Are you ready for your students to burst into action while practicing contractions? Have them join the fiesta in "Arcade" mode by tapping/clicking on the correct contraction spelling and using the slingshot to make the piñata burst open, or play "Practice" mode to test their knowledge of contractions and hone their slingshot skills.
Grimy Gators are popping out of the city sewers! Students will need to remember their subject-verb agreement rules to get rid of them. Students will read the subject at the top of the screen, then click on the verb which agrees with that subject.
Out of Sight Words is a beautiful, quirky game that allows children to practice their knowledge of high-frequency words. Kids have to read the high-frequency word and then find its corresponding image in the fun illustrations. Simply click on the word at the bottom of the screen and then find it in the picture.
Fun Factory is a great way for kids to practice punctuation and capitalization...and toy-building! Fix the errors in the sentences in order to gain parts for your very own dollhouse, bike, scooter, and more. Can the students build all six toys?
A terrible dragon has attacked the kingdom of Lingua and only a Nouns Master will be able to save it. Will it be you? Put your knowledge of nouns to the test as you venture through Parts of Speech Quest-Nouns!
This informational reading is a story about a family who writes and records their own radio show. The author provides a list of suggestions on how to get started. There are nine sample radio shows. Once completed, the radio show can be shared as an MP3.
The article provides a variety of music and how it is used in media. The reader is encouraged to compare and contrast how music is used to create mood and emphasis in media. The article includes instructional strategies for the classroom. Students will create a short video using sound effects and background music.
Students will analyze the positive character traits of heroes as depicted in music, art, and literature. Students will brainstorm heroic characteristics and qualities. They will gain an understanding of how cultures and societies have produced folk, military, religious, political, and artistic heroes. Students will create original multimedia representations of heroes including narration, images, and music.
Students will analyze monsters from movies, literature, and television series and across cultures. They will analyze the relationship between the film scores and that feature monsters. They will create an original monster with a backstory. They will use multimedia to present their monster to the class.
Students will create a storyboard for a video. They will review another group's storyboard and provide feedback. They will revise the storyboards based on peer feedback. They will create a short video based on their storyboard. Finally, they will present their video to the class. This unit includes three lessons. This unit is a culmination project of a previous unit The Secret Lives of Batteries.
Students will learn about the roles and jobs in animation. They will create an animation based on a storyboard they drew.
In this classroom resource, students will identify different types of animation. They will sketch and assemble a flipbook to be used in a stop-motion animated film. The film will include still-shot images, audio sound effects, and voiceovers.
Can you guess why films are called "movies"? Why people are called "actors"? Not only do people move and act in films, but so can drawings! Learn (and try!) how animation makes the inanimate move! Students will read about and watch examples of animation. They will create a flipbook to create a stop-motion animation.
In this classroom resource, students will create an animation that reflects climate change. They will create a storyboard, plan a narration, rehearse and film their animation with stop-motion photography.
Students will create a video mash-up that illustrates climate change. A video mash-up includes images, text, narration, and music to convey a message. They will present the video to the class. The lesson has a student hand-out that can be downloaded and attached to a digital classroom assignment.
This lesson introduces students to the basics of creating animations using Scratch. It will also highlight how coding can be used in creative, fun, and even whimsical/silly ways to communicate and entertain. Students will explore and create animations using Scratch. They will create an original animation based on a class concept, historical event, or another chosen idea. This lesson is divided into four days.
Students will listen to high-quality oral history recordings. They will brainstorm open-ended questions to ask a family member. They will record their interview with a family member and submit to the teacher.
In this learning activity, students will create a media collage using images and text boxes on a shared Google Slideshow, letting others in our class learn a little more about each student. The slideshow will include all students and they will have to practice good digital citizenship while completing their slides.
Students will learn about Sketchnoting. They will view examples of sketchnoting and create their own sketchnotes while listening to a video about taking notes in class. They will use Adobe Photoshop Sketch to create sketchnotes while watching an informational video.
In this passage, students read about a long and persistent fight by advocates of woman suffrage winning a victory in the Senate by a vote of 56 to 25, adopting the Susan Anthony amendment to the Constitution. The suffrage supporters had two more than the necessary two-thirds vote of Senators present. Had all the Senators known to be in favor of suffrage been present, the amendment would have had 66 votes, or two more than a two-thirds vote of the entire Senate. A vocabulary activity and comprehension question set are included with this article.
