In this adaptation of the ReadWriteThink lesson, after a read aloud of Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish, students draw a picture of Amelia Bedelia and discuss text-dependent questions to promote an understanding of the story's character.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students will investigate their world to learn about the needs of honeybees as they listen and ask questions of a beekeeper. Students will recognize that honeybees live in all areas of the world except for Antarctica and that their needs are found in the environment in which they live.This lesson was developed by Gisele Cauley as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Share the book Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root and take an adventurous ride with a father, his three children and learn about the creative ways they "fix" their old car on their way to the lake on a hot day. A great introduction to alliterations. Included in the activity is read before, during, and after questions followed by a DO activity.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Reading
Use this progress monitoring tool to help students build and track their sight word knowledge. Seven different lists of words are provided for the students to master. You can color code your list if you choose. Students will be preassessed on the knowledge of 10 sight sords. You will record answers on the Sight Word Checklist and then hole punch the students sight word ring for the words they know. Students will then work on the words they still need to master for the week. Students will be checked at the end of the week for growth. As the list of words are mastered, a new list of words can be added to the each studnet's sIght word ring.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Formative Assessment
This lesson begins by following up to the previous lesson in which students were instructed to politely refuse one single-use item. Students will observe how one community in South America makes something wonderful from trash. Students will learn the importance of reducing their trash by actively participating in a trash-sorting activity, and demonstrate the ability to reuse trash by making a "trash to treasure" product. This lesson was developed by Lee Ann Smith as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the concept of graphing data over time on a line graph, by measuring (at multiple times) the amount of water being poured. They work collaboratively in teams, with roles for accountability, as they practice protocols for a productive mathematics classroom culture.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Students determine the moral/lesson of "The Dove and the Ant" and answer guiding questions. An extension research question is included.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Formative Assessment
Our ‘Local Read Aloud’ is a spin-off of The Global Read Aloud, created by Pernille Ripp. The idea is that we select one book to read aloud to our students over a span of six weeks. During our six weeks of reading we connect with other classrooms across the district and discuss, create, and connect with the book and our peers. We can use a variety of tools to connect, and take as much, or as little time as we’d like. The project is intended to be enjoyable and not stressful, and in my experience the students enjoy the read aloud component as much as the connections.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Needs and Wants vary based on setting. Students need to be aware of this when discussing needs and wants.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Working with Buttons is fun. Students work hard when given tasks like this. It gives them clear learning goals and gives them a product to display showing that they completed their work.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Touching and having cards with a number on each makes working with number order and rote counting more engaging.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students need exposures to careers that interest them. This activity provides them time to form their own concepts and ideas reguarding jobs that interest them. They can be given help as needed, but the finished product will be all theirs.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Weather ForecastingExplain some about weather forecasting to the students. Have them watch a weather forecast on a SmartBoard or on their devices. Share how meteorologists predict what the weather will be like later today, tomorrow, or even next week. Share how they use previous weather to create computer models for weather predictions. They use observations. They can predict up to 7 days in the future with pretty good accuracy.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
The story of "The Beauty and the Beast" has captivated us for many years. It is fun to read or watch a video of. But did it really happen? It is fun to compare fiction and nonfiction. Most students will in their backgrounds relate to a story like this. Also it is fun for students to learn and then survey others based on what they have learned.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Questionnaire
The story of "Winne the Pooh" has captivated us for many years. It is fun to read or watch a video of. But did Winne the Pooh really live in the London, England Zoo? Did a children’s author write about his son and this real bear? It is fun to compare fiction and nonfiction. Most students will in their backgrounds relate to this captivating story.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
The story of "“Humpty Dumpty" has been around for a very long time. Long ago one idea that came to the light was that of a large cannon that fell and could not be put back together again. It is fun to compare fiction and to make predictions about what might have really happened. Most students will in their backgrounds relate to this captivating story.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
The story of “Where The Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak has been around for a while. It was Supposed to be “Where the Wild Horses Are”, but Mr. Sendak as an author made changes to his story. This is a good way to show students the process of an author in making decisions when creating a story.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Questionnaire
The story of Shrek and the movies have really made an impact. Many children see a Shrek figure and want it. They do not see it as ugly which is what an Ogre is supposed to be. So, the real inspiration for Shrek Maurice Tillet lived during the early 1900’s. He was called the “French Angel” and he was an amazing person. It is fun to compare fiction to fact as well as opinions on what is ugly and what is pretty.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
ClassDojo is a positive approach to manage behaviors, track homework, create portfolios, and communicate with parents and students.
Material Type: Interactive
Students will listen to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle and use color vocabulary to help them recall the story. They will be able to complete a sentence frame using color vocabulary to show their comprehension of the book.
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Questionnaire, Reading, Textbook
