The class has been working on comprehension strategies like visualizing and analyzing story structure. They began a new writing unit focusing on responding to literature by reading and discussing a novel aloud. In social studies, students completed a Midwest unit by sharing projects on their assigned states. A new science unit explores light through hands-on activities and new technology. In math, students are learning geometry terms and in language arts, they are studying monthly spelling words. The newsletter provides information on upcoming tests and events. Students are challenged to create spinning tops and observe how black and white patterns change at different speeds, relating it to their science light unit.
The classroom newsletter provides updates on the students' recent activities in third grade class 3-1. [1] The students completed a reading unit focused on fantasy and worked on writing personal narratives as part of a revision process. [2] In social studies, the students began a Midwest unit where they researched and created scrapbooks about individual Midwest states. [3] The students continued practicing math facts and cursive handwriting.
The classroom newsletter provides updates on the students' recent activities in third grade class 3-1. [1] The students completed a reading and writing unit before Thanksgiving break. [2] In social studies, the class began a Midwest region unit where each student researched a Midwest state. [3] The students continue practicing math facts and cursive handwriting.
PORTFOLIO (Teaching English to young learners)Kamola Azimova
This article discusses two learner-centered approaches to language teaching: Task-Based Learning (TBL) and Project-Based Learning (PBL). TBL focuses lessons around tasks for students to complete using the target language. Lessons involve a pre-task introduction, performing the task in groups, and reviewing language from the task. PBL takes a longer-term approach, basing an entire term or year around a central topic with investigations, collaboration, and a final product. Both aim to make students' needs central and expose them to authentic language use through communicative activities and projects. The article outlines the benefits and criticisms of these approaches.
The class celebrated Halloween with a fun party where students dressed up and shared treats. They also completed the fourth week of a reading unit on fantasy genres and continued their writing unit focusing on personal narratives. In science, students designed experiments and began creating a video project about the planets. They also took a math test and will begin a new unit on multiplication and division. Upcoming events include parent-teacher conferences and a student-created "Solars Awards" ceremony for their solar system project.
The summary provides an overview of classroom news and upcoming assessments from Mrs. Crandall's 3rd grade class. Students are beginning reading units on different genres and strategies. They are also taking MAP and AIMSweb assessments to guide instruction. In other subject areas, the class is focusing on map skills in social studies, math facts and unit 1 concepts, and creating digital postcards of landforms. The newsletter highlights recent work and provides information on spelling tests, writing assignments, and an upcoming student challenge.
The summary provides an overview of classroom news and upcoming assessments from Mrs. Crandall's 3rd grade class. Students are beginning reading, writing, spelling and math units. Next week they will take MAP assessments in reading and math. Students are also working on centers and recent projects include creating digital postcards and a map skills project. Upcoming events include book orders, school photos, and no school days. The student challenge asks students to complete an ABC boxes worksheet with descriptive words.
The document provides updates from a third grade classroom in February 2013. It discusses the Valentine's Day party, current units in writing, reading, social studies, and math. It also outlines upcoming dates and events, including an agriculture field trip and a first grade musical. The student challenge involves solving a packet of brain teasers and puzzles independently.
This lesson plan is for a 6th grade English class at Escuela Manuel Belgrano in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. The lesson focuses on practicing the past continuous tense and simple past tense through vocabulary related to holiday activities. Students will review vocabulary, listen to a short story, answer comprehension questions, and discuss their favorite parts of the story. The plan incorporates group work, individual activities, and storytelling to engage students and work on their four language skills.
The classroom newsletter provides updates on the students' recent activities in third grade class 3-1. [1] The students completed a reading unit focused on fantasy and worked on writing personal narratives as part of a revision process. [2] In social studies, the students began a Midwest unit where they researched and created scrapbooks about individual Midwest states. [3] The students continued practicing math facts and cursive handwriting.
The classroom newsletter provides updates on the students' recent activities in third grade class 3-1. [1] The students completed a reading and writing unit before Thanksgiving break. [2] In social studies, the class began a Midwest region unit where each student researched a Midwest state. [3] The students continue practicing math facts and cursive handwriting.
PORTFOLIO (Teaching English to young learners)Kamola Azimova
This article discusses two learner-centered approaches to language teaching: Task-Based Learning (TBL) and Project-Based Learning (PBL). TBL focuses lessons around tasks for students to complete using the target language. Lessons involve a pre-task introduction, performing the task in groups, and reviewing language from the task. PBL takes a longer-term approach, basing an entire term or year around a central topic with investigations, collaboration, and a final product. Both aim to make students' needs central and expose them to authentic language use through communicative activities and projects. The article outlines the benefits and criticisms of these approaches.
