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Ocean Biom |
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Students are in an SH (mod/severe) K-3 Special Day Class focusing on life and functional academic skills.
Visual representations of animals in the ocean will be presented to the students with three levels of targeted outcomes. A PowerPoint presentation and supplementary materials (e.g. handouts) will be used in order to present the topic explicitly with the final outcome being a group collage using components created by all three defined levels of modifications. Students will also be able to utilize assistive technology such as IPads, ITouch to further supplement language and learning.
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Biography Day |
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History-Social Science |
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2,3 |
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Each student will chose a historical figure to do a research project on. They will write a report and dress up as the person they studied to teach others about "themselves."... |
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Biomes and a voki video |
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Science,Arts,English Language Arts |
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2,3 |
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Description: |
The students will research one biome (either ocean, rainforest, desert, or forest). They will fill out a fact sheet that they will later use to create a paragraph. Then, they will use voki.com to create an avatar and video about their biome. Lastly, the students will do an art project based on their biome and the animals that live in it.... |
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Title: |
Letter Writing Skills |
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English Language Arts |
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2,3 |
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Description: |
Using technology to enhance and motivate letter writing skills using EPals.com and a classroom interactive whiteboard (or tablet connected to a projection system).... |
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Title: |
Letter Writing Skills |
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English Language Arts |
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2,3 |
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Description: |
Using technology to enhance and motivate letter writing skills using EPals.com and a classroom interactive whiteboard (or tablet connected to a projection suystem).... |
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Title: |
Test Taking as a Genre |
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Test Taking Strategies |
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2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Description: |
Many educators have acknowledged test taking as a genre. Students should be taught test taking strategies and skills as standardized tests expect students to demonstrate knowledge in a very specific way. These series of lessons provide opportunities for teachers to work with students on test taking strategies, skills, and reading for a purpose.... |
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Title: |
Motion |
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Science |
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2,3 |
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Description: |
Science lesson connecting in class exploration of motion to simulations using classroom or computer lab computers.... |
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Title: |
Macaroni Quotations |
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English Language Arts |
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Grade: |
2,3 |
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Description: |
After practicing quotations for about a week, this is our closing lesson. Using various types of macaroni the students write sentences on a small white board and use the macaroni as quotation marks and ending punctuation. Elbow macaroni is used for the beginning quotes, ending quotes, and the commas. Regular small macaroni is used for the periods. "Swirly" macaroni is used for question marks. Spaghetti macaroni (broken into smaller pieces) is used for exclamation marks. This is a nice hand on activity to show understanding and the kids love it!... |
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Title: |
Using Technology for Research |
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Writing Workshop |
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1,2,3,4,5 |
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Description: |
Studens will learn how to use the internet to gather information for researching topics and/or authors for Writing Workshop. This lesson can be used for various genres in the Writing Workshop program.... |
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Title: |
Math Intervention |
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Mathematics |
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Grade: |
1,2,3,4,5 |
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Description: |
Students use an on-line program for reteaching, practicing, and testing for competence. This lesson is used by the resource department in a pull out program to help students be more successful in the general ed classroom.... |
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Title: |
Using Technology for a Unit on American Symbols |
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English Language Arts,History-Social Science |
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2,3 |
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Description: |
This unit it designed to help students gain familiarity with names, locations and meanings behind a variety of famous American symbols. They will remember, understand and apply information learned from American Symbols social studies unit presented with the aide of websites, Internet images and video, and conventional classroom teaching. They will learn how to create a presentation using a variety of technologies demonstrating what they have learned. Finally, students will build on their understanding of symbols for country to create a set of symbols to represent their families.... |
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Title: |
Picasso |
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Arts |
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Grade: |
2,3 |
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Description: |
Students will create a digital art portfolio. They will study specific artists and create a variety of technology projects that relate to that artist.... |
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