Tag Archives: Elementary School

Inside Out Science: Discovering the Scientist Within Me!

January 30, 2017 – 12:04 pm

Miesha Gadsden, Third Grade, J.H. Gunn Elementary School

Tags animals, Biology, cells, concave, convex, Elementary School, microscope, Plants, Science, scientific thinking | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 2: How Science is Done: A Behind the Scenes Look at Scientific Research

How Things Move: A 3rd Grade Unit of Study on Forces & Motion

January 30, 2017 – 11:48 am

Chrystal Cavanagh, Science, Grand Oak Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Elementary School, forces, friction, Motion, Physics, Science, third grade | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Teaching the Writing Processes through Memoirs

January 30, 2017 – 11:30 am

Mandy Schmitt Glenn, Second Grade, EE Waddell Language Academy

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Tags Brainstorming, drafting, Elementary School, Memoirs, publishing, reviewing editing, Writing processes | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Making Memoir Meaningful… Implementing Memoir Writing in Grades K-2

January 30, 2017 – 11:28 am

Nikki Guevara, Fourth Grade, Bain Elementary School

Curriculum Units (pdf) read more »

Tags Elementary School, Memoir, Writing, Writing Process, writing workshop | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Finding access to writing through memoirs

January 30, 2017 – 11:23 am

Sylvia Holper, Third Grade, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Brainstorming, drafting, editing, Elementary School, publishing, revising, viewing, writer’s café, writing workshop | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Telling My Story

January 30, 2017 – 11:12 am

Melanie R. Moore, First Grade, David Cox Road Elementary School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags author, author’s chair, Elementary School, emotions, events, feeling, genre study, honest, literacy, Memoir, memories, read aloud, self-analysis, slice of life, small moments, true story, Writer’s Workshop, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Mapping your Memoirs

January 30, 2017 – 11:08 am

Teresa Strohl, Art and Writing, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, Art Buddies, Elementary School, literacy, Memoirs, Niki de Saint Phalle., project based learning, romare bearden, Studio Habits of Mind, Writing Process | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Memoir Behind the Bookcase – The Wonder of Anne Frank

January 25, 2017 – 1:10 pm

Jennifer Dalesandro, Language Arts, Grades 3-6, Bain Elementary School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Anne Frank, Author’s Purpose, character, Children's Literature, Elementary School, inference, Language Arts, literacy, Memoir, picture book, Reading, theme, wonder | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

“Who’s bad? Exploring Young Children’s Perception of Heroes and Villains in Literature”

March 21, 2016 – 2:56 pm

Silvia Monsalve, First Grade, Oaklawn Language Academy

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags brain, Compassion., Elementary School, evil, good, inner theatre, Stereotypes, Viewpoints | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 2: What Makes a Nation?

North Carolina: A Search for Identity

February 24, 2016 – 1:57 pm

Mark Surratt, Fourth Grade, Providence Spring Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags active teaching, alternative learning, coastal, Elementary School, gifted education, History, identity, mountain, nation, North Carolina, Piedmont, simulation, state, tradition | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 3: The Origins of Human Language

Ancient Forms of Communication in the Spanish Immersion Classroom: The Use of Pictograms and Rebuses to Promote the Development of Spanish Language Literacy

February 22, 2016 – 1:10 pm

Adriana Hart, Kindergarten, Collinswood Language Academy

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Elementary School, Kindergarten, Language Arts, literacy, oral language, phonemic awareness, pictograms, Reading, rebus principle, rhyming words, shared readings, Writing, written language | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 3: The Origins of Human Language

An Early-literacy Talk-Write Pedagogy: How Dual-language Spanish Immersion Kindergarten Students Can Benefit from Talking First and Writing Later

February 17, 2016 – 1:30 pm

Tabitha L. Miller, Kindergarten, Collinswood Language Academy

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags dual-language, Elementary School, immersion, Kindergarten, Reader’s Workshop, second-language acquisition, Spanish, talk-write pedagogy, talking to write, Writer’s Workshop | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 3: The Origins of Human Language

Homophones and First Grade ELL Students

February 16, 2016 – 1:31 pm

Melanie Ann Kirschner, First Grade, Albemarle Road Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Comprehension, Elementary School, ELL, ESL, Gesticulations, Homonyms, Language, Reading, Sounds | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Good Luck Animals

February 3, 2016 – 2:27 pm

Teresa Strohl, Visual Art, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags balance, beckoning cat, brain, Elementary School, good luck, Jun Kaneko, left and right brain, low relief tiles, Tanuki, visual notetaking, Yin and Yang | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Down the Rabbit Hole…Implementing Comprehension Strategies, Character Traits and Reader’s Theatre from Alice in Wonderland

February 3, 2016 – 2:13 pm

Nikki Guevara, First Grade, Bain Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Alice in Wonderland, character traits, Elementary School, reader’s theatre, Reading, reading strategies, storytelling | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Elementary School

Inside Out Science: Discovering the Scientist Within Me!

How Things Move: A 3rd Grade Unit of Study on Forces & Motion

Teaching the Writing Processes through Memoirs

Making Memoir Meaningful… Implementing Memoir Writing in Grades K-2

Finding access to writing through memoirs

Telling My Story

Mapping your Memoirs

Memoir Behind the Bookcase – The Wonder of Anne Frank

“Who’s bad? Exploring Young Children’s Perception of Heroes and Villains in Literature”

North Carolina: A Search for Identity

Ancient Forms of Communication in the Spanish Immersion Classroom: The Use of Pictograms and Rebuses to Promote the Development of Spanish Language Literacy

An Early-literacy Talk-Write Pedagogy: How Dual-language Spanish Immersion Kindergarten Students Can Benefit from Talking First and Writing Later

Homophones and First Grade ELL Students

Good Luck Animals

Down the Rabbit Hole…Implementing Comprehension Strategies, Character Traits and Reader’s Theatre from Alice in Wonderland

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