The class celebrated Halloween with a fun party where students dressed up and shared treats. They also completed the fourth week of a reading unit on fantasy genres and continued their writing unit focusing on personal narratives. In science, students designed experiments and began creating a video project about the planets. They also took a math test and will begin a new unit on multiplication and division. Upcoming events include parent-teacher conferences and a student-created "Solars Awards" ceremony for their solar system project.
The summary provides an overview of classroom news and upcoming assessments from Mrs. Crandall's 3rd grade class. Students are beginning reading units on different genres and strategies. They are also taking MAP and AIMSweb assessments to guide instruction. In other subject areas, the class is focusing on map skills in social studies, math facts and unit 1 concepts, and creating digital postcards of landforms. The newsletter highlights recent work and provides information on spelling tests, writing assignments, and an upcoming student challenge.
The summary provides an overview of classroom news and upcoming assessments from Mrs. Crandall's 3rd grade class. Students are beginning reading, writing, spelling and math units. Next week they will take MAP assessments in reading and math. Students are also working on centers and recent projects include creating digital postcards and a map skills project. Upcoming events include book orders, school photos, and no school days. The student challenge asks students to complete an ABC boxes worksheet with descriptive words.
The document provides updates from a third grade classroom in February 2013. It discusses the Valentine's Day party, current units in writing, reading, social studies, and math. It also outlines upcoming dates and events, including an agriculture field trip and a first grade musical. The student challenge involves solving a packet of brain teasers and puzzles independently.
This lesson plan is for a 6th grade English class at Escuela Manuel Belgrano in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. The lesson focuses on practicing the past continuous tense and simple past tense through vocabulary related to holiday activities. Students will review vocabulary, listen to a short story, answer comprehension questions, and discuss their favorite parts of the story. The plan incorporates group work, individual activities, and storytelling to engage students and work on their four language skills.
This document provides details about an English lesson plan for 6th grade students in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. The 120-minute lesson focuses on reviewing past verb forms and learning vocabulary related to activities and objects used during holidays. A variety of activities are outlined to introduce new vocabulary through audio recordings and pictures, practice pronunciation of gerund forms, describe past activities in pairs, read sentences using past continuous tense, and play matching and charades-style games to reinforce learning. Formative assessment of students' understanding is integrated throughout the lesson.
Mrs. Nawrot's class newsletter provides updates on academics and upcoming events. This week, students will take a midyear spelling test and have a math test on division. The class recently had a guest reader, held a science fair where Nicholas, Gavin, and Shawn placed, and will participate in Battle of the Books. The newsletter also lists important upcoming dates like conferences, field trips, and the end of the third marking period.
This document provides a week-long lesson plan about weather for kindergarten students. Each day focuses on a different type of weather (favorite weather, snow, rain, wind, sun) through books, activities, songs and discussions. Activities engage multiple intelligences and involve observing, predicting, counting, measuring, drawing and movement. Assessments include student drawings with descriptions and a worksheet tracing and writing about weather. The plan aligns with science, language arts, math, music and other state standards.
This lesson plan summarizes a story called "It's Mine!" and includes activities to teach students about sharing. The plan has four parts: 1) A pre-reading discussion to introduce vocabulary and concepts in the story. 2) Reading the story aloud and asking questions. 3) A post-reading activity where students role play the characters and complete a photo album. 4) A transition discussion to review what happened in the story. The overall goals are to help students value sharing, caring for the environment, and appreciate cooperation.
The newsletter provides an overview of the lessons covered in the past few weeks for grade 4 students in English, math, science, and computer. In math, students learned about writing fractions and decimals. In science, they studied electricity, magnetism, and energy sources. English lessons included a book study, phonics, grammar, writing, and reading competitions. Computer class introduced programming in LOGO. The teachers wished students a fun holiday and safe Ramadan.
This document provides publishing details for the Richmond GO! 5 Teacher's Resource Book, including the editorial team, writers, art directors, and photo credits. It contains language worksheets, CLIL worksheets, tests, answer keys, and transcripts to help teachers support student learning from the GO! 5 Student's Book. The worksheets and tests cover a range of topics, including vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking practice.
Tpd naiman - lesson plan 1- primary-revised and cleaned- 6Lorena Naiman
The document provides details of an English lesson for 4th grade students on the topic of myths. It includes the teaching points which are to introduce myths, present past tense verbs, and vocabulary related to myths and character descriptions. The lesson aims to develop students' listening, reading, speaking and writing skills through activities including watching a video, reading an article, discussing myths and writing about a character. The lesson plan outlines the classroom activities, materials, teaching approach, possible challenges and assessment of students' comprehension and vocabulary use.
This lesson plan is for a 6th year class in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina focusing on the Olympic Games. The plan has multiple goals including revising simple present and present perfect structures, introducing yes/no questions with the present perfect, and revising related vocabulary. A variety of activities are outlined including warm-up games, listening comprehension, video viewing, pair work, and drawing as homework. Feedback from evaluators praised the organization, resources, and strategies but suggested clarifying the present perfect examples and revising the final activity.
