Students will work collaboratively to collect data in a spreadsheet and create graphs or charts using Nearpod.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
“Las Charlas”, or Chit-Chats, allow the student to take ownership of vocabulary, content, and grammar at the end of a unit. Las Charlas helps to build student confidence in the target language while speaking about a semi-familiar topic. This Charla includes the topic of Hemingway in Cuba. Students are given two resources to explore and learn about Hemingway’s time in Cuba. Students will present a two-minute interpersonal chat with the teacher on the information they have learned.
This activity is a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Students will interact with the iCell material to research and identify the structures of the plant and animal cells, their functions and the differences between the two cells. Students will create a 'cell-gram' post, depicting either the function of a specific structure or of how a differentiated/specific cell type will have varying needs for cellular components.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, the teacher will provide instruction on the vowel team conventions for representing the long vowel a sound. The students will use picture clues to determine words with long a spelled ai or ay and write the words using the correct vowel team. Students will then participate in a read and roll activity to practice reading words with long a vowel teams ai and ay.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Students will research various 'fad diets' to determine the macromolecules in abundance and deficit in the diets. Students will create an infographic to display their research and to argue from this evidence if the diet should be used and by whom, and what short and long term effects this diet could have on an individual.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This activity will utilize the talking drawings strategy, in which the teacher will introduce the nitrogen cycle using an interactive presentation to explain this biogeochemical cycle in a pictorial format. As the teacher describes the process during the presentation, the students will create their own annotated diagram to model the nitrogen cycle.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, students make an uninformed decision about the validity of diet pills. Then students watch an informational YouTube video describing the science behind diet pills. After watching the video and with a more informed frame of mind, students are asked would they like to change their previous decision.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Global collaborators will be taken through the steps to create their own Google site to use as an online portfolio.
This Nearpod lesson can be teacher led or student paced. Students will need to have a Google account to log into to use this resource.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. Students will interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as a formative assessment.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Students will view images of the Children's Tile Wall from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Students will learn about the meaning and creation of the wall by visiting the museum's website. Finally, students will create their own Holocaust Remembrance Tile that will illustrate the horrors young people faced during the Holocaust.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this phonemic awareness small group activity, the teacher will provide instruction on segmenting and blending phonemes. The students will segment words into their individual phonemes while using counters to count the number of phonemes in the word. Students will then blend the phonemes in the word and identify the number of phonemes present.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This lesson incorporates an interactive image created in Genial.ly to explore three works by Pablo Neruda. Working together, students will listen to and analyze the lyrics of each poem to compare and contrast the themes and symbols of each.
This activity is a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This introductory activity provides a gateway to exploring the town of Hershey, Cuba, a town built by Milton Hershey to produce sugar in the early 1900s. Using their taste buds, students will be captivated by this topic and will desire to learn more about Hershey, Cuba. This lesson provides opportunities to explore greater or reinforce the uses of the past tenses (preterit and/or imperfect) as well as build vocabulary related to sugar production and industry.
This activity is for the intermediate proficiency level and should be taught completely in the target language.
This activity is a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
After an extensive study of physical maps, the students will locate and create physical and political features on a map of Alabama. The Digital Tool will be used to research and aid in the creation of the features found in Alabama.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This activity uses YouTube as its digital resource. "Longitude and Latitude Meaning Definition for Kids" is a video that explains the definitions of latitude and longitude. The students will also engage in a Quick Write about the video relating to our essential question, What do the geographical terms latitude and longitude mean? Afterward, the students will participate in a hands-on activity.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this phonemic awareness small group activity, the teacher will provide instruction on isolating and blending phonemes. The students will segment words into their individual phonemes while using counters to count the number of phonemes in the word. Students will then isolate and produce the medial vowel sound.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit
Students will view a short video on the characteristics of living things and apply that knowledge to various example prompts in a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning format.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Students will analyze viruses based on current knowledge and characteristics of living things. Students will create a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning to argue from evidence.
This activity follows the "Characteristics of Living Things" Activity.
