Incorporating technology into the classroom used to be an engaging extra that helped build 21st Century skills. With many schools turning to online learning, educational technology has become critical to classroom instruction. However, this unexpected transition has left many teachers floundering to find ways to
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Hello everyone! I am back to write about my recently uploaded April STEAM Activities resource. The STEAM Activities have been a HUGE hit in my classroom, so I cannot wait to continue them for the rest of the year!! The April STEAM Activities set also comes with five activities. I again tried to incorporate every letter of STEAM's acronym (science, technology, engineering, art and math) throughout the month's activities. Click here to find the link to the product. The first activity in my April STEAM pack is Amazing Umbrellas In this activity, students will use a pipe cleaner and a coffee filter to create an umbrella for the standing rainy day kids. They will first be able to get the rainy day kids to stand and attach the umbrella. Included in this activity are an informational sheet to teach about why it rains and a graphic organizer included to help students plan and improve their creations! The next activity in my April STEAM pack is Garden Growth Students will plant seeds in their classroom. Over time they will observe the plant to see how it grows. It is great because it can double as a gift for Moms and Grandmas for Mother's Day! Included in this activity are an informational sheets about Earth Day and what students can do to help make a difference. Also, there is a page to discuss the life cycle of a plant and a page to record their plant's growth over time. The third activity in my April STEAM Pack is Recycling Bin Sort In this activity, students will construct different recycling bins. They will then sort the recyclable items into the bins and create graphs to tell how many ended up in each bin. Included in this activity are informational sheets about recycling, graphing paper and recycling bin templates! Next in the April STEAM Activities is Easter Basket Building! Students will build an Easter Basket using tinfoil and pipe cleaners. They will then compare different classroom items to see how much their Easter basket can hold! The final activity in the April STEAM Activities is the Google Classroom and Lego lesson. Students will start on Google classroom. They will move the colored Lego pieces from the left side of the screen to the puzzle on the right side of the screen. This will help them build Earth Day themed things: a tree, the sun, a raindrop and a cloud. While the students are completing the Google Classroom lesson, they can color the graphic organizer to then visualize what each item should look like. Finally, they can use the graphic organizer to build with real Legos! The Google and graphic organizer are a great way for students to plan what to build! Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope these April STEAM Activities make Science class extra fun for you and your students! Enjoy! April STEAM Activities
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Build engagement with personal narrative writing prompts for descriptive writing and narrative writing skills. Think of this personal narrative brainstorming and writing resource as an extended personal narrative graphic organizer. This Google slideshow is a ready-to-go mini-unit focusing on show don't tell and use of simile and metaphor for your students' digital writing! These pre-made digital slides will guide students in brainstorming and writing a personal narrative story. There are ten slides with open-ended writing prompts so that students can explore a variety of topics before deciding on their final personal narrative focus. For the final story, students will “zoom in” on a moment within a larger event and write using sensory detail and simile/metaphor. Students will then write a draft, watch a short video with three basic revision tips, and revise their story. Before submitting, students will highlight sensory details and simile/metaphor(s) in their story and answer questions on a reflection slide. This Resource Includes: Personal Narrative Writing Journal Slideshow (23 Google Slides). Teacher Notes & Getting Started (3 Pages) ************************************************* This resource is helpful for: ★ Teachers who teach in a digital learning environment. ★ Teachers who are looking to save time with ready-made resources. ★ Teachers who love to innovate and try new things! ★ Teachers who believe in authentic and engaging assessments ************************************************* Copyright© 2020-Present, Lindsay Ann Learning ⇒ Permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. ⇒ Not for public display or digital sharing. ⇒ If you intend to share with others, please purchase an additional license.
