Part of the Common Core Standards for ELA are collaborative projects and publishing works using digital tools. This research project hits many Common Core Standards for ELA!
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Showing posts with label ELA. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Science!
For this project, the children were paired up to research on an animal that uses camouflage. In our reading program there is a whole unit on camouflage, so I integrated this science project into that unit. The students also created posters and typed their reports.
Part of the Common Core Standards for ELA are collaborative projects and publishing works using digital tools. This research project hits many Common Core Standards for ELA!
Part of the Common Core Standards for ELA are collaborative projects and publishing works using digital tools. This research project hits many Common Core Standards for ELA!
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Book Report Cards
My students have DEAR Time aka silent reading everyday after lunch. It's a quiet thing for them to do to wind down, and during this time I also pull students to read with me, or work on other things. This year I've started something new for the kids to show understanding of what they've read - Book Report Cards! It's a simple idea I got from a college, students fill out a mini book report on an index card for each book they read. They keep the cards on a ring (I got mine at Lakeshore) and at the end of the year they can see how many books they've read!
We made an anchor chart together so the students can have a reference of what goes on their book report cards.
The cards are kept right next to their book bins for easy access.
Alphabet Around the Room
Hello Teachers!
I've found a lot of cool art lessons on crayola.com that tie into core subjects, this one can be used for ELA. For the "Alphabet Around the Room" activity, I changed it a bit and made block letters on white paper, then the students were able to design them. That is the art part.
I also had the students help me glue them onto a construction paper background to add more color. I laminated them for the next step.
For ELA, the students added their name to the correct letter card, and other words. Sometimes if someone finishes early or we have free time, I give the students a white board marker and they add a word. It's fun and easy! This activity could be varied in so many ways, and I love the visual aspect of it too!
Here is a link to the original lesson: http://www.crayola.com/for-educators/lesson-plans/lesson-plan/alphabet-around-the-room.aspx
I've found a lot of cool art lessons on crayola.com that tie into core subjects, this one can be used for ELA. For the "Alphabet Around the Room" activity, I changed it a bit and made block letters on white paper, then the students were able to design them. That is the art part.
I also had the students help me glue them onto a construction paper background to add more color. I laminated them for the next step.
For ELA, the students added their name to the correct letter card, and other words. Sometimes if someone finishes early or we have free time, I give the students a white board marker and they add a word. It's fun and easy! This activity could be varied in so many ways, and I love the visual aspect of it too!
Here is a link to the original lesson: http://www.crayola.com/for-educators/lesson-plans/lesson-plan/alphabet-around-the-room.aspx
Thursday, August 9, 2012
California Common Core Standards
Hello Teachers!
If your school is adopting the Common Core Standards, you may be feeling just like me....a little overwhelmed! While I do like these new standards, they are lengthy and have a lot of things added, taken away and changed from the old CA State Standards. Not to mention the format of the standards is a list of EVERY grade! So, to help myself get organized and as a reference for 2nd grade only, I created a table. Below they are listed for both ELA and Math, each table includes the strand, standard, and a blank column. I will use the blank column for planning, and to take note of which unit or week I will teach the standard. I haven't gotten quite that far yet though! Hope these are helpful to you :)
Mathematics Common Core Standards - California
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFJsWc3ZdoseDoHVNl0IK0pIt5aUvrYsXMJ5ZUoT5Z0/edit
English Language Arts Common Core Standards - California
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1obhXwqRbfyHhMRyWFHKwUNEDXe7r21o2MxrWYb-0g6g/edit
If your school is adopting the Common Core Standards, you may be feeling just like me....a little overwhelmed! While I do like these new standards, they are lengthy and have a lot of things added, taken away and changed from the old CA State Standards. Not to mention the format of the standards is a list of EVERY grade! So, to help myself get organized and as a reference for 2nd grade only, I created a table. Below they are listed for both ELA and Math, each table includes the strand, standard, and a blank column. I will use the blank column for planning, and to take note of which unit or week I will teach the standard. I haven't gotten quite that far yet though! Hope these are helpful to you :)
Mathematics Common Core Standards - California
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFJsWc3ZdoseDoHVNl0IK0pIt5aUvrYsXMJ5ZUoT5Z0/edit
English Language Arts Common Core Standards - California
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1obhXwqRbfyHhMRyWFHKwUNEDXe7r21o2MxrWYb-0g6g/edit
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