Upper graders will use a reading comprehension activity about the meanest teacher to practice comprehension. They will read a 5 page story titled The Meanest English Teacher Ever and answer 4 comprehension questions about it. 

Learners write a proposal for a speech. Students prepare appropriate visuals for use in the proposed speech. Learners produce one or more graphs that summarize the results from the experimentation. Students deliver an effective speech in...

Learners identify the characteristics of effective speeches. Students find elements of good speeches in the text and in the delivery of model speeches. Learners build a working three-dimensional model of an invention or an actual...