
Students are figuring out what economics is. Students will look at Michigan products and how geography can effect economic activities.
- Subject:
- Elementary Education
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Reading
- Author:
- Monique Coulman
- Date Added:
- 06/08/2019
Students are figuring out what economics is. Students will look at Michigan products and how geography can effect economic activities.
Exploring agriculture, manufacturing and tourism as economic activities in Michigan.
This is one lesson in the geography theme with the driving question, "What is Geography?".
Students will choose the action verb in each sentence and type it in the blank.
The student will classify the word list into nouns and verbs.
Students will choose whether each sentence contains a linking verb or an action verb and fill in the blank with linking or action.
Students will choose the correct adjectives in each sentence and fill in the blanks.
Students will be able to explain what an adjective is.
Students will be able to explain what an adjective is.
This open textbook was created with the support of an ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Topics include art integration, music integration, physical education / dance integration, and the theoretical foundations of arts integration in education
In this activity, kids will work on two fundamental early math skills – sorting/classifying, and graphing. There will also be some great fine motor skill practice! Includes place-based discussion questions, activity instructions, extension activities, songs, and student graph worksheets.NGSS: K-LS1-1, 1-LS1-1, partially meets K-ESS3-1 (book and discussion)Common Core: MP.4Time: 45 minutesMatierals: bag of dried beans ("16 bean soup"), paper bowls, glue, chart paper, the book "One Bean" or similar book about growing food plants, especially beans.
This companion video to Implementing the 3-5 Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block features two fifth grade teachers and their instructional coach at Hollis Innovation Academy in Atlanta, GA. Their commentary and related scenes describe how together as a "learning school" they approach the ALL Block to ensure mastery and agency for all students in their inclusive classroom. The topics covered are: Understanding the Purpose, The Heart of the Practice, Making it My Own, Responsive Teaching, Using Ongoing Assessment, Why This Matters.
Sara Metz, Kindergarten Teacher at Explore Elementary in Thornton, Colorado, gives us a window into her purposeful planning and delivery of a Close Read-Aloud. She takes us through her process of analyzing the curriculum's Close Read-Aloud guide, planning based upon the needs of her students, and responding in the moment. We see Sara analyze student work and plan for future instruction. This video is part of the "Behind the Practice" series and is also a companion to the two-part video series Close Read-Aloud in the Primary Grades, which features Sara and her students in action.
In this "Behind the Practice" video, educators hear Kady Taylor talk about Labs: understanding the purpose of allowing primary students to learn through play and discovery, how Kady "makes it her own" using the teacher's guide and incorporating music, movement, and creative use of materials, the heart of the practice as trust and tools for discovery, responsive teaching by re-grounding students in the purpose of the labs, using ongoing assessment with anecdotal notes, and why this practice allows both teachers and students to "figure things out." Educators should watch this video after watching the Implementing the K-2 Labs video.
This BrainVenture takes you through the process of how eggs get to your home. It also explains that eggs can be different colors and that there is a way to determine that color by looking at the chicken.
In this BrainVenture student take a look at the manatee and its environment in the Everglades of Florida. Students read and watch videos about the manatee then do a comparison of the sea cow and the cow. Students are also prompted to help save the manatees by writing a letter.
This is a look at how coins and bills are produced along with some practice with identifying and calculating using money.
The BrainVenture begins with the driving questions about crayons in the future. Will there Be Crayons? Who knows? The BrainVenture take students on an adventure through the history crayons, the making of crayons, and the changes that computers with drawing and coloring capabilities have brought to the world of crayons.
Students will convert numbers from standard form into each place value and vice versa.
Fifth Grade Science curriculum used and maintained by the Utah Board of Education