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Instructional Resources |
Student Mini Lessons |
Below you will find fun, interactive student mini lesson presentations in reading, writing, math and science. These exciting and explicit lessons address specific benchmarks and skills to assist students with the FCAT. Many of the lessons are available in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. To watch a presentation, simply click on a language next to the skill you wish to review.
Reading: Elementary | Middle
Writing: Elementary | Middle | High
Math: Elementary | Secondary
Science: Elementary | Secondary
Reading - Elementary |
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Main Idea This presentation will help you identify the main idea while reading a passage or text. |
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Context Clues This presentation will help you use context clues to identify the meanings of unknown words. |
Spanish | Haitian Creole | |
Reference and Research Skills This presentation will help you to read maps, diagrams, pictures, tables, and timelines. |
Haitian Creole | ||
Plot This presentation will help you to learn what elements make a story complete. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Reading - Middle |
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Author's Purpose, This presentation will help you understand the author's purpose for writing. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Cause and Effect This presentation will help you understand cause and effect relationships. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Plot Development This presentation will help you understand the series of events that make up a story. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Compare and Contrast This presentation will help you understand how to compare and contrast two objects, people or ideas. |
English | Spanish | |
Context Clues This presentation will help you use context clues to identify the meanings of unknown words. |
English | ||
Strong vs. Weak Arguments This presentation will help you find answers in a text that support a strong argument. |
English | ||
Writing - Elementary |
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Specific Actions This presentation will help you make your writing come alive by using specific actions. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Revising for Sensory Details This presentation will help you understand how to revise your writing using sensory details. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Making Transitions Work for Writers This presentation will help you use transitions in your writing. |
English | ||
Taking a Closer Look at Leads This presentation will help you "catch" your readers by writing a good lead. |
English | Spanish | |
The Power of Punctuation This presentation will help you understand how to use punctuation in your writing. |
English | Spanish | |
Writing Conclusions (Non-Narrative) This presentation will help you to develop skills in writing strong conclusions. |
English | ||
Writing - Middle |
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Supporting Details This presentation will help you learn to improve your writing by using supporting details. |
English | Spanish | |
Focus This presentation will help you to focus your ideas when writing. |
English | ||
Writing - High |
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Maintaining Focus This presentation will help you stick to the topic when writing. |
English | Spanish | |
Writing Details and Support This presentation will help you use details to support your writing. |
English | ||
Improving Persuasive Writing This presentation will assist you in persuasive writing. |
English | ||
Math - Elementary |
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Polygons This presentation will help you understand exactly what is a polygon. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
The Coordinate Plane This presentation will help you understand the coordinate grid, also known as the coordinate plane. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Estimation This presentation will show you a way to make adding and subtracting easier. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
The Four Quadrant Coordinate Plane This presentation will help you understand the four quadrant coordinate grid, also known as the four quadrant coordinate plane. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Problem Solving Strategies This presentation will help you understand the steps needed to solve word problems. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Converting Measurements This presentation will help you understand how to convert customary and metric measurements. |
English | ||
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Math - Secondary |
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Mean, Median, and Mode This presentation will help you understand the measures of central tendencies. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Writing Equations This presentation will help you learn to write mathematical equations. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Probability This presentation will help you find the probability of an event. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Transformations This presentation will help you understand the four transformations in math. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Science - Elementary |
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Photosynthesis This presentation will help you understand the process of photosynthesis in plants. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
Forces on an Object This presentation will help you understand the forces all around you and how they affect things. |
English | Spanish | Haitian Creole |
The Scientific Method This presentation will assist you in solving scientific problems. |
English | Spanish | |
Physical and Chemical Changes This presentation will help you learn about physical and chemical changes, and how they differ. |
English | ||
Earth's Systems Change Over Time This presentation will help you discover the different ways Earth's surface is changed over time. |
English | ||
The Earth's Seasons This presentation will explain why Earth has seasons. |
English | ||
Science - Secondary |
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Cells This presentation will help you learn all about cells. |
English | Spanish | |
Chemical Reactions This presentation will help you learn about the nature of atoms and their interaction with one another. |
English | Spanish | |
Physical and Chemical Changes This presentation will help you learn about physical and chemical changes, and how they differ. |
English | ||
DNA This presentation will help you learn what makes each species unique. |
English | Spanish | |
SCIENCE BENCHMARK LESSONS GRADES 6 - 8
In this presentation, you will identify ways in which substances differ - mass, volume, shape, density, texture, and reaction to temperature and light.
In this presentation, you will identify forms of energy and explain that they can be measured and compared.
In this presentation, you will learn that gravity is a universal force that every mass exerts on every other mass.
In this presentation, you will learn that living things are composed of major systems that function in reproduction, growth, maintenance, and regulation.
How Living Things Interact with Their Environment
In this presentation, you will learn that biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance reproductive success in a particular environment.
In this presentation, you will learn that a change in one or more variables may alter the outcome of an investigation.