This activity resulted from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this phonemic awareness small group activity, the teacher will provide instruction on distinguishing long and short vowel sounds. The students will segment words into their individual phonemes using counters. Students will then isolate and identify the vowel sound as short or long.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this anticipation activity, students will either agree or disagree with statements related to the themes of Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour." This provides an opportunity for a strong discussion regarding the themes of Chopin's work in general, but specifically with this short story.
This resource was created as a part of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, students will watch a video of the original Apollo 11 moon landing from July 16, 1969. The teacher will read aloud an article titled "This is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" from The National Interest. After reading the article, the teacher will lead a brief discussion about the rivalry between Russia and the United States referred to as the "Space Race". Students will then break off into groups and conduct a mock television interview with the three astronauts from Apollo 11.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This Google document has students do some basic research on who has internet or computer access in their community. They will be using the research to make a poster showing people in the community how to get access to technology. They should be already familiar with the term "digital divide," if not it is in one of the references.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this small group activity, the teacher will guide students through decoding words spelled with consonant digraphs. Students will then decode isolated words and pseudo-words spelled with consonant digraphs with at least 97% accuracy.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, students will work in groups to research weight loss pills to determine the following facts: (1) Do weight loss pills reduce appetite, reduce absorption, or increase fat burning? (2) How do they work? (3) How effective are they? (4) What side effects could happen? (5) Are there any other benefits or concerns listed? (6) What is the evidence from the research?
The website, Healthline, has 12 popular weight loss pills. The students can use this reference as a guide to research weight loss pills, one from each category: appetite, absorption, and fat-burning.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Students will participate in an interactive website activity from the Tenement Museum in New York City. Then, students will create a postcard describing the experiences of immigrants in the United States in the early 1900s.
This resource was created as a part of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this activity, students will be taught how to recognize figurative language (similes & metaphors) in poems/poetry and give an explanation for the meaning of metaphors and similes used in poems/poetry.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This learning activity will assess students' understanding of verb tenses and is meant to be utilized after an instructional unit on verbs and verb tenses. In addition, students will be required to demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar, usage, and spelling when writing.
This resource was created as a part of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, students will be introduced to the concept that skip counting by 4s will result in an even number since 4 is an even number. This learning activity may be used before learning the four multiplication facts to engage students through singing and movement with numbers.
This alignment is the result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this activity, the students will do a presentation about an over-the-counter weight loss pill. They will explain how the drug will work and if the drug is safe and effective. Each group will have a given amount of time to do their presentation. A rubric, Rubric Weight Loss Pills, will be used to score their work.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This learning activity may be used before a lesson on Democracy to engage students in the principles of American democracy. It may be used around some holidays or celebrations such as Constitution Day.
This learning activity explores the chronological life of Benjamin Franklin. Students will read along with the Educator via the website about Franklin's life. Students will choose a year and research what happened during that year and report their findings to the class. The entire class will create a talking timeline that chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin.
This activity is a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This learning activity introduces students to the Legislative Branch of the Government. The students will use Ducksters.com to locate the Legislative Branch of Government article and read or listen to it with a partner. After this activity, students will be able to recognize the basic principles established in the Legislative Branch of Government. In closing, students will design a poster with a minimum of 3 facts about the Legislative Branch of Government.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Students will look at stock images of different people as an introduction to developing interesting characters in a piece of narrative fiction writing. The students will brainstorm to establish character traits and backgrounds that are interesting and then write a short character summary.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this activity, students will roll a die to fill in the prices of different ingredients for each meal on a menu. They will need to add, subtract, and multiply decimals to answer questions about the meals.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This activity assesses beginning computer users' understanding of the various computer hardware items and their purposes. Input and output devices are recognized by student groups as they compete in a contest to label the components. The activity follows a lesson by the teacher of basic hardware elements commonly associated with a desktop computer.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
The students will learn how to use irregular verbs in everyday speaking, listening, and writing. The students will use the digital tool in order to listen for irregular verbs and use them in the present and past tense.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