The document provides updates from Mrs. Nawrot's classroom, including information about upcoming spelling and reading units, the 4th grade Christmas musical on December 7th, an upcoming scholastic book fair, and important dates such as a craft and bake sale on December 4th to raise money for field trips.
The document is Melissa Lewis's information literacy lesson plan for teaching 1st grade students about landforms. The plan includes standards, objectives, activities, and an assessment. The lesson introduces six landforms through a PowerPoint, descriptive modeling, and having students create their own flipbooks labeling and describing each landform. The assessment checklist evaluates students' identification and descriptions of the landforms.
Mrs. Graves teaches 4th grade and outlines her classroom expectations and policies. She expects students to be respectful, not interrupt others, and contact her or the school if they feel unsafe. She encourages parental involvement through volunteering, signing weekly reading logs, and visiting her classroom blog. Throughout the year, students will learn about Idaho history, plant growth in science, and develop reading comprehension skills through various stories and independent reading.
This document is a submission form for a school contest providing information about groups of students from Billabong High International School in Bhopal, India who conducted activities at a government school to promote learning.
The students aimed to fill gaps in education, make learning fun, and involve all students. They introduced hands-on teaching aids they created from local resources to teach concepts in math, science, grammar and more. Across multiple scenes, the Billabong students engaged government school students in phonics, equivalent fractions, digestion, and collective nouns. They encouraged participation, comprehension and inspired confidence in the ability to learn. The experience of peer teaching and creating educational materials opened minds and showed that learning can happen anywhere.
The document summarizes a lesson plan for a class on the Olympic Games taught by student teacher Mariana Canellas. The 120-minute lesson was for a 6th year secondary school class in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. The lesson plan outlines the aims, teaching points on vocabulary and grammar, activities including a warm-up drawing activity and reading about Olympic athlete Michael Phelps, as well as an assessment of students. The lesson integrated skills like reading, speaking and listening and used a communicative approach.
Lesson Plan Secondary School Practicum Class 3 Jimena Benito
The document contains a lesson plan for a 120 minute English class for 15 students aged 14-15. The lesson plan focuses on the ballad "The Twa Sisters of Binnorie" and aims to develop the students' reading, listening, speaking and vocabulary skills. Key activities include a warm up game to review the past simple tense, introducing vocabulary related to the ballad, reading and discussing the ballad, and analyzing themes of jealousy and concepts of beauty from the time period. Cooperative work and communicative language teaching approaches are emphasized throughout the lesson.
This lesson plan outlines a two-part lesson for a group of 10 Italian teenagers studying English in the summer. In the first part, students worked in pairs to create their own versions of Little Red Riding Hood based on two versions provided. In this second lesson, students will act out their stories for their classmates using props. Their performances will be filmed and later peer-reviewed using a rubric created by the students and teacher. The goal is for students to practice their writing, speaking, and storytelling skills while working creatively.
This document is a lesson plan for teaching a narrative text about Frozen to 10th grade students. It includes the learning objectives, which are for students to build curiosity, show independence, translate words from a song correctly, fill in missing lyrics, and answer questions. The learning materials section defines narrative text, describes its purpose and structure, and provides an example text summarizing the plot of Frozen. It introduces the characters of Elsa and Anna and their journey involving Elsa's ice powers, Anna's marriage, and the resolution of true love.
The document lists over 40 extra-curricular activities offered at the International School of Bucharest including dance, karate, fencing, music, language clubs, math, cooking, and sports with details on the teacher, day, location, age group, student numbers and activity description for each. Activities are offered on various days of the week for a range of age groups from young children to parents. The activities provide opportunities for students to develop skills and interests outside the normal academic curriculum.
This lesson plan summarizes a virtual English class for 30 elementary level students on the topic of "My House". The plan includes three activities: 1) A PowerPoint presentation reviewing parts of the house vocabulary. 2) Using flashcards with house vocabulary. 3) Playing with box houses students created, using a ball to "enter" different rooms. The goal is to consolidate knowledge of house vocabulary and verb "to be" through interactive and collaborative activities integrating different skills and learning styles. Timing and scaffolding strategies are outlined to support students' development.
The teacher provides an update on the various academic activities of her third grade classroom over the past month. She discusses their recent state testing, reading curriculum focusing on iBook novels, writing assignments, grammar lessons on pronouns, new math unit on multiplication and division, science unit on habitats and new classroom pets, and an upcoming student challenge to create a food web. Upcoming classroom events are also noted.
