Second grade students in Boston, MA created a professional-quality music video as …
Second grade students in Boston, MA created a professional-quality music video as a culmination of an interdisciplinary study of snakes. Their song, based on Lady Gaga’s hit “Born This Way,” was written by students, and the video became a viral phenomenon. This film features the video and gives the backstory of the video through an interview with the teacher. It focuses on two themes: how students overcome their fears, and how standards can be joined to discovery, joy, and beautiful work. Illuminates CCSS ELA standards W.2.7, W.2.1, W.2.2, W.2.3, W.2.5, W.2.8, W.2.6, (All of CCSS for Writing for second grade).
Students need to learn how to stay safe on the Internet. They …
Students need to learn how to stay safe on the Internet. They need to learn how to recognize inappropriate materials, not talk to strangers and let a grown-up know if they encounter anything that appears to be wrong.
Your students will love stop motion animation for moviemaking. There is a …
Your students will love stop motion animation for moviemaking. There is a free app for both Andoid and iOS that your students can use, but there are in-app purchases that may be necessary for any extra features needed for a professional looking product. The students will get their feet wet with the free version though.
Students will use the free site Into the Book to learn and …
Students will use the free site Into the Book to learn and practice strategies that will allow them to dig deeper into various reading concepts to gain a stronger understanding of text.
Children love to tell stories. They will make up something that happened …
Children love to tell stories. They will make up something that happened to them just to be able to tell a story. In this lesson students will take a story they have written and publish it using Google Slides or PowerPoint. They will be able to insert pictures and speech bubbles to make their story come to life for their audience.
Help kids get excited about fruit and vegetables. This game will help …
Help kids get excited about fruit and vegetables. This game will help make kids excited about eating their fruits & veggies. It is a ground-breaking game that encourages kids to eat a broader range of fruit and veg and build a better relationship with food. This game is packed full of fun mini-games that encourage 3-6+ year olds to explore foods with all five of their senses. It is designed in collaboration with Dr. Lucy Cooke, an expert in children’s food preferences and eating habits. This game complements Pre-K / Pre-School and Reception / Kindergarten food education and is inspired by the Sapere method.
Teach Your Monster to Read is a free online game that makes …
Teach Your Monster to Read is a free online game that makes learning to read fun! It covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences.
This course explores the design of innovative educational technologies and creative learning …
This course explores the design of innovative educational technologies and creative learning environments, drawing on specific case studies such as the LEGOĺ¨ Programmable Brick, Scratch software, and Computer Clubhouse after-school learning centers. Includes activities with new educational technologies, reflections on learning experiences, and discussion of strategies and principles underlying the design of new tools and activities.
The first thing a child usually looks at when choosing a book …
The first thing a child usually looks at when choosing a book to read is the cover. Many great stories do not get read because the cover does not initiate curiosity in the child. In addition, students tend to enjoy reading more when they have a purpose and can take ownership of their learning. In this lesson students will be presented with a real problem to solve. They will read a text and design a new book cover to show their comprehension and thoughts about the text.
In this activity, students will read a piece that is uploaded to …
In this activity, students will read a piece that is uploaded to SeeSaw by the teacher. The teacher may want to have students use the piece again in the year to measure growth.
The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their …
The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.
Don’t be S-s-scared: The Truth About Snakes was a six-month long learning …
Don’t be S-s-scared: The Truth About Snakes was a six-month long learning expedition, during which second grade students became scientists, musicians, authors, and artists. They experienced the joys of the natural world and the pride of creating high-quality work about a topic that mattered deeply to them. From the start of the expedition, students aspired to be young herpetologists, scientists who study snakes and other reptiles.The expedition was written by teacher Jenna Gampel and published by EL Education.
This book is a practical guide to adapting or creating open textbooks …
This book is a practical guide to adapting or creating open textbooks using the PressBooks platform. It is continually evolving as new information, practices and processes are developed. The primary audience for this book are faculty and post-secondary instructors in Saskatchewan, Canada who are developing, adapting or adopting open textbooks at the University of Saskatchewan. However, there may be content within this book that is useful to others working on similar Open Educational Resource initiatives.
Epic has over 25,000 books, videos and quizzes for students. Elementary teachers …
Epic has over 25,000 books, videos and quizzes for students. Elementary teachers are able to sign up for a free account and use the Epic library with their students. Students will learn how to navigate a digital library and use appropriate tools to aid in their reading. In this activity, students will be introduced to fables and will use Microsoft Paint or Google Drawings to illustrate the moral of the story.
The following unit offers multiple entry points into developing an understanding of …
The following unit offers multiple entry points into developing an understanding of media literacy. The unit framework and primary sources can be integrated into classrooms of grades 4-12. Each lesson has student objectives that can be accomplished within 40 minute periods over the course of several weeks. A midpoint writing assessment, whole class capstone debate, and final independentwriting assessment are included. Support materials are integrated into the lessons, and the primary source document pages can be found at the end of the unit guide.
In first grade, students will start learning basic keyboarding and word processing …
In first grade, students will start learning basic keyboarding and word processing skills. Students should be able to take their weekly spelling words and create two-three sentences as well as add provided images
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