I have worked as an educator for over 18 years. Technology and creativity are my air and water. Hope you can become inspired by some of my projects, as I have certainly become inspired by yours!
I have worked as an educator for over 18 years. Technology and creativity are my air and water. Hope you can become inspired by some of my projects, as I have certainly become inspired by yours!
This is another small glimpse into the basics of the Dominican Republic in case you want to introduce the country, or show kids how to organize a webquest. It is very basic but has cool info.
This is a graphic organizer we built for ELD students who are going through the Benchmark Advance in the 5th grade. You can make a big poster with it and pass it out for them to write their narrative.
This is a 14 page presentation with interesting facts about Paraguay in the event you are studying the country or want to teach your kids how to organize a webquest.
Over 30 pages of activities and keys in Spanish and English. Has tech activities, art, Creative Suite, and games. You will love teaching Muertos after this.
In this project the students will:
Create their own museum
Conduct image searches
Do character traits
Explain Prudy's Problem
Work with Graphic Organizers
(ENGLISH AND SPANISH WITH KEY)
These are six full graphics of food groups, which can be vegan friendly as they are divided by nutrient, rather than by source of food: I.E, Protein, instead of "meat" and "calcium" instead of "cheese". Alternative to all student eating lifestyles, including Paleo, Vegetarian, Vegan Carnivore.
3 sheets (ONE KEY)
Students are asked to follow a color code for each shape, then count the shapes
The third sheet is creating something with the heart using patterns
ELL or SSL can use it
In this work, based out of the David Shannon book, ELL students and regular ELA students can discover root words and their meanings--as they are taken out of the text. Text to text connections.
Two sheets
One is for students to write down a word that represents the part of speech indicated in the square, depending on what number they get after tossing a die.
The other one is for commonly misspelled words, which they will re-write over and over as they throw the dice.
Imagine yourself getting A Bad Case of Stripes! What caused it? What would you look like?
This is a 3 page document with a rubric formulating that specific question. Students need to answer correctly following the rubric, and then they have to color themselves according to their answer. Response should occur first, picture after.
Following the book by David Shannon, this lesson will ask kids to research on fungi, bacteria and virus, then build a graphic organizer for all three. KEY IS INCLUDED.
Irregular and Regular Verbs Lesson using Splat The Cat
Includes:
17 pages out of which
4 are all verbs in the story, classified with worksheets
Crossword puzzle
Match activity
Make a Valentine Rhyme, like Kitten did
Independent work packet for students to review and practice words that end with the suffix “ful”
The work is intended for regular education students, as well as English language learners.
All directions are stated clearly so that you can assign the work without intervention.
Students will explore fractions using turkey feathers and their shapes and colors as their guide. This way they get to shuffle around the shapes and colors of feathers to compare fractions.
They will also poll popular Thanksgiving foods.
Students will count hearts and organize them by color, and they can do this in English or Spanish.
Then they have to read the messages in the candy hearts, and count the number of hearts per message. Great for regular ed and ESOL.
SWBAT:
Learn vocabulary on items found in stores
Research prices for items
Decide prices for different store items
Create a super store using a marketing and design plan
Use flaming text, cool text or other apps to create store "marketing material " such as signs
Use PPT, Pixie, Dreamweaver, or Drawpad to determine the best tools for graphic design
Follow the model provided.
** I did this lesson in two weeks, 50 mins to 1hr at a time.
Day 1:
I showed the model first, explained the vocab in it, and the purpose of the lesson. I also did a driverthrough of the technology to be used. Showed them the rubric, self-monitoring checklist, and assigned partners when needed (differentiation, ELL)
Day 2:
Reviewed, then modeled again how I use the vector art (or draw pad art) to create the rectangles, ovals, and other shapes that make the illusion of a department store. They can already be at the computer working along.
Day 3: I focus on vocabulary only, asking students first if they can recognize or attempt to pronounce the L2 words. Then we look for clipart of each word as we discuss it in the L2.
Day 4: Leeway day: Work on what you know so far. Look for preliminaries and how the students are understanding the project.
Day 5: Lesson on pricing, how it changes, and what costs what....and why. Exercises include conducting scavenger hunts of the same items sold in different locations and compare prices. Discuss price fluctuation. Discuss inflation. Discuss "budgeting". Why is it important? What are solutions to be prepared for inflation?
Day 6: Assigning prices. Showing a picture of a typical mall ask the students to "window shop" and assign value to the things they see.
Day 7: Marketing: How to promote an item, whether cheap or not? Lesson on marketing styles and examples of most popular marketing campaigns. Include: IKEA, Macy's, ETC.
With students
DaY 8: Leeway day: Keep working and creating using the info learned: vocab, pricing, design, marketing.
Day 9: Naming a store: What goes in a name? Lesson on BRANDING. Definition, examples, how to expose a brand, who exposes a brand, importance of keeping a brand influencing in a market; brand presence.
Day 10 : "Sloppy Copy" of all stores. All students to offer constructive criticism on each. Attach comments on sticky notes. Stores are to be identified by name only, not by students. Conversation with students.
Days 11 / 12: Leeway to add up everything. Math addition: Create purchase tickets and assign budgets to people in class. -13/14- Publish, show
Students will be able to:
1. Identify the characteristics of a boom town
2. Describe a boom town
3. Interconnect a boom town to a growing economy
4. List businesses connected to boom towns
ELL: Ell's will be able to discern the traits of boom towns and identify jobs related to boom towns.
Also, the definition to typically hard words will be explained to them: cooper, miller, blacksmith, tanner.
History: Connections between old jobs and last names.