This document summarizes a teacher work sample from Polaris Elementary school which has a very small student population across multiple grades in one classroom. The teacher created a language arts unit on the story "Follow the Drinking Gourd" about the Underground Railroad. Students took pre- and post-tests and completed writing assignments from the perspective of slaves or conductors. While some activities like learning about constellations were effective, the writing assignments did not match students' skills. The teacher reflected on using additional stories and activities to better teach about slavery and increase engagement, as well as finding professional development to improve instruction for their isolated student population.
This document provides details about an English lesson plan for 6th grade students in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. The 120-minute lesson focuses on reviewing past verb forms and learning vocabulary related to activities and objects used during holidays. A variety of activities are outlined to introduce new vocabulary through audio recordings and pictures, practice pronunciation of gerund forms, describe past activities in pairs, read sentences using past continuous tense, and play matching and charades-style games to reinforce learning. Formative assessment of students' understanding is integrated throughout the lesson.
Mrs. Nawrot's class newsletter provides updates on academics and upcoming events. This week, students will take a midyear spelling test and have a math test on division. The class recently had a guest reader, held a science fair where Nicholas, Gavin, and Shawn placed, and will participate in Battle of the Books. The newsletter also lists important upcoming dates like conferences, field trips, and the end of the third marking period.
This document provides a week-long lesson plan about weather for kindergarten students. Each day focuses on a different type of weather (favorite weather, snow, rain, wind, sun) through books, activities, songs and discussions. Activities engage multiple intelligences and involve observing, predicting, counting, measuring, drawing and movement. Assessments include student drawings with descriptions and a worksheet tracing and writing about weather. The plan aligns with science, language arts, math, music and other state standards.
This lesson plan summarizes a story called "It's Mine!" and includes activities to teach students about sharing. The plan has four parts: 1) A pre-reading discussion to introduce vocabulary and concepts in the story. 2) Reading the story aloud and asking questions. 3) A post-reading activity where students role play the characters and complete a photo album. 4) A transition discussion to review what happened in the story. The overall goals are to help students value sharing, caring for the environment, and appreciate cooperation.
The newsletter provides an overview of the lessons covered in the past few weeks for grade 4 students in English, math, science, and computer. In math, students learned about writing fractions and decimals. In science, they studied electricity, magnetism, and energy sources. English lessons included a book study, phonics, grammar, writing, and reading competitions. Computer class introduced programming in LOGO. The teachers wished students a fun holiday and safe Ramadan.
This document provides publishing details for the Richmond GO! 5 Teacher's Resource Book, including the editorial team, writers, art directors, and photo credits. It contains language worksheets, CLIL worksheets, tests, answer keys, and transcripts to help teachers support student learning from the GO! 5 Student's Book. The worksheets and tests cover a range of topics, including vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking practice.
Tpd naiman - lesson plan 1- primary-revised and cleaned- 6Lorena Naiman
The document provides details of an English lesson for 4th grade students on the topic of myths. It includes the teaching points which are to introduce myths, present past tense verbs, and vocabulary related to myths and character descriptions. The lesson aims to develop students' listening, reading, speaking and writing skills through activities including watching a video, reading an article, discussing myths and writing about a character. The lesson plan outlines the classroom activities, materials, teaching approach, possible challenges and assessment of students' comprehension and vocabulary use.
This lesson plan is for a 6th year class in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina focusing on the Olympic Games. The plan has multiple goals including revising simple present and present perfect structures, introducing yes/no questions with the present perfect, and revising related vocabulary. A variety of activities are outlined including warm-up games, listening comprehension, video viewing, pair work, and drawing as homework. Feedback from evaluators praised the organization, resources, and strategies but suggested clarifying the present perfect examples and revising the final activity.
The document provides updates from Mrs. Nawrot's classroom, including information about upcoming spelling and reading units, the 4th grade Christmas musical on December 7th, an upcoming scholastic book fair, and important dates such as a craft and bake sale on December 4th to raise money for field trips.
The document is Melissa Lewis's information literacy lesson plan for teaching 1st grade students about landforms. The plan includes standards, objectives, activities, and an assessment. The lesson introduces six landforms through a PowerPoint, descriptive modeling, and having students create their own flipbooks labeling and describing each landform. The assessment checklist evaluates students' identification and descriptions of the landforms.
Mrs. Graves teaches 4th grade and outlines her classroom expectations and policies. She expects students to be respectful, not interrupt others, and contact her or the school if they feel unsafe. She encourages parental involvement through volunteering, signing weekly reading logs, and visiting her classroom blog. Throughout the year, students will learn about Idaho history, plant growth in science, and develop reading comprehension skills through various stories and independent reading.
This document is a submission form for a school contest providing information about groups of students from Billabong High International School in Bhopal, India who conducted activities at a government school to promote learning.