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Middle and high school students will enjoy these fun and interactive g rowth mindset vs. fixed mindset activities and goal setting activities! Target SEL skills, encourage self reflection, and build writing skills in your next growth mindset unit, as a part of your social emotional learning routine, as a way to build a positive classroom environment, or as classroom discussion resources all year long. These resources are sure to engage learners and make them think! ************************************************* Benefits of digital interactive resources include: ★ High engagement = happy students and happy teacher ★ Student-friendly 1:1 environment ★ Fluid integration of ELA skills ★ Productive use of class time that is maximized for student learning This resource is helpful for: ★ Teachers who teach in a digital learning environment. ★ Teachers who are looking to save time with ready-made digital resources. ★ Teachers who love to innovate and try new things! ★ Teachers who want to encourage growth mindset in their middle or high school classrooms. ************************************************* ⇒ Copyright© 2020-Present, Lindsay Ann Learning ⇒ Permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. ⇒ Not for public display or digital sharing. ⇒ If you intend to share with others, please purchase an additional license.
Teacher student relationships are critical. Here are 7 easy routines and activities for teachers to build relationships with their students.
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This unit is the seventh unit of a first grade MASTER math curriculum built around the belief that students need to be exposed to math in a variety of ways. It focuses on adding and subtracting numbers up to 20. Students will work with number bonds and number lines to begin practicing. They will also complete basic computation before moving into solving addition and subtraction number stories. Finally, they will work on writing addition and subtraction number stories. There are enrichment opportunities to build their number sense and work on number bond trees, and more difficult problems. Master Math can be taught in many ways but I will provide the tools to make it a rotation based learning process. Each lesson begins with a whole group mini lesson provided in a SMART notebook version or a pdf file. Then students begin to rotate (much like centers). MASTER stands for Manipulatives, Apply Skills, Small Group, Technology, Enrichment, and Review. There are activities provided for each component listed, lesson plans, assessments, SMART notebook files, and a fun culminating craft. Included you will receive: Manipulatives Build with a Number bond Addition and Subtraction to 20 with a number line Addition and Subtraction to 20 Sort Domino fact families Addition and Subtraction Scoot Fact Family Sort Build an Addition Number Story Build a Subtraction Number Story Apply Skills Domino War Roll and Add 10 Board Game Spin and Subtract Bingo Spin and Add to Make 20 Spin and Subtract Bingo with a Number Line Roll a number Bond to 20 Spin and Subtract from 20 Spin, Add, & Compare to 20 Small Group Adding and Subtracting to 20 with Number Bonds & Pictures Adding and Subtracting to 20 with Number Bonds & Number Sentences Mixed Number Bonds and Fact Families Using a Number Line to Add & Subtract Mixed Addition with a Number Line Vertical Addition and Subtraction to 20 Mixed + - Addition & Subtraction number stories Writing + - Number stories Review Assessment Technology 6 activities in Boom Learning and Google Slides Adding to 20 using Number Bonds Subtracting to 20 using Number Bonds Adding to 20 using a Number Line Subtracting to 20 using a Number Line Adding to 20 using Ten Frames Subtracting to 20 using Ten Frames Adding Doubles and Doubles Plus One with Ten Frames Enrichment Counting Up Counting Back Addition Number Bonds Number Bonds and Fact Families (2) 3 Way Number Bonds (3) Expanding Number Bonds (2) 1 More or 1 Less Number Grid Number Stories Riddles Addition Challenge Subtraction Challenge Review Number bonds Addition to 20 Subtraction to 20 Counting by 10’s Expanded Form One more, one less Draw in Base-10 What is the shape? What is the value of a number? Counting Dimes What is the number? , & = Dog and Cat Craft 2 mini crafts cumulative project to review adding and subtracting Recording Sheets Class progress sheet Individual progress sheet Lesson Plans 11 lessons completed for you 5 templates to create your own SMART Notebook warm up lessons whole group 10 different lessons 10 pdf’s in case you don’t have SMART Notebook Description, I Can Statements, Standards, Binder Cover and Layout Rotation Templates in SMART Notebook or PDF version **IMPORTANT NOTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PIECES** Some of this resource is in Google Slides format. You will NEED TO HAVE ACCESS to GOOGLE SLIDES to use this resource. It is also helpful to have GOOGLE CLASSROOM but not necessary. It will help you easily send the activities to your students. Please note: I am not affiliated or associated with Google, nor do they endorse this resource. Important: To redeem your Boom Cards, you will create an account for Boom Learning. The account you get with your purchase allows you to play the Boom Cards on interactive whiteboards and with individual students using Fast Play. Fast Play does not save student progress reports. To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options you'll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial. ***To try them out below with this preview link!