CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.4
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Reptile Lesson Plan: Guess the Reptile Game
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about reptiles generally and the four categories they fall into -- lizards, snakes, turtles/tortoises, and ...
Word Problem Lesson Plan: Riddle Books Game
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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, features Riddle Books, a math game that challenges students to solve algebra word problems by constructing visual models, and deriving equations from those ...
Copernicus Lesson Plan: Analyze a Primary Source
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus and his theories about Earth. They’ll discover h...
Wright Brothers Lesson Plan: Write and Deliver a Speech Honoring the Wright Brothers
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the Wright brothers and their invention of the first flying machine. Using what they learn, students w...

3.4.1 Make-a-Map Ideas
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Make a map illustrating one of the multiple meaning words from this movie: beat or exercise.
Make a map explaining the circulatory system.
Take snapshots of 1-3 moments that give examples of...
Rainbow Lesson Plan: Make a Rainbow
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about rainbows--what they are and how they form. Applying what they learn, students analyze a real rainbow...
3.6.5 Idioms and Vocabulary Review
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie Area of Rectangles (L3U6L5), Ben and Moby want to install glow-in-the-dark wallpaper in their tree house. But they soon discover that putting up the wallpaper is trickier tha...
3.4.1 Gerunds and Circulatory System Lesson Plan
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie Circulatory System (L3U4L1), Ben and Moby are biking up a big hill. Moby is exhausted as he tries to keep up with Ben. When Moby wonders why they had to work so hard, Ben rem...
3.2.3 Prefixes Lesson Plan
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Return to School (L3U2L3), it is the end of summer vacation, and Ben and Moby are preparing to return to school. From multi-colored notebooks to prewashed jeans, Ben has gon...
3.1.5 Music Genres and Passives Review Lesson Plan
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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Music Genres (L3U1L5), Ben and Moby discuss different musical genres in an attempt to choose which music to buy and download to Ben's new digital music player. In this lesso...