The students aimed to fill gaps in education, make learning fun, and involve all students. They introduced hands-on teaching aids they created from local resources to teach concepts in math, science, grammar and more. Across multiple scenes, the Billabong students engaged government school students in phonics, equivalent fractions, digestion, and collective nouns. They encouraged participation, comprehension and inspired confidence in the ability to learn. The experience of peer teaching and creating educational materials opened minds and showed that learning can happen anywhere.
The document summarizes a lesson plan for a class on the Olympic Games taught by student teacher Mariana Canellas. The 120-minute lesson was for a 6th year secondary school class in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. The lesson plan outlines the aims, teaching points on vocabulary and grammar, activities including a warm-up drawing activity and reading about Olympic athlete Michael Phelps, as well as an assessment of students. The lesson integrated skills like reading, speaking and listening and used a communicative approach.
Lesson Plan Secondary School Practicum Class 3 Jimena Benito
The document contains a lesson plan for a 120 minute English class for 15 students aged 14-15. The lesson plan focuses on the ballad "The Twa Sisters of Binnorie" and aims to develop the students' reading, listening, speaking and vocabulary skills. Key activities include a warm up game to review the past simple tense, introducing vocabulary related to the ballad, reading and discussing the ballad, and analyzing themes of jealousy and concepts of beauty from the time period. Cooperative work and communicative language teaching approaches are emphasized throughout the lesson.
This lesson plan outlines a two-part lesson for a group of 10 Italian teenagers studying English in the summer. In the first part, students worked in pairs to create their own versions of Little Red Riding Hood based on two versions provided. In this second lesson, students will act out their stories for their classmates using props. Their performances will be filmed and later peer-reviewed using a rubric created by the students and teacher. The goal is for students to practice their writing, speaking, and storytelling skills while working creatively.
This document is a lesson plan for teaching a narrative text about Frozen to 10th grade students. It includes the learning objectives, which are for students to build curiosity, show independence, translate words from a song correctly, fill in missing lyrics, and answer questions. The learning materials section defines narrative text, describes its purpose and structure, and provides an example text summarizing the plot of Frozen. It introduces the characters of Elsa and Anna and their journey involving Elsa's ice powers, Anna's marriage, and the resolution of true love.
The document lists over 40 extra-curricular activities offered at the International School of Bucharest including dance, karate, fencing, music, language clubs, math, cooking, and sports with details on the teacher, day, location, age group, student numbers and activity description for each. Activities are offered on various days of the week for a range of age groups from young children to parents. The activities provide opportunities for students to develop skills and interests outside the normal academic curriculum.
This lesson plan summarizes a virtual English class for 30 elementary level students on the topic of "My House". The plan includes three activities: 1) A PowerPoint presentation reviewing parts of the house vocabulary. 2) Using flashcards with house vocabulary. 3) Playing with box houses students created, using a ball to "enter" different rooms. The goal is to consolidate knowledge of house vocabulary and verb "to be" through interactive and collaborative activities integrating different skills and learning styles. Timing and scaffolding strategies are outlined to support students' development.
The teacher provides an update on the various academic activities of her third grade classroom over the past month. She discusses their recent state testing, reading curriculum focusing on iBook novels, writing assignments, grammar lessons on pronouns, new math unit on multiplication and division, science unit on habitats and new classroom pets, and an upcoming student challenge to create a food web. Upcoming classroom events are also noted.
This document summarizes a teacher work sample from Polaris Elementary school which has a very small student population across multiple grades in one classroom. The teacher created a language arts unit on the story "Follow the Drinking Gourd" about the Underground Railroad. Students took pre- and post-tests and completed writing assignments from the perspective of slaves or conductors. While some activities like learning about constellations were effective, the writing assignments did not match students' skills. The teacher reflected on using additional stories and activities to better teach about slavery and increase engagement, as well as finding professional development to improve instruction for their isolated student population.
This document provides information about Northmead Primary School's approach to teaching reading. It discusses their focus on professional development for teachers in reading comprehension and strategies like Book Talk and VIPERS. It outlines the school's whole class reading approach, with 30 minutes of reading lessons daily. Comprehension is taught three days a week focusing on the same text, and other days focus on fluency in small groups. The school also uses the VIPERS reading prompts to structure comprehension lessons.
It then introduces a research paper on global genocides where students define genocide, research examples, and discuss the importance of learning about genocide.
The document provides an overview of the 4th grade curriculum and expectations at the school. It summarizes the core subjects that will be covered including reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. It outlines the reading programs, writing genres, math topics, and daily responsibilities expected of students. It concludes by thanking parents for their involvement and emphasizing that high expectations and teamwork can help all students succeed.
This document provides information about the term 2 program for students in class 1E. It includes:
- The weekly timetable which outlines activities like library, sports, and assemblies.
- Details about the areas of focus for literacy, numeracy, science, and other subjects. Students will learn about topics like transportation, forces, and patterns.