**** Double and Doubles Plus 1 Addition to 20 with Ten Frames Addition to 20 with Number Bonds Subtraction to 20 with Number Bonds Subtraction to 20 with Ten Frames Subtraction to 20 with the Number Line Addition to 20 with the Number Line Similar Units Number Sense Master Math Unit 1 Addition to 10 Master Math Unit 2 Subtraction to 10 Master Math Unit 3 Geometry Master Math Unit 4 Place Value Master Math Unit 5 First Grade Math Curriculum Master Math Bundle Units 1-5 Comparing Numbers Master Math Unit 6 Addition and Subtraction to 20 Master Math Unit 7 Applying Properties of Addition and Subtraction to 20 Master Math Unit 8 Telling Time Master Math Unit 9 Mental Math Master Math Unit 10 First Grade Master Math Curriculum Master Math Bundle 6-10 Measurement Master Math Unit 11 Make sure to Follow Me so you know when I post new products. All products are 20% off the 1st 24 hours. 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A classroom escape room is the perfect activity to get your students engaged. Here's all the tips and tricks for creating an easy, inexpensive escape room!
The versatility of concrete allows architects and engineers to be innovative in their home designs. While concrete has been around as a building material since the Romans built the Colosseum, technology has improved its durability and applications, making concrete a popular option for building 21st-century homes. Concrete construction provides a number of advantages over wood-frame, including energy efficiency, noise reduction, and fire and wind resistance. Concrete building materials range from traditional blocks and precast panels to concrete that is cast on-site. Although the initial cost of building a concrete house is marginally higher than wood-frame construction, the long-term energy savings can make building with concrete a prudent choice.
Frank Gehry, en colaboración con el grande de la construcción Lend Lease, diseñó este edificio de 12 pisos para la UTS -University of Technology Sydney. Se le ha catalogado como unos de los proyectos más emblemáticos de la ciudad desde la Opera House.
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Ozobot are tiny line following robots that can be coded to perform certain tasks using colour codes. You can also programme Ozobots using the Blockly platform allowing you to code more complex instructions. We really like Ozobots as they offer both online and offline play. Some time ago we made a maze for Ozobot using LEGO Duplo and Ozoeasy Overwrite Codes. We've worked on our design process and share our experience below. We've made our LEGO Maze for Ozobot twice, having learnt lots from the first experience, we were able to make design adjustments on the second attempt. It's important for kids to learn their first attempt, may not work. It's quite the skill and my kids are definitely still learning how to cope with failure. Also See: Our Ozobot Review Building the Maze The kids really enjoyed building the Maze using LEGO Duplo, but you could use any type of building blocks, including MegaBlocks or even Wooden Blocks. Our first maze just navigated Ozobot from one end to the other. We noticed Ozobot was about the size of a 2 x 2 Duplo block. They built the maze one block wide, thinking if Ozobot was slightly smaller, it should move easily. It did work on the straights, but Ozobot didn't have enough room to turn. They had to rethink their design. On the second attempt, we made the track 2 x 4 Duplo block wide. This gave the Ozobots plenty of room to turn and also do other tricks like zigzag and tornado. Drawing the Lines Sanford Corp 38262 2PK Black Chisel Sharpie ? @ Amazon As Ozobot is a line following robot, it needs a good solid black line to follow. We found a chisel edged black sharpie pen works the best. Our first maze, with its narrow path made drawing a good solid line really tricky. We came up with an idea to trace the line in pencil, shift the Duplo maze off the paper and then draw the line. This worked fairly well, except we had to rebuild some parts of the maze - they didn't quite make the move. Our second maze, with its wider paths worked much better and this time we didn't move the Duplo structure. Adding the Codes When you use Ozobots offline on paper, they can follow instructions using colour coded codes. The main colours are red, green, blue and black - and set in a particular order will give Ozobot commands, like turn left or turn around. Once you've drawn your solid black line, it's