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ACT Tweaks Its Popular College Admissions Test
ACT has announced a series of changes—most of which involve the addition of new scores—to its college admissions test.
The changes are relatively minor, such that students will likely not notice much of a difference.
In addition to English, math, reading and science scores, some of the new scores will include:
- A STEM score based on students' scores on the math and science sections.
- An English language score based on students' scores on English, reading and writing.
- A "progress toward career readiness" score based on demonstrated knowledge in areas that support workplace success.
The changes follow the College Board’s recent overhaul of the SAT, which in terms of number of students taking the tests, has lost ground to ACT in recent years.
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On November 4, 1922, english archaeologist Howard Carter made one of the most important discoverys of modern times. While on an expedition to Egypt, Carter discovered the tomb of king Tutankhamen. King Tut had became Egypts ruler when he was 9 years old he died just a few years later. Discovered 3,000 years after Tuts's death, the tomb contained many priceless treasures that are now display in a Museum in the city of Cairo.
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On November 4, 1922, English archaeologist Howard Carter made one of the most important discoveries of modern times. While on an expedition to Egypt, Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen. King Tut became (or had become) Egypt's ruler when he was 9 years old. He died just a few years later. Discovered 3,000 years after Tut's death, the tomb contained many priceless treasures that are now displayed (or on display) in a museum in the city of Cairo.
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Subject: Math
Grade: 3
Lesson Objective: To use multiplication and division to solve word problems
Common Core Standard: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.3- Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
Materials:
Printable Student Handout Worksheet
Starter:
Say:
What is the difference between multiplication and division? (Allow the students to answer.)
Main:
Say:
Today you are going to be solving word problems using multiplication and division.
When you are solving word problems, what are some of the key words to look for? (Allow the students to answer)
Some of the key words that might be used in words problems that use multiplication are by, double, every, product and times.
Some of the key words that might be used in word problems that use division are as much as, how many in each, quotient and share something equally.
To solve a word problem, you first need to understand the situation that is being described.
Then, you need to figure out what you are supposed to be solving. You can do this by drawing a picture or writing an equation or word sentence with a circle where the missing information would go.
Now, you are going to be doing some word problems. All of the word problems will use either multiplication or division. When you are done, we will go over all of the answers.
Does anyone have any questions?
Feedback:
Say:
Who would like to share your answers? (Allow the students to share.)
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Emergency Sub Plan: Life Cycle - Writing - Lesson Objective: To write the rest of the story based on the chapter read from The Trumpet of the Swan
Emergency Sub Plan: Life Cycle - Science - Lesson Objective: To learn about the life cycle of trumpeter swans and then answer questions about the life cycle
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Kimberly is an educator with extensive experience in curriculum writing and developing instructional materials to align with Common Core State Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Subject: Science
Grade: 2
Lesson Objective: To learn about where frogs life, the life cycle of frogs and then answer questions about the life cycle
Standard: 2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
Materials:
Printable Student Worksheet Handout
Starter:
Say:
Have you ever seen a frog? What do you know about them? (Allow the students to answer.)
Main:
Say:
There are many different types of frogs. Frogs are animals that are in amphibians. They live the first part of their lives in the water and the last part of their lives on land.
All of that is part of their life cycle. A life cycle shows the changes that happen to a living thing as it moves through its life.
Some living things, like plants and butterflies, go through many changes during their life cycle that change the way that they look. Other living things, like people, only get bigger.
The life cycle of a person starts when you are a baby. You are born as a baby, then you grow into a child and then an adult. As an adult, you are able to have a baby and the life cycle starts again.
People look the same from the time they are born until they grow to be adults. We have all of the same body parts when you are born that you have when you grow up.
Did you know that there are some animals that have different body parts when they are born and when they grow up?
Raise your hand if you think that you can describe the life cycle of a frog. (Allow the students to answer).
You are going to read about the life cycle of a frog, just like the frog in The Frog Prince.
You are then going to answer questions about what you have read.
Does anyone have any questions?
Feedback:
Say:
Who would like to share your answers? (Allow the students to share)
Written by Kimberly Greacen, Education World® Contributing Writer
Kimberly is an educator with extensive experience in curriculum writing and developing instructional materials to align with Common Core State Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy.
Copyright© 2019 Education World
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