- Homework expectations including weekly talk topics and a student project on forms of transportation.
- Ways families can support their child's learning such as volunteering and completing homework.
- Contact information for the teacher if there are any questions about the term's learning program.
The document outlines a 4th grade lesson plan on mysteries. The objective is for students to recognize distinguishing features of mysteries and read aloud a mystery as a readers' theater. Assessments include a vocabulary test and mystery poster presentations. Materials include a mystery book, mystery bags with items to identify, and poster board. Differentiation strategies include assigning simpler reading roles. The opening involves discussing what a mystery is. Students will feel mystery bag items, discuss vocabulary words, and make predictions about the reading selection. Groups will then read and discuss the mystery play. Finally, students will make mystery posters to present their assigned item to the class.
This document provides descriptions of several proposed classroom activities from various educational accounts on social media. The activities are intended to make virtual learning more engaging for students. They include having students write introductions for fictional new classmates, creating acrostic poems using adjectives from their names, connecting sentences using conjunctions, and guessing classmates' likes and dislikes to get to know one another better. The goal is to foster interaction, creativity, and community despite the challenges of remote learning.
This document outlines an interdisciplinary unit plan about patterns of time for a second grade class. The unit will last two weeks and cover science, geography, language arts, math, and technology topics related to how the sun, moon, and earth affect each other and patterns of day and night. Students will engage in hands-on activities and complete assessments to help answer the essential questions of how patterns of time affect them and the world.
Central Elementary School's vision is to provide a safe, caring environment that meets students' academic and emotional needs. The school's mission is to place students first, use best practices and technology, set high expectations, support all students to reach their potential, and communicate with parents. Upcoming events include a movie night, Santa Shop, and skate night. Classes will be dismissed for winter break from December 24th to January 7th.
Central Elementary School welcomes parents and students to the new school year. There has been great parent involvement through various committees. The school is focusing on positive behavior and providing extra physical activity. Upcoming events include standardized testing, fun day, and the last day of school being June 3rd. Various grade levels provide updates on their curriculum focusing on reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.
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This 3-lesson unit teaches 2nd grade students about how animals survive in winter. In the first lesson, students read a book about animals in winter and work in groups to categorize the animals into those that migrate, hibernate, gather food, or hunt. In the second lesson, students research these groups using books, videos and QR codes to learn more. In the third lesson, students apply what they learned by creating an informational product about one group using Canva and presenting it to peers. Assessment includes students adding facts to an anchor chart and monitoring circulation of featured books in the library.
The document provides announcements and updates from Central Elementary School. It discusses encouraging parents to volunteer at the school and keep their contact information updated. It also lists upcoming events like parent-teacher conferences and spring break. The document concludes by providing grade-specific information on curriculum, topics of study, and important dates for kindergarten through 5th grade classes.
This document outlines a lesson plan for a 1st grade class to create "how to" snowman vodcasts. Students will paint snowman bodies, write step-by-step instructions using transition words, take photographs, and record themselves reading their stories to create vodcasts. The teacher will introduce the project, instruct on art and writing, and facilitate vodcast creation. Students will be evaluated using a rubric assessing elements like neatness, spelling, use of transition words, fluent reading, and inclusion of photographs. The teacher reflects that incorporating photography and vodcasting engages students and supports cross-curricular learning, and hopes to continue using this technology in future lessons.
The document provides information about Central Elementary School including announcements, news from different grade levels, and drop off/pick up procedures. It thanks parents for volunteering and encourages continued involvement. Upcoming events include parent-teacher conferences, math and reading nights, and standardized testing. Teachers will focus on topics like non-fiction reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. The document outlines what students are learning in each grade.
This lesson plan aims to teach 3rd grade students about polar bears and writing expository stories. Over two sessions, students will learn polar bear facts, create an original story using Story Jumper about helping the Rio Grande Zoo, and send their story to the zoo. Students will work in pairs to research polar bears, write their story, and provide peer feedback. The teacher will evaluate students based on their initial knowledge, self-evaluation, and final Story Jumper product. The goal is for students to learn expository writing skills while learning about polar bears.
This document provides information about Central Elementary School for the 2019-2020 school year. It includes the school motto, vision, and mission. It also lists the school's core values and announcements for upcoming November events like the Fall Festival and Thanksgiving break. Additionally, it provides grade-level specific information for kindergarten through 5th grade on what subjects students will be learning in November, including reading, writing, math, science and social studies. Lastly, it includes the school's lunch/recess schedule and drop off/pick up locations.