tricky to add your Ozocodes, unless you have predetermined their position and left a gap in the path line. We've come up with several ideas to solve the problem. One, use blue, green and red stickers cut into tiny squares and build up your codes over the path line. Two, use a white sticker and colour in your codes however you need to be careful to use the right shade of blue and green. Three, we discovered OzoEasy stickers! Overwrite Codes (Starter Pack) ? @ Amazon Ozoeasy Stickers are little round stickers with printed Ozocodes which are easy to use and the colours of the codes work first time. Eight year old inventor of Ozoeasy overwrite codes, sent us a pack to try out. Firstly we love the fact kids are solving problems, and coming up with brilliant products to help others too. I used the Ozoeasy overwrite code stickers with my 5 and 7 year old kids. They loved using them, as they were easy to peel off and stick in position. The Ozoeasy sticker made the coding part of our activity much more engaging. This time we didn't have to worry whether we'd left a gap in the line for our codes, we just decided which codes we wanted to use and stuck them over the line. We'd love it if the sticker were reusable, as sometimes we stuck it in the wrong direction or the wrong place. However we managed by carefully peeling it off and re-sticking with a bit of glue. **Ozoeasy Giveaway** The Ozoeasy starter pack comes with a sheet of direction codes, another with timer and moves codes and a black sheet for you to colour your own codes. This is really useful if you are making up new codes for your Ozobots using the Blockly app. Playing the Game The maze was part of a game the kids designed to get the aliens to a space rocket. We made alien costumes for the Ozobots and a space rocket which was placed at the end of the maze. The kids used a timer to see who's Alien Ozobot reached the rocket first. Ozobot randomly selects its path when it reaches a crossroad. In some cases we added Ozoeasy codes to send it in a specific direction. However the random choice, made the game really fun, as no route was the same and you were really lucky if your alien Ozobot choose the fastest route to the rocket.
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Testing season coming up? First, use my Test Taking resource to help prepare your students! And then, this Test Taking Tips and Strategies Jeopardy to make it fun! This Jeopardy companion offers 32 questions, plus Final Jeopardy all based on the Test Taking Tips and Strategies resource. I allow the students to use the notes they have taken on the first resource to help them answer these questions. This game has gotten an upgrade and is now available on both Google Slides and PowerPoint platforms. When you open the resource, you choose what works best for your situation. Again, please note that the questions from this game all come from the Test Taking Tips and Strategies presentation also sold on TpT. Check out the Test Taking Tips and Strategies resource here: Test Taking Tips and Strategies Take a look at my DIGITAL LEARNING RESOURCES--all ready for use with no printing required. And, if you'd like to see a sample of my Paperless Reader's Notebooks, download this FREE unit for "Salvador Late or Early" ================================================ Digital Resources are: -Paperless - no printing, copying, stapling, hole punching! -Accessible anywhere -Building 21st Century skills -Perfect for absent students -FUN! *While this is created in Google Apps, it easily can be converted to other platforms* ***************************************************************************** The Digital Resources in my TpT store are growing weekly! Please check back regularly to see if there are other units that you can use in your classroom (including many for Romeo and Juliet): Digital Resources - Making Meaning with Melissa Use these Digital Novel Studies with *Chromebooks *Tablets and iPads *Laptops or Desktops *Smartphones ************************************************************************ Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to log in). Beside each purchase, you'll see a Provide Feedback button. If you click on it, you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. Don’t you just love getting stuff for free?! I really value your feedback, as it helps me improve my products! Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. You will now receive email updates about this store. ©Copyright 2021 – Making Meaning with Melissa. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to copy pages specifically designed for teacher/student use by the original purchaser or licensee. The reproduction of any part of this product is strictly prohibited. Copying any part of this product and/or placing it on the Internet in any form (even a class website) is forbidden. Doing so is in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. #TPTDIGITAL #BLENDEDLEARNING #1:1
Preschoolers make guitars out of recycled boxes in this musical and book-based STEAM activity.
