7-UP Vocabulary Challenge

Make learning new vocabulary into a challenge game and see what happens!

This is a quick and material-free way to engage students with words they are learning!

The “7-UP”catch …  Tell the students that they are going to play a game of “7-UP” with the vocabulary words.  Naturally they will be excited because it’s a “game”.  The goal is to use the word in a sentence.  The trick is that the sentence has to be at least 7 words.  When the students point out “That’s going to be hard!” respond by “challenging” write a sentence better than the one you write. They will immediately want to “beat” you for the BEST sentence.  After they have shared with a shoulder partner, they nominated 3 peers to read their sentence for the class.  Vote for the most phenomenal sentence using the word.

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With this strategy the students draw the meaning of the word in order to make important connections.

Materials that can be used to teach vocabulary reading strategies in the classroom.

Various Workplace and Apprenticeship 10 Unit Plans and Chapter Assessments/Reflections. I Can Statements.

This is a great vocabulary building graphic organizer similar to the Frayer Model.

Have your students share their burning political concerns with their local MLA, Premier,
or Prime Minister in a letter writing activity that addresses both Social Studies and
English Language Arts outcomes. Listen to their animated conversations as they await a
reply!

Effective Oral Language Instruction – Best Practices
Use knowledge of stages of language development to plan instruction and choose
materials (see Appendix C).
Model good language use:
o Use complete sentences
o Precise language
o Use native language strategically
o Use academic and testing language -integrate target vocabulary into your
daily oral language
Ensure in conversation and in instruction that students are instructed on what to do
rather than what not to do. Example: ―Your essay should have 5 paragraphs‖ vs
―Don‘t just write one paragraph. ―
Provide multiple opportunities for practice in oral language with group, with partner,
and individually
Maximize student engagement ie. If students are passive provide opportunities where
all students must answer (see suggestions in document)
Provide choices for reluctant students
Connect all language to meaning
Teach academic language in the context of content instruction
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How can we fix water shortages? Well, we know that shortages are a problem and can cause fighting because water is a resource. When you limit a resource, things get scary. But, in this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about ways that we can help to fix problems like this.

Of all of the water on Earth, most of it is saltwater and we need freshwater to live. There's not that much Freshwater for us (and other life) to get to. So how do different animals deal with different amounts of water where they live? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about the adorable Nerpa and how they deal with rough conditions to live in Freshwater!

Objectives: Students will gain a better understanding of the following

What the different types of waves are
Interference of two waves
The reflection of waves on a spring
The concept of standing waves
Directions: Check out the links within each titled section, then answer the questions. More importantly, understand the answers to each question. (Let me know if there are any links that do not work.)

This document outlines 8 ways to help your students remember what they read.

This historical document on the Saskatchewan First Nations' contribution to Canada's freedom and democracy was published by the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans’ Association. It outlines the history, contributions and stories of First Nations' peoples in the development of our country.

Why is my weather app sometimes wrong? Well it has a lot to do with wind. Jet Streams, air cells, the shape and movement of the Earth... there are a lot of things that make weather a little unpredictable. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about how Ocean Currents actually work with Jet Streams to move weather around.

In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina gives us a real world example of how the Hydrosphere and Geosphere affect each other in the form of Weathering and Erosion. Think of Weathering as the force that makes a mess and Erosion as the force that cleans it up.

Weather and Climate... are they the same thing? No they are not. But they are both super important to how the geosphere is shaped. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats with us about the differences between Weather and Climate.

Unit 3 – Light, Reflection & Mirrors

1. Rectilinear Propagation
2. Shadows and Eclipses
3. Pinhole Cameras
4. Pinhole Photography
5. Mirrors

Listed are a large number of websites chock full of games and activities to support the teaching of math at all age levels.

Included are files related to the outcomes and modules related to teaching Welding 10 as well as ones containing information on:

Developing a Safety Plan for the Welding Shop
Reporting an Incident and Incident Reporting Procedures