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Digitizing Poetry |
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English Language Arts |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Description: |
Students write a poem and then record themselves reading that poem using Educreations, Voicethread, Screenchop etc. Then students will take thier video and create a QR code out of it, as a way to share this digital artifact with a greater world. ... |
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Quick Vocabulary Game |
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Foreign Languages,English Language Development,spelling/ recognition |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Choose the word list that you need to drill (eg. sightwords or word families). Write them in the blanks as if you were preparing a scavenger hunt. Number them to help you distribute the cards fairly. Cut the cards out and give them out to the group.
---STUDENT A: "I have SUBTLE....who has SOIREE?" ---STUDENT B: "I have SOIREE....who has PHLEGM?" etc etc until the group goes around full circle and returns to the first word.... |
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Title: |
STEMposium Video Contest |
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Mathematics,Science,Engineering, Technology,STEM |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
*Special opportunity for Silicon Valley Teachers! The first 10 teachers to contact STEMposium have the chance to receive a Flipcam & free workshop in creating 1 minute STEMposium videos for themselves and their class.*
Empower your students to brainstorm their own innovations and improvements for Science, Technology, Engineering or Math education - help them enter the STEMposium contest.
STEMposium is a video contest open to students and teachers. Our contest is looking for great STEM teaching and learning innovations. Ideas can be as focused as a new way to solve a math problem and as encompassing as a new STEM school design. $25,000 in prizes will awarded to the top ideas and entering is easy. Submit you and your student's videos at www.STEMposium.org.
To learn more about the contest, visit www.STEMposium.org or email STEMposium@encorpsteachers.org. ... |
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Title: |
I am a Mathematician |
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Mathematics |
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1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
This project has students create electronic math portfolios. Students will complete a task at the end of each math unit that will document and assess their learning. These 20 tasks will be shared with the other students. Each task will also be saved to a portfolio so that at the end of the year there will be 20 tasks in the portfolio (one for each math topic). The beginning tasks involve taking a photo of the completed task. Later tasks involve taking a photo and recording an explanation of how the task was completed. (Note: My plans were designed with my first graders in mind. Teachers of other grade levels can make the tech aspect more complex.)... |
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Title: |
Action Irregular Verb Charades |
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English Language Arts,Grammar |
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Grade: |
Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Students learn the tenses of action irregular verbs through a class competition of charades. This lesson has been created for eighth grade instruction, but it can be modified for all grades. ... |
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Title: |
Understanding by Design: Totem Pole Sculptures-3 |
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Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Description: |
Students will be directed to reflect and work on individual and group sketches from previous class brainstorming and orally describing choice of icons selected, what order they will be placed on totem and why they chose icons to represent their culture story. We will discuss different construction techniques for paper mache. The teacher will demonstrate the construction techniques and discuss issues related to stabilizing the structure (use examples) as well as form. Students will complete final sketches get approval and begin construction of their totems. Students will generate four personal criteria on an index card to state their commitment to the project and how they will meet the standards in the elements of art and the principals of design. ... |
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Title: |
Understanding by Design: Totem Pole Sculptures-1 |
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Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Description: |
Opener Activity. Students will be placed in heterogeneous “Discovery Teams”. Give each team an envelope with printed and laminated artifacts associated with the native peoples their group will be researching in social studies. Have students describe and analyze the elements of art (color, shape/ form, line, space, and value) emphasizing form as they are used in the artifacts they are studying. Tell the group to put their images into any order on top of each other in a vertical line that is aesthetically pleasing to them. The story must flow in the sequence that they have placed the artifacts in. Have the students share out their stories with the class.Ask the class to begin to look for common themes and elements of art in the stories and images. ... |
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Title: |
Football Review |
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Interdisciplinary |
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Grade: |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
There is a time and a place where reviewing material can be very effective in aiding a student's academic success. I have discovered a variety of methods for a class to successfully review previously taught material. Football review seems to be the students' favorite. ... |
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Title: |
Truth and Lies Game |
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Interdisciplinary |
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Grade: |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
This is a fun, get-acquainted activity. Used in the beginning of the school year, during a class party, or at the end of the year. ... |
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Title: |
Introductions with Starbursts |
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Interdisciplinary |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
This is a game to use when getting to know new people. Getting to know one another can be hard and sometimes scary for some people. Give the following game a try! ... |
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Title: |
Where in the World Did This Come From? |
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Mathematics,English Language Arts,History-Social Science,Interdisciplinary |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
This is a muticultural graphing activity. ... |
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Title: |
The Process of Sequencing - A Picture Card Game Activity |
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Interdisciplinary |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
The Sequence Card Game allows students to practice the thinking process involved in the sequence of events. It begins with the lowest level visual sequencing and advances to the use of higher level critical thinking. Students work in pairs with teacher direction, but work toward independence with teacher monitoring student's level of progress. ... |
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Title: |
Focus on Sequencing Skills |
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Science,Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science,Interdisciplinary |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Description: |
Putting ideas in sequence can be difficult for children. Much time is spent working on beginning, middle, and end of a story in the early grades because the logical order of events or ideas is not always equally evident to every child. Sequencing must be practiced often and in many contexts before it becomes automatic for children. The following activities suggest teaching sequencing in several subject context.... |
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Title: |
Critical Thinking Strategies |
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Interdisciplinary |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
This strategy is intended to help develop and evaluate the critical thinking skills of comparing, contrasting, and of analyzing similarities and differences. It is adaptable not only across the curriculum but also at any age level. It can be used to inspire small group work, writing assignments, inquiring lessons, and is also an excellent evaluative tool. ... |
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Title: |
Create an Alphabet Book |
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Arts,English Language Arts,Interdisciplinary |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Making an alphabet book on any topic is a fun learning experience for students K-12. The idea can be used in many subjects. ... |
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Title: |
Connecting With The Life Space Environment: Real World Studies and the K-12 Curriculum |
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Interdisciplinary |
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Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Grade-level THEMATIC TEAMS (representing the several academic/non-academic areas of the curriculum) plan field-based learning experiences for students. This interdisciplinary approach to teaching & learning focuses students' attention on the relevance of their formal education to the real world of the community, and enhances their perceptions/understanding of the nature & character of the total lifespace environment in which they exist and prosper. ... |
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Title: |
Dichotomous Key |
| Subject: |
Science |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Description: |
Di-chot-o-my (di kat'e me) n., pl. -mies [ < Gr. dicha, in two + temnein, to cut] division into two parts. ... |
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