureWorks

4

Science (Habitats)

Science 4.5, 4.8; Language Arts 4.5, 4.9

The Candy Color Caper
Attachments

Math Vantage

4-8

Math (Probability)

Math 4.18, 4.19, 5.16, 5.17, 6.18; Computer/Technology 5.2, 5.4, 8.1

Who's Who of the Civil War?

Great Campaigns of the Civil War

3-5

Social Studies

History/SS USII.a, US19.b/d/f: English 3.1, 4.9, 5.8: C/T 5.3, 5.4

Down and Dirty

Science is Elementary

3-5 Science Science 1.8, 2.7, 3.1, 3.7,3.10,4.8, Math 2.21, 3.21, 3.22
Let's Journey with a Law

My America

3-6 Social Studies History/SS 3.10, VS10a, USI 7.b
Ring Around the Playground 3-5 Math Math 3.14, 4.11, 4.13, 5.8, 5.11
Tree's Company 2-5 Science Science 3.4, 2.8, 3.10, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8
Hold your Horses! (Seahorses that is...) 3 Science Science 3.4, 3.6, Oral Language 3.2, Research 3.10, Reading/Literature 3.4
Simply Marvelous 3 Science Science 3.2
Do You See What I See 3-5 Science Science K.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, C/T 5.3, C/T 5.4
       
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