Forward Learning Shared Resources: December 2016

How it works

This site is a place for LVUSD teachers to share resources related to our Forward Learning initiative. To share a lesson plan you can use the lesson plan template by clicking on this link. The document will open in your Google Drive. This is a view only template so you will need to make a copy by going to File - Make a Copy. Rename your copy the name of your lesson and include your name as well. Once you have completed your lesson you can copy and paste it onto our blog! Make sure you use labels/tags when you post so that your lesson is searchable. Some examples of labels that should be used are: the grade level, content area and topic.

If you have a lesson using one of the other templates that we have worked with you can share directly to the blog by either copying and pasting your lesson into the blog or by giving a brief description of your lesson and attaching a link to your lesson. If you are attaching a link to a Google Doc make sure you have shared your document with anyone in LVUSD to View Only. Here is a video tutorial that shows how to share a doc with LVUSD view only.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Using Google Slides to review a story

This lesson can be adapted to apply to multiple classroom situations. For the purposes of the sample lesson plan, students will create a Google Slide that explains the most important plot points of a story, while including links to their sources to practice responsible digital citizenship. This lesson plan is flexible enough that it can be adapted to have students explain historical events or scientific processes.

Reviewing a story using a Google Slide