This purpose of this lesson is to explore compound words and use them in sentences.
This resource provides a step-by-step overview of the writing process.
Included:
A YouTube video that outlines the writing process
Handout: HO-4 The Writing Process Unit 1 (overview sheet)
This resource provides students with an overview of how to write a postcard and the opportunity to create one of their own. Included:
YouTube video - How to Write a Postcard
Handout - HO-20 Write a Postcard
This resource provides students with an overview of how to write a friendly letter and the opportunity to create one of their own. Included:
YouTube video - How to Write a Friendly Letter
Handout - HO-9 - Friendly Letter Template
The purpose of this video lesson is to provide some guidance in writing your interview questions and how to conduct an interview. The accompanying handout provides guidance on how to write questions for and conduct an interview of an older person about their life as a child.
The purpose of this video lesson is to learn how to add and enhance conversation in writing. The accompanying handout offers practice with choosing strong verbs as an alternative to "said" to enable the speaker's "voice" to be heard.
This resource includes 5 videos for each of 5 weeks to assist students in developing writing trait skills in the following areas:
-Ideas
-Organization
-Word Choice
-Sentence Fluency
-Voice
**Please note: Conventions is embedded throughout
The resource offers video lessons on the three of the writing traits at the grade 3 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 3, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks.
The traits covered include:
- organization
- word choice
- sentence fluency
The resource offers video lessons on the four of the writing traits at the grade 4 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 4, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks. The traits covered include: - ideas - organization - sentence fluency - word choice
The resource offers multiple video lessons for each of the writing traits at the grade 5 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 5, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks.
The traits include:
- ideas
- organization
- voice
- word choice
- sentence fluency
- conventions and presentation are embedded throughout the unit lessons
The resource offers multiple video lessons for each of the writing traits at the grade 6 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 6, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks.
The traits include:
- ideas
- organization
- word choice
- sentence fluency
- voice
- conventions and presentation are embedded throughout the unit lessons
This resource includes 5 videos for each of 5 weeks to assist students in developing writing trait skills in the following areas: -Ideas -Organization -Word Choice -Sentence Fluency -Voice **Please note: Conventions is embedded throughout.
As a part of our school SWISI program, we work on math skills during our assigned time. For this activity students will be scanning QR codes that align with the unit they are working on in math at the time.
In the dance craze research project for my Grade 7 Physical Education class there was a large component of collaboration. The students were put into small groups of either 3 or 4 and had to work together to complete the assignment. They needed to collaborate and make sure each individual was on board with the type of dance they were going to do and each do equal amount of work on the project. The collaboration was the largest part of this piece because of the amount to time students needed to discuss and work as a group to complete the assignment and present it to the class. They need some collaboration time outside of the class to practice in order to help teach their peers the steps to the dance as well. This group has a tough time with collaborating with one another, but this activity I would view as a success as most students and groups were able to work together and collectively to finish their project. Each group member completed a peer assessment on each group member to show if each member had done equal amount of work and was a contributing group member and helped the group succeed.
Flash Mob –
Collaboration was highlighted in my classroom when students undertook dancing and pop culture in the arts ed curriculum (This is a major focus at grade 5). Together with my intern, we decided to create something unique with the students that hadn’t previously been done in our school, and that the students could have ownership and pride in.
Science Background:
• Exothermic reaction
• A great demonstration to show how chemical energy is changed into heat energy. This can be used to illustrate how food is digested into a useable energy for the body.
• Chemical changes of materials
Materials: gummi bear candy, potassium chlorate, large test tube, ring stand, bunsen burner or other heat source, tongs
So, what would happen if you dropped a hammer and a feather at the same time, from the same height? Well, the hammer would hit the ground first, right? But why? You might think it's because the hammer is heavier, or has more mass than the feather. But it's actually not because of that at all. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us that the rate at which things fall to Earth has to do with something called air resistance.
As an opportunity to bring technology into the classroom, I chose to take my students on a virtual field trip to the San Diego Zoo. It was a fun way to review some of the learning that we did in the fall. It also allowed me to introduce a new way of experiencing the zoo and a field trip to the students. We used several of the zoo’s live cameras, and actually observed the animals, and then used the videos and web pages to discuss mammals, amphibians, birds, arthropods, and reptiles. Students had a snack, and brought a stuffed animal that they used to share the type of animal, the interactions with humans, and the life cycle as well as the habitat and diet of their animal.
Using deep breathing is a great way to relieve anxiety and stress. Deep breathing helps us to relax by making us focus on our breath and thus shifting our attention away from what it is that is worrying us. When we practice deep breathing regularly, it becomes a valuable tool we can use to give us immediate and long-term relief from stress, worry and anxiety. The resource includes how deep breathing works and instructions to do it.
So, if gravity pulls everything down, then why don't things on the bottom of the Earth get pulled down into space? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about gravity and explains that when we talk about gravity pulling things down, what we really mean is gravity is pulling things TOWARD the Earth. Really, it's all about attraction.