Mary S. Lindig's educator portfolio outlines her goals for the 2011-2012 school year. Her first goal is to incorporate a "lab" or "center" approach to improve reading skills for her 7th hour BEP literature arts class. Her second goal is to use assessment data to design and implement differentiated assessments. To achieve these goals, she will meet weekly with her BEP team to plan "lab" activities and provide students feedback on their MAPS and AIMS test results. Examples of "lab" activities include a vocabulary lab, reading fluency lab, and listening fluency lab. Data from MAPS and AIMS tests show most students increased or maintained their reading scores, indicating the "lab" approach is
This document describes a reading program called Read2Learn that uses Storybird as a digital literacy tool. The program is designed for K-1 students and aims to create fluent readers, foster reading comprehension, develop critical thinking, and promote creative writing. Each week focuses on a new phonics concept using big books created on Storybird. Teachers introduce lessons in whole group before students work in centers, including on Storybird to rewrite stories. Ongoing assessments monitor progress. The program follows a traditional phonics scope and sequence over 65 weeks.
The document provides information about the upcoming school year at Central Elementary School. It includes a welcome message from the principal, Cindy Mizell, announcing various events like Open House nights and non-nutritional days. It also lists lunch times and announcements about upcoming PTA dates and a Math Night event in September. Information is provided about classroom activities and units of study for each grade level. Finally, there are notices about an upcoming Book Fair and the Reading Recovery program available at the school.
Optical illusions trick our brains into seeing things that may not be real by using color, light, and patterns to create misleading images. While the picture we see does not match the true image, optical illusions exploit how our brains process visual information. They come from a Latin word meaning "to mock" as they fool our perception.
Glass is made by melting sand with high heat, shaping the melted sand/glass mixture on a metal bar, then rapidly cooling it by plunging the shaped glass into water to harden it into its final form.
This document discusses chickens and their feathers, how chickens are related to extinct animals, and reveals that eggs were the answer people were waiting for. It explores different facts about chickens that some people may not know or find confusing, such as how much chickens can shed their feathers. The document hopes the reader will not forget that chickens lay eggs after building suspense about an unknown answer.
Dreams are a combination of images, memories, and sensations created when the brain tries to make sense of random signals from the conscious mind during sleep. Lucid dreaming is when someone realizes they are dreaming while dreaming. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep occurs a few times a night for 10 minutes to an hour and is when most vivid dreaming occurs due to eye movements. Sigmund Freud studied dreams and their interpretation. Oneirology is the scientific study of dreams.
Optical illusions trick our brains into seeing things that may not be real by using color, light, and patterns to create misleading images. While the picture we see does not match the true image, optical illusions exploit how our brains process visual information. They come from a Latin word meaning "to mock" as they fool our perception.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
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1. Crandall Chronicle January 2013
Classroom News from 3-1
Welcome back! I hope you all had a very relaxing break and a
joyful holiday season. We had a very eventful week before we left
for winter break. It was filled with fun activities and interesting
lessons. We ended our busy month of December by unveiling our
secret snowpals and touring the Midwest.
Race Across the States
Our class has been doing well with our Race Across the State project. We have
been lucky enough to receive nearly 150 postcards from destinations across the
country and throughout the world. We are very thankful to everyone who has
helped us with our goal. Postcards from 32 different states and 19 foreign
countries have taught the class a variety of information and interesting facts.
The students are really excited about the possibility of receiving a postcard
from all 50 states, so they are really hoping to get postcards from the following
states: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas,
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia.
In this issue:
Race Across
the States 1 What We’re Studying
Reading 1 Reading occurring in the story. This
Writing 2
Before leaving for break, our helps the students to better
Social Studies 2 understand what they are
class began the third unit of
Science 2 our Treasures literacy reading. The children have
Math 3 program. We have been also been paying close
Writing Words 3 focusing on three main attention to plot and setting
Web Updates 4 comprehension strategies while reading.
Reminders 4 that include visualizing, Due to the shortened week
Dates/Events 5 analyzing story structure, that is coming up, we will
examining text structures, begin Unit 4 next week and
Student
and making inferences. While then take the Unit 3 test the
Challenge 5
reading, students make following week. This will apply
visualizations, or create for spelling and grammar as
mental pictures, of what is well.
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Writing to the class. Each day we will focus
our attention on and analyze an
Before winter break, we completed excerpt from the novel.
the first part of our Writers’ Express
writing program. The focus of these The students will experience and
first four units was focusing on a discuss how an author provides
single moment and showing with showing details to promote visualizing
detailed descriptions through the among the readers. After a short skill
writing of personal narratives. We will drill that focuses on a specific skill or
soon begin our next unit, which strategy that the author has used, the
students will have the opportunity to
focuses on responding to literature. I
will be reading the novel My Name Is use that skill or strategy in their own
Maria Isabel, by Alma Flor Ada, aloud journal writing.
