The Paper Bag Christmas - Poet Tweet

A Poet tweet is a popular form of poetry inspired by the social-networking site Twitter.  Twitter users post tweets (or status updates) that are limited to 140 characters; users can create original poems in their tweets, thus creating a poet tweet.  Created by Kristy Kimball at AEW.

The Paper Bag Christmas Poet Tweet

Chapter 6 Expressions Hyperdoc 6th Grade

This hyperdoc is intended for the McGraw Hill 6th grade Chapter 6 curriculum.  There are various activities including videos, creating problems, drawing, and games. Here is the link to the lesson.

6th Grade Chapter 6 Hyperdoc

UFC Champions

Follow the link below to discover the history of all of the current UFC Champions.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RylH4GBShP0KHgDxc2TGG3Xfas1FSZnge-hkdAlzLoc/edit?usp=sharing

Google Drawings Basics

Google Drawings is a wonderful tool for students to use when demonstrating learning. Here is a quick cheat sheet for using the app.

This drawing was created to serve as a guide for students. If you would like to edit it for yourself, you may make a copy of the original Google Drawings image: http://goo.gl/Byd7mq

Download as PDF: http://goo.gl/DCcD72

To see more of what the app can do, visit the Google Drawings page on the LVUSD Teaching with Google Apps site.

Conventional Measurements

Welcome to our blog!!!  We decided to create a lesson on vocabulary and converting conventional measurements,  Thank you Marguerite and Becky!Conventional Measurements

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

In this lesson, students will gain a deeper understanding of how to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. By first watching a BrainPop video on the topic, students will then be able to create their own presentations from which they could actually teach their own lesson on adding and subtracting fractions.

Math Lesson

Invertebrates

Maddie Nugent and I created a cross curriculum lesson for 6th grade Science and Math about invertebrates.  The lesson utilizes percents, conversion to degrees, and a circle graph.
Invertebrate Lesson Plan

Healthy Middle School Kids

Overview
This is a short lesson that contains a YouTube video embedded in a Google form.  Students would watch the video and then answer the questions.

Objective
Our objective is to have the students familiarize themselves with Google Classroom and Google forms and at the same time to get them to think about healthy choices and how to make healthy food changes at their school

Activities
Click the link and watch the YouTube video embedded in the Google form.  Then, answer the questions below the video.  All the answers are in the video.

Click the link below to access the video and questions.

Created by Mark Johnson and Todd Schroeder
ACSMS

https://docs.google.com/a/lvusd.org/forms/d/1G8CXRe-XY7KONtbfiQ1RaiZFpSdRKKrFrkLNa2J10Tk/viewform

African Geography

Here is a link to a lesson that was created by Carrissa Shaw for a 7th grade class at LCMS.  The topic is African Geography click on this link to see the lesson.

Gold and Salt Trade

Gold and Salt Trade

  Explore how the Gold and Salt Trade affected life in Africa.        

Using the links you will read, listen, watch, or view items on the gold and salt trade in Africa. You will write a brief summary of what you learned and notes on the information on the right side of the table.

Trade

in Africa:

Information: Click on the link bellow	What I learned/ Notes	Questions
“Sub- saharan Survey” On google classroom
Map of African Empires
The Ghana Empire
The Mali Empire
The Trans-Saharan Gold Trade
“Islam in Timbuktu” On google classroom

Review Questions:

1. How does the geography of Africa affect its economy?
2. What aspects helped Mali and Ghana become rich and powerful empires (think geography, resources, and location)?
3. What are some ways Islam came to Africa?
4. How did the influence of Islamic culture aid the west african empires?
5. How did they hinder the west african empires?