Grade 1. Improving the Effectiveness of Math Workshop. Last Friday I presented a professional development session to our K-2 teachers on how to improve the effectiveness of math workshop.
We are about two years along the path of implementing math workshop, and the session grew out of observations I had made across grade levels. I focused my discussion on three aspects of math workshop: expectations, planning, and accountability. Most of what I presented came from Debbie Diller's book, Math Work Stations: Independent Learning You Can Count On, K-2. If you have not wandered across this book yet, it is a treasure trove of ideas for organizing and implementing workstations as well as several chapters on actual ideas for workstations organized by math content. Our 1st grade team is arguably the most Type A, gung ho team on campus. Creativity Resource for Teachers » Teaching Resources. 21st Century Skills Resources RSA Animate: 21st Century Enlightenment The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), formed in the 18th century, is a network of people devoted to creative thinking for social progress.
In this video, RSA Chief Executive Matthew Taylor explores what 21st century enlightenment means, and how it can help navigate today’s challenges differently than established modes of thought. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills This is the advocacy website for the implementation of 21st Century Skills. Arts Integration: The Authentic Context for 21st Century Learning This article details how arts integration offers unique and successful methods for instilling 21st Century Learning Skills across the curriculum.
Useful Websites for Teachers Art Museums ArtNC This North Carolina Museum of Art website is designed for educators, students, and anyone interested in looking and learning from works of art. ArtsConnectEd ArtThink.
Native american heritage 1st grade. This lesson is to teach students to Use a Map. Map Skills- Thematic Unit Plan for 1st Grade. The theme of this unit is map skills.
The unit is based around this theme and will focus on cardinal directions and a variety of maps. After each activity, you will find how you can assess the students' learning. I have also included the multiple intelligence learning style the students would be using for each activity, along with the amount of time it will take you to complete it.
Theme: Mapping Grade Level: First Materials: Concept web Cardinal directions Student JournalPlace-mat of neighborhood "Me on the Map" by Joan Sweeny Clay "Franklin's Neighborhood" by Paulette Bourgeois Town map worksheet Art supplies Salt maps Treasure box Objective Throughout this unit, the students will partake in whole group, small group, and individual activities. Activity One: Introduction to Unit Time: 30 min. As an introduction to this unit, have the whole class participate in filling in a concept web about maps. (Social Studies/Geography, Body-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal) Activity Two: Cardinal Directions. ME ON THE MAP FLIP BOOK. ME ON THE MAP CIRCLE FLIP BOOK CIRCLES. ME ON THE MAP - BOOK AND QUIZ (FREEBIE)
Me and My Community. Hello Everyone!
Hope you're having a joyfilled day!! I wanted to share my "Me and My Community" social studies mini unit with you. If you are one of my kiddos reading this, have mom or dad print it off for you and get busy!! :) We've done many of these activities already, but it is still a great summer time filler! The unit contains 30 pages of poems, drawing and writing activities, anchor chart activities, a mini book for kids to make, citizenship, community workers, map skill activities, and much more. Hope you can use a least a bit of this!! Have a great rest of the day! Joyfully! Nancy. ME ON THE MAP STUDENT BOOK.