Social Studies Science
We concluded our Midwest unit right before The students have really been enjoying our
winter break. Each student created a scrapbook new science unit. We continue to explore
containing important information about his or light through a variety of hands-on
her Midwest state. I was so impressed with activities and experiments. The class will be
their hard work and all of the interest they given the opportunity to utilize some
showed during the project. The students had exciting new technology to assist in our
the opportunity to share what they learned learning about the new light concepts and
about their states while on our train tour of the show our understanding.
Midwest. Students boarded our imaginary train
A software program called Animation-ish
and set off on a trip through each state. While
allows students to create digital models of
visiting the states, students viewed
light, through which they can show how
photographs of the state and listened to the
light bounces or reflects off surfaces into
tour guides provide fascinating information.
our eyes enabling us to have vision.
Prior to the trip, students each chose one or
The use of a light sensor or probe provides
two pages from their scrapbooks to share with
students with the ability to make more
their classmates. They recorded their voices
precise observations about the amount of
onto an iPod and downloaded images from the
light being emitted from various light
Internet, which were both later uploaded into a
sources and the amount of light that passes
Keynote presentation.
through different objects.
The students enjoyed learning from their
Visit our class website to access links to a
classmates and were excited about hearing
variety of resources for our light unit. You
their own voice recordings. I have posted a
can also view students’ projects,
QuickTime movie on our class blog so that you
observations, and photographs.
can take our virtual tour of the Midwest.
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Math
During the weeks before winter break, we concluded Unit 5: Place Value in
Whole Numbers and Decimals. The students learned how to read numbers
through 9 million, and practiced even larger numbers! Our class also worked
on comparing large numbers to one another and added these super-sized
numbers. We then turned our focus to small numbers. Students learned the
place values for decimals, including tenths, hundredths, and thousandths.
They practiced showing these decimals using base-10 blocks and writing them
as written-out words, decimals, and fractions. The students were given a
three-part unit math test that included written, listening, and speaking
portions.
This week we began Unit 6: Geometry. This unit is full of new vocabulary that
the students will be required to learn. Some of the new terms that we are
currently learning and practicing include line segment, line, ray, vertex,
and angle. The students will also be responsible for learning the names of
various polygons and polyhedrons (3D figures). The unit will be split into
two parts, and the students will be quizzed next week on the first part of the
unit covering the topics of lines, line segments, rays, angles, and turns.
Writing Words
Every month the students receive a list of writing words that they are
responsible for learning how to spell. Since the month of December was so
short, we did not have a list of writing words for that month. However, we
have quickly gotten back to our routines and the children already brought
home their list of words for January. A cumulative test will be given at the end
of the month. The test will be on all of the words from October, November,
and January. Remember, once the students have been tested on a set of
words, they are held responsible for spelling them correctly on all
assignments. One point will be deducted on graded assignments for having a
misspelled writing word. Therefore, please encourage your child to look over
his or her work carefully to check for correct spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation!
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Class Website Updates!
Visit our class website and check out these recently added items:
Tour of the Midwest
Light Observations
Race Across the States
Class Pet Adventures
Other class projects
MONTHLY REMINDERS
* The students will be taking a test on the Northeast states and
capitals at the beginning of February. A majority of their time
studying will need to be done at home, so please remind them
to practice. They may use the flashcards that were brought
home on Monday or any of the interactive websites found on
our class website. Click on the Race Across the States tab.
* Remember to send your child to school with appropriate
clothing for outdoor recess. If we do ever get any snow, your
child must be wearing snow pants and boots to play in the
field.
* The students will be tested on the October, November, and
January writing words at the end of this month. I will keep you
posted on the exact date.
* MAP testing will be taking place next week. Please check your
child’s Take Home Folder for a letter with more information.
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IMPORTANT DATES & UPCOMING EVENTS
January 16 & 18 – MAP Testing
January 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday (NO SCHOOL)
January 22 – Institute Day (NO SCHOOL)
January 23 – Monday Schedule
January 25 – Spirit Day (Crazy Hair)
Student Challenge
This month’s challenge: Cut out the 6 circles on the other piece of paper. Glue
them onto some thin cardboard like a cereal box or the back of a notepad.
Then, carefully cut around the circles on the cardboard. Have a parent help to
poke a hole in the center of each circle.
Now, choose one of the options below to make your circles spin.
1. Have a parent put the circles on the end of an electric screwdriver or drill.
Watch as the circles spin.
2. Poke a sharpened pencil through the circle to create a top that you can
spin. (This option will not produce the best results.)
3. Place the circles on a top that you already have and spin them.
4. Use any other creative idea you have to make the circles spin.
After spinning each top, record what you see happening to the black and
white patterns. Experiment with spinning them at different speeds. Write
down your observations on the worksheet next to each of the spinners. Think
about how this might relate to what we are learning in our science light unit.
Turn in your worksheet by Friday, January 25th!