Keith Haring is one of my favorite all-time artists. Most of his artwork is kid friendly, and students love his kinetic figures. We looked at many of his paintings in art class and talked about his use of movement. We then learned about gesture drawings and proportion, and students drew several quick gesture drawings of me posing in different positions. Students then traced around these gesture drawings to make them look more like a Haring figure. They carefully cut out their best, and then traced that one onto construction paper. The color scheme was complementary colors, and students randomly chose a complementary set. Here students are cutting carefully around the figure to get that black edging. Add caption They turn out so energetic and colorful, and they look amazing all together. Some classes' artwork will be displayed in April for Zilker's School-wide Art Show. We also worked on a bigger group drawing that was displayed on February 6 at Family Night. This is what the two panels looked like:
Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.
The Siege of the Alamo was an important point in the Texas Revolution. Your youngster can learn the story of the siege in this worksheet.
Chapter books aren't the only options for 5th graders! Take a look at our top picks of 5th grade picture books, sure to delight your child.
The Transcontinental Railroad: A Unit Study | The Golden Spike and the cross-country race. Unit study and resources.
A fun project-based learning for Christmas activity for the month of December! Teach your students economics while turning your classroom into a North Pole workshop. Students will make crafts, earn money, pay taxes, and get to shop!
Free parts of the US Constitution lesson with graphic organizer that teaches how the US Constitution is organized. Perfect for 5th grade and middle school.
Have you ever seen a fossil? A fossil is any evidence of past life preserved in sediments or rocks. Do you think you could have dinosaur fossils in your family car’s gas tank? Did you ever hear that oil and natural gas are “fossil fuels”? Do you think oil and natural gas can be made from fossils? How long do you think it takes fossil fuel to form?
Teaching Earth Day in the upper elementary classroom should be rigorous and engaging. Teach these four lessons to celebrate Earth Day. These lessons are rigorous, prepare students for state testing, and are extremely engaging to your students.
Explorers This reading and writing integration unit includes summary passages on each of the following: The Northwest Passage Christopher Columbus John Cabot Vasco Núñez de Balboa Juan Ponce de León Hernando de Soto Jacques Cartier Henry Hudson There are map activities that can be done with the maps provided- choosing your own route to Asia, making a key and mapping all explorers' routes, and shading/labeling the areas the explorers discovered in the western hemisphere. With all eight summaries, there are graphic organizers to help pull out the key information (ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED). The summaries are also short enough that they are perfect for interactive notetaking or close reading annotations. *extra blank organizer provided that you can use with any explorer!* There are compare and contrast activities - four already have the paired explorers and there is also one blank so that you or the students can choose two to compare. Please look at the preview to see what you are getting in this file! ***************************************************************************** You might also be interested in my other Social Studies Resources, too! ***************************************************************************** Please remember, this purchase is for the use of one teacher. It is not intended to be shared. Please use the 'additional license' purchase if more than one teacher will be using it. Thank you! Copyright © 2014-2017 Ideas By Jivey, LLC All rights reserved by author, Jessica Ivey. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only. Not for public display. Leave feedback to earn credits for future purchases! Become a follower to receive updates about future units as well!
I teach fourth grade in Texas (my first year ever) and it's spring...so you know what that means....my fourth grade kiddos will be tak...
Don't Decorate - Design! It is back to school time, and teachers all across the US are frantically putting up posters and bulletin boards to decorate their room before the first day of school. But instead
Cool activity on making thinking visible from the second grade teacher blog Secondgradealicious: http://secondgradealicious.blogspot.ca/2014/05/how-about-tug-of-war-making-thinking.html
Free Columbian Exchange food project and lesson plan for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Perfect for your Age of Exploration unit.
All about scientists, free download, attributes of scientists, scientific method, interactive activities to learn about science.
This year in my social studies curriculum, I had to teach about the first contact between the First Nations and the Europeans in Canada. Ever since the new curriculum has come into effect in BC, our text books have been a bit out of date. It isn’t that this topic isn’t in the text books …
From the battles to the people that led them.
Give your students responsibility and keep your classroom running smoothly with these beautiful job cards. This product comes with preset jobs as well as editable options where you can insert your own font/language for any jobs that aren't included.
Invite children to get to know their home state a little better with this series of questions and prompts.
Because learning is best when it's hands-on.
Check out my favorite time-saving social studies resources that you can use with any unit or lesson in the elementary grades!
Read all about 5 engaging activities for your rocks and minerals unit. From hands-on activities to books to anchor charts, grab ideas here!
RACE doesn't fit Social Studies curriculum - so why do we use it? I've adopted a different acronym for my classes - MEAL. See how I use this acronym!
5 key reasons to teach students to analyze differing perspectives
What if I told you moving your ENTIRE writing instruction to small group instruction will turn your students into INCREDIBLE writers? Well, I’m telling you that. I moved from teaching writing whole group with writing conferences on the side to GUIDED WRITING. It was a game changer. Let’s start from the beginning. All of your […]
Learn everything you need to know about teaching the American Revolution, including important events, free lessons, and more!
The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
In this classroom makeover post, I share tons of ideas and inspiration for decorating and organizing a classroom with a journey theme.
Ready to move beyond tired Jeopardy slides? Try a few rounds of the Flyswatter Game, a no-fail way to keep teens active and excited about test prep. Six Easy St
Earth Day STEM Challenges and Activities will engage all your students and get them thinking about ways to protect the environment! 23 pages - 26 MB - PDF
So remember those questions..that were swirling around in my head from Part 1 of “why playing a basketball game is like the body of Christ?” Well the more I thought and prayed about those questions..the more I could see how in the body of Christ that sometimes we tend to do the same thing as...
