Tag Archives: Elementary School

The Earth is Our Home: Embodied Environmental Learning

March 2, 2022 – 1:48 pm

Grace Han, 1st Grade, South Academy of International Languages

Synopsis

Tags Chinese, Elementary School, Embodied learning, environment, interactivity, language immersion, physical movement, Science, sensory learning, tactile experiences | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

The Mind’s Eye: Viewing Identity with an Empathetic Lens

February 8, 2018 – 1:18 pm

Mary Draper Hager, Second Grade, Selwyn ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags characters, Compare, Contrast, differences, Elementary School, empathy, external traits, identity, inferencing, internal traits, intuition, palming, portrait, schema, similarities | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Square One: Establishing Visual Literacy in the Classroom

February 1, 2018 – 12:01 pm

Justin Pierce, Visual Art, W.A. Hough HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags adaptation, aesthetic, anticipatory guide, cinquain, collaboration, collage, Consumption, contemporary, Critique, Deconstruction, dialogue, differentiate, digital design, Elementary School, intertextual, observation, ownership, Photography, Photoshop, portfolio, snapchat, transformative, video podcast, visual literacy, VSCO | Permalink | Comments Off

Look at the World; Speak for the Trees

February 1, 2018 – 11:59 am

Jessica Young, Second Grade, Davidson ES

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags advertising, blended learning, digital literacy, Elementary School, environmentalism, Paideia, project based learning, Social Studies, socratic seminar, the Lorax, visual literacy | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Bringing Visual Literacy to Writing

February 1, 2018 – 11:57 am

Erin Murray, TD/Catalyst Hornets Nest & Statesville RD ES

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags descriptive writing, Elementary School, inference, Visual Thinking Skills | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

You Must Remember This: Monumental Biographical Studies and Crafting Multimodal Autobiographies

January 31, 2018 – 6:01 pm

Lecia Shockley, Third Grade, Selwyn ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags academic conversation, Autobiography, Biography, collage, Courage, disability, Elementary School, evaluative practice, memorials, monuments, remembrance, Research, southern recollections, stories, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

A Day at the Valley

January 31, 2018 – 5:54 pm

Emily Steib, Second Grade, Hidden Valley ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Africa, Asia, cameras, country, day in the life, Elementary School, Europe, India, Mexico, personal narratives, photograph, Photography, picture, rubric, school, Spain, United States of America, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Doing Science: Hands-On Learning in the Laboratory

Weather/OR Not…Learning is Fun!

January 31, 2018 – 5:38 pm

Tracie Cooper, Science, Hidden Valley ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Elementary School, fifth grade, lesson plans, Science, Water Cycle, weather | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Doing Science: Hands-On Learning in the Laboratory

Avoiding Cookie Cutter Science with Gifted Children by Moving Students through the Inquiry Process

January 31, 2018 – 5:31 pm

Meg Shuman, Fourth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Elementary School, force and motion, friction, graphing, infographics, inquiry, Laboratory, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Physics, Science, Science Fair | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Doing Science: Hands-On Learning in the Laboratory

The Sounds of Science

January 31, 2018 – 5:29 pm

Katrina Gordon, Second Grade, Selwyn ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Elementary School, musical instrument, observations, pitch, sound, vibrations | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Doing Science: Hands-On Learning in the Laboratory

Scientists Answer Their Own Questions!

January 31, 2018 – 5:27 pm

Jessica Silva, Science Lab, Rama Road ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Elementary School, forces, inquiry, Motion, observation | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Doing Science: Hands-On Learning in the Laboratory

Reading and Researching to Discover the Scientific Method

January 31, 2018 – 5:22 pm

Amy Thomas, First Grade, Reedy Creek Elementary School

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags Elementary School, morning meeting, scientific inquiry, scientific method, Shared Reading | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

Living Memorials to Spectacular Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians

January 31, 2018 – 5:02 pm

Ted Miracle, Science, Devonshire ES

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags African-American scientists, Biographies, Elementary School, engineers, female scientists, GEMS, gender differences, Hispanic scientists, mathematicians, memorials, Newsela, project based learning, science careers, scientists, STEM education, third grade, wax museum | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

History Repeating Itself: Looking at Slavery and the Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina and What It Means Today

January 31, 2018 – 4:57 pm

Nicole Boyd, Fifth Grade, Dilworth ES

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags Civil Rights, Confederate, Elementary School, memorials, Segregation, slavery | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

Charlotte Society 1865-1891

January 31, 2018 – 4:46 pm

Jaclyn Peterson, Fifth Grade, David Cox Road ES

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags Better Black and White Society, Black Codes, Confederate, Elementary School, Emancipation Proclamation, Freedman Bureau, Prohibition, Reconstruction, Sharecroppers, Ten Percent plan, Thirteen Amendment, Union, Women Christian Temperance Union | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Elementary School

The Earth is Our Home: Embodied Environmental Learning

The Mind’s Eye: Viewing Identity with an Empathetic Lens

Square One: Establishing Visual Literacy in the Classroom

Bringing Visual Literacy to Writing

You Must Remember This: Monumental Biographical Studies and Crafting Multimodal Autobiographies

A Day at the Valley

Weather/OR Not…Learning is Fun!

Avoiding Cookie Cutter Science with Gifted Children by Moving Students through the Inquiry Process

The Sounds of Science

Scientists Answer Their Own Questions!

Reading and Researching to Discover the Scientific Method

Living Memorials to Spectacular Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians

History Repeating Itself: Looking at Slavery and the Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina and What It Means Today

Charlotte Society 1865-1891

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