After reading this passage, students will learn about the impact World War II had on the lives of American citizens, including women. During World War II, some 350,000 women served in the U.S. Armed Forces, both at home and abroad. They included the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, who on March 10, 2010, were awarded the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal. Meanwhile, widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home. This learning activity provides an informational text, video, and comprehension questions.
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Will Johannsson, a 5th grader from Sewanne, Tennessee, interviewed his godfather, Hans Ohrt, who described what life was like under Hitler's brutal dictatorship. After reading this interview, students will be able to identify the loss of human lives associated with World War II. For many children, living in Nazi Germany during World War II (1939-1945) was difficult. The Nazi party, ruled by Adolf Hitler, rounded up millions of Jews and others and murdered them. The Nazis also wanted children to spy on their families and report back to the government.
In this passage, students will learn about Greek architecture, like painting, literature, and other forms of art that reflect the ideals of the people who build it. The Parthenon is the best example of ancient Greek architecture. The structure, created between 447 B.C.E. and 432 B.C.E., tells us a lot about the Greek way of thinking.
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In this passage, students learn the difference between climate and weather. Time is the basic difference between climate and weather. When one averages the weather (maximum temperature, minimum temperature, wind speed and direction, rainfall, etc.) for any place, for any day, over a fixed number of years, that determines the average weather experienced, for that day, at that location.
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This article provides instructions on how to use the app iMotion by Fingerlab. It is a free iOS app for time-lapse and stop-motion animation. Students should consider creating a storyboard, set design, lighting, camera angles, using a tripod, and how many shots to take in sequence. Additional apps are listed for both iPads and Android.
Students will listen to school-appropriate podcasts. They will choose a theme and brainstorm several ideas for episodes for an original podcast. They will write a script, record, and edit the podcast. They will add music and sound effects using music designed to be distributed freely online.
This article explains what a podcast is and how to make one. It explains the different ways to use podcasts, such as informational, extension, synthesizing, and communication. It provides information on how to record a podcast using Garageband and Audacity. Finally, it provides several sites to share the podcast.
Students will use an iPad app, Amaziograph, to create digital media artwork. They will use angles and lines on a rotation grid to create their art. This lesson was a collaboration between a math teacher and an arts integration specialist.
In this lesson, an arts integration specialist collaborated with an English Language Learner teacher. The students used a cloze activity to complete a poem about themselves. They took photographs to accompany the poem. They edited the photos using iMovie and recorded themselves reading their poem.
In this lesson plan, Theresa Cocci uses her book "Harry's Horrible Hair" to guide students in identifying feelings and thoughts, expressing their own feelings and emotions through movement, and discussing empathy. They then explore and create musical responses using speech, rhythm, and instruments. In doing so, this lesson connects SEL competencies and literature to musical creation. You will need access to the book "Harry's Horrible Hair", various suggested musical repertoire, emoji visuals, Orff instruments, and a whiteboard. Flashcards for the lesson are provided in the PDF. The lesson is in two parts. In the first lesson, students respond to questions about the story and play a freeze game using the suggested repertoire and emoji cards. In the second lesson, students learn a song about Harry and create their own musical answers to the question using words and instruments. Students then perform their work as Rondo.
In this lesson, students will learn the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock" while using barred instruments and finger cymbals to accompany the poem. The students will demonstrate knowledge of melodic direction and steady beat using a broken bordun. The lesson is a simple but effective lesson for younger students. The author also provides a downloadable powerpoint slide of the poem.
In this learning activity, students identify rhythms and demonstrate knowledge of note value by drawing them in 16 block grids. Students will need a piece of blank paper and a writing utensil. You can use any song the students know that has familiar rhythms for identification, or you can use the song provided, "Michael Finnegan". The lesson includes great visuals of how to make the 16-block grid.
In this passage, students learn about the widespread influence of the Roman Empire. Students will read about the influence of Roman law, political theory, citizenship, and slavery, but primarily architecture and engineering, specifically the Roman arch.
In this passage, students will learn about the history of Rome. A historian named Livy wrote 142 books about the history of Rome. He believed the city did not develop by chance but by fate. This passage is his account of how Rome was founded. You may believe it or not, as you like. What you should do is think about it and learn from it. Oh, and one more thing: enjoy it.
In this passage, students learn about the "Race to Space." In 1961, President John F. Kennedy made a bold statement. He announced that the U.S. would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. Americans were thrilled about this possibility.
A vocabulary activity and question set is included with the passage.
