introduction to estimating (use this with nearly every math problem)
tricks for multiplying by 9
tricks for figuring out divisibility (can a number be divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, or 10?)
simplify fractions to lowest terms (all answers need to be in lowest terms)
converting improper fractions to mixed number

How to Argue Effectively
​Persuasive Essay--Introduction
Persuasive Essay--Reasons
Persuasive Essay--Details
​Persuasive Essay--Conclusion

understand perfect tenses so you can identify and fix tense shifts (ELA lesson 2.9)
​complete sentences and independent clauses (ELA lesson 4.13)
coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences ​(ELA lesson 4.13)
subordinating conjunctions and complex sentences ​(ELA lesson 4.13)
correlative conjunctions (ELA lesson 4.14)
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PLEASE DO NOT BUY A 3-RING BINDER OR DIVIDERS.
I WILL PROVIDE THE BINDERS AND DIVIDERS FOR THE STUDENTS IN MY CLASS.

I've already bought them. They are already in my classroom!

Staples compiled a list of virtual summer camps

Varsity Tutors offers their own virtual summer camps

This one is about weather education!

​Why Students Should Say “No” To Drugs
 
I think students should not take drugs. Students shouldn’t take drugs because they are very dangerous. Sometimes people die from overdosing on illegal drugs. If a student is on drugs, they might take more risks than normal and get hurt that way too. They might jump out of a window on LSD. Some illegal drugs are very addicting. That means once you start using them, it can be very difficult to stop. Once a person is addicted, they will do anything to get the drug, including commit crimes. Some drugs affect the development or structure of the brain. They can make the brain not work as well, which can affect the person’s future. Finally, students shouldn’t take illegal drugs because they are, well, illegal. If they get caught, they could go to jail. They could lose their spot at college, or they could lose a scholarship. Clearly, students should avoid taking illegal drugs.

Check out Comet Swan!

See Mercury, Venus, and the moon all at the same time in the night sky.
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Google Arts and Culture
Start with their top 10 museums around the world.
Like musicals? You can have a 7-day free trial to stream Broadway musicals.

Creative prompts for art projects
​Check out out the tree project in this Seattle Times article!
On the Seattle Art Museum site, there's an article called, "Things to Do for Earth Day & Every Day." Scroll down to the section about the artist El Anatsui’s sculpture and learn how you can do similar things. 

Go to their parent resources page.

In the new NSTA Daily Do, How Does the Hot Air Balloon Take Off?, students engage in science and engineering practices and the thinking tool of the flow of energy and matter (crosscutting concept) to figure out what is "rising" and how the science ideas of energy transfer and the movement of matter can explain this and other phenomena. This task is adapted from the OpenSciEd Weather, Climate, & Water Cycling Unit (Lesson 5: What happens to the air near the ground when it is warmed up?).
 
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And now Ireland is honoring their debt.