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Gold Seal Lessons

The Successful Practices Network is committed to incorporating rigor and relevance into classroom instruction. This strong focusis built on the understanding that when a rigorous curriculum is tied to real-world application, students are more motivated to learn and therefore develop a deeper understanding of the content, which leads to greater retention of the information over time. SPN in partnership with educators across the country develop model lessons that reflect this pedagogy.

 

Each lesson is designed to teach to specific standards/benchmarks/objectives and centered around a highly motivating theme, activity, or project. Lessons are typically multidisciplinary and deal with real-world situations or problems. Additionally, Gold Seal Lessons should challenge students to learn and perform in a variety of different ways. They may be asked to research, write, compute, model, demonstrate, build, survey, or report in a variety of academic, technical, work, or community environments.

 

Members can search, access, and download approximately 2000 Gold Seal Lessons. Lessons are searchable by content area, grade level, standards, and keywords.

 

Benefits:

  • Gold Seal Lessons provide teachers model, proven lessons ranging from one day to three weeks that they can implement
  • Because the lessons are aligned to standards, teachers can access alternative methods for teaching and assessing topics that they have identified as needing improvement in their own teaching
  • Teachers seeking to improve their students’ engagement find examples of relevant activities
  • Members are able to share Gold Seal Lessons with colleagues online through the network
Please feel free to use the Featured Lessons by accessing the link below. For more information please contact Grethel Torrico-Lara at Grethel@spnet.us
 

Please note, by submitting a lesson to the Network for editing and inclusion in the database of Gold Seal Lessons the author grants consent that the lesson may be used by the Successful Practices Network.  As such, the Successful Practices Network may distribute, repurpose, sell or reproduce lessons to fit the needs of the organization at present or in the future.   

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Newest Gold Seal Lessons
15 May, 201215 May, 2012
Students will work in pairs and conduct Internet research on the different Biomes using the school library. Students will then analyze comic strips from the local newspaper to identify the living verses non living components in each ecosystem. The biotic factors will be classified as plant or animal. Further research using the will be needed to categorize each adaptation with its environment and determine whether adaptations are structural or behavioral in nature. Students will share their...Read more
Grades: 4-6
Subjects: Life ScienceEnglish
Essential Skills: S7, S12, S16
Submitted By: Sherri K. Rhodes, Central Middle School, LA, ,
15 May, 201215 May, 2012
Students will be given mathematical data on two pieces of property, and determine such calculations as perimeters and acreage. Students will reflect upon these computations to ultimately determine a personal choice of real estate. Students will present their decision and supporting rationale in a written report.
Grades: 10-11
Subjects: Mathematics
Essential Skills: E1, E22, M9, M19, M23, M30
Submitted By: Karen DeCosty, St. Pius X High School, MO, ,
15 May, 201215 May, 2012
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Students will collaboratively conduct research to create a step by step pamphlet and poster on the following processes: obtaining a drivers license, obtaining a birth certificate, obtaining a social security card, and filling out a job application. Students will present their designs to the whole group.
Grades: 9-12
Subjects: ELA, Spec Ed
Essential Skills: E1, E8, E15, E18, E30, E34, E46
Submitted By: Linda Droubie, Cambridge SD, MN, ,
14 May, 201214 May, 2012
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Students will research the pros and cons of various advertising techniques and apply their knowledge to design a commercial, while empathizing with marketers who design to sell.
Grades: 9
Subjects: English
Essential Skills: E1, E8, E15, E18, E21, E30, E34, E46
Submitted By: Ashley Barnes and Stephanie Burnett, Mooresville High School, IN , ,
14 May, 201214 May, 2012
Students will work together to study hand washing habits in their school. Each group will create a survey, asking students about hand washing habits while recording demographic information. Groups will then observe hand washing habits by listening outside restrooms. Back in the classroom, groups will analyze discrepancies between the survey and observation, create a presentation and written explanation of results, and present their conclusions to the class.
Grades: 9-12
Subjects: Math, Science
Essential Skills: E9, M14, M17, M21
Submitted By: Andrew Merritt, Huntington High School, LA
14 May, 201214 May, 2012
Students will work individually to conduct research on various career opportunities in the fields of science, technology and math.
Each student will than create a presentation on one job opportunity that interests them the most. Students will share their research to the class in an oral presentation as well as in a written summative essay that will be turned in separately.
Grades: 6-8
Subjects: Life Science
Essential Skills: E2, E7, E15, S10, S42
Submitted By: Sherri K. Rhodes, Central Middle School, LA, ,
14 May, 201214 May, 2012
Students will work in small cooperative learning groups to collect data outside of their building on how many living and non-living things they find. Students will be assigned specific jobs and work to record, organize, and classify their data. The students will then report their findings to the class in an oral presentation.
Grades: K-2
Subjects: Science, Math,English
Essential Skills: E3, E8, E10, S4, S12
Submitted By: Kindergarten Teachers Aiea Elementary School, HI, ,
4 May, 20124 May, 2012
The students will have begun a unit on Poetry and will apply this knowledge by creating multimedia videos on Animoto.com. After conducting research online, they will select a poem of their choice and create a visual representation of it, which includes visual and auditory imagery. The students will present their final videos to the class.
Grades: 6-8
Subjects: English Language Arts
Essential Skills: E1, E2, E3, E5, E6, E7, E9, E10, E12, E13
Submitted By: Vincent Donagriche, Central Middle School, LA
3 May, 20123 May, 2012
Students will use their knowledge of area and perimeter and spatial reasoning to design a dream-home at www.floorplanner.com. Students will research current homes for sale on local real estate websites, and use listing pages to gain an understanding of average home lay-outs, measurements, lot sizes, and price per square foot.
Grades: 6-8
Subjects: Math
Essential Skills: E31, M1, M12, M13, M33
Submitted By: Jessica A. Mitchell, Central Middle School, LA
3 May, 20123 May, 2012
In small groups, students will study a step of The Writing Process or The Six Traits of Writing and present a lesson to the class that includes a paraphrased definition of the step/trait, a graphic representation of the step/trait, and a brief lesson that demonstrates how to use this step/trait as they write. Using various source materials provided on the writing process and the six traits of writing, students will read and analyze the materials to discover what a writer does to apply this tr...Read more
Grades: 9-12
Subjects: English Language Arts
Essential Skills: E2, E3, E6, E7, E8, E9, E10, E12, E13, E15
Submitted By: Roxanne Charlson, Cambridge Isanti High School, MN


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