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!
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.
This "board game" actually tests the students knowledge of survival Spanish and English questions and statements. Use it as a pre-post assessment, or just have fun with it. Divide them in pairs, or three's and watch them have fun and leave you be.
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.
Activities should last around 90 minutes total. One discusses which countries speak spanish. Flags and maps included. The other one lists occupations (jobs) in Spanish with illustrations and a matching activity for assessment.
This is a step by step tutorial on how to learn the vocabulary to order and prepare pizza in Spanish while also applying tech skills and creativity. I used Pixie but PPT can also be used. I strongly recommend you ask your school to get the Wixie platform license. Some of my students wanted to do the whole thing by hand, the old school way, and they did very well.
Poster for Each of these Susan O'Connell strategies
Act It Out
Look Back
Work Backwards
Solve an Easier Problem
Use Objects
Draw a Table
Find a Pattern
Use Logical Reasoning
Guess and Check
Make an Organized List
Poster for the Polya 4 step problem solving process
Think About it- Make a Plan- Problem Solve It- Look Back
In this activity the kids get to divide up to use adjectives to describe Camilla Creams by alphabet letter. The KEY is included so do not worry about having to research. There is also an online resource where you can take your students for them to explore further.
This is a Pixie project that high tech kids can replicate.
Other than that, it can be used as multiple worksheets that ask several things about the arcade game built by your kids for STEM, and the Caine's Arcade initiative.
It asks: name, designers, rules, purpose, materials, dimensions
Skills: Thinking webs, t-charts, estimation, sequential writing, constructed responses, accuracy in identifying simple machines
This was done on Wixie and the kids can easily do their very own by just using the presentation as their model. This will increase their DOK from 1 to 4 easily.
It also has an activity on back.
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.
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
Frayer models are the best graphic organizers to isolate skills. I use them for Math, EFL, L2, and ELA. I am including a key how to create number projects so that kids can build number sense and get to understand digits vs. numbers. I love them. I hope u can use them!
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.