Sentences with phrase «grade social studies project»

Making Tomorrow's Millionaires This site, part of an eighth - grade social studies project, includes portfolio templates for use in the classroom as well as links to sources for current stock prices.

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Projects were designed to address nearly all Michigan second - grade standards in social studies and many Michigan second - grade standards (which are the Common Core State Standards) for informational reading and informational writing.

We channeled our frustration into the development of four project - based learning (PBL) units for second grade that focus on social studies and informational reading and writing.

At Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, we teach MPX, a completely project - based curriculum that fulfills the ninth grade requirements for biology, mathematics, social studies, and language arts.

No matter your class demographics or grade level, ELA and social studies teachers should integrate similar projects in their own classrooms, because every student will benefit from learning to craft a compelling visual story backed by persuasive facts and ideas.

One of the best learning experiences I remember is when, in 6th grade, we learned about ancient Egypt in social studies, read Agatha Christie's «Death Comes As the End» (which is set in ancient Egypt) in Language Arts, and did art projects with hieroglyphics in art class.

The supplemental blended instructional curriculum developed by our partner, Middlebury Interactive Languages, allows students in grades 4 — 10 to learn the fundamentals of academic English while completing projects that relate to English language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science.

The case focuses on Northern High School's tenth grade social studies team as they debate potential topics for an upcoming project, the Power of Persuasion.

One of them is Katie Hoff, an 8th - grade social studies teacher who chose microcredentials that fit seamlessly into her curriculum, like Digital Promise's Managing Project Cycles and Persuasive Presenting (Barnes, 2016).

The Historical Scene Investigation (HSI) project: Examining the use of case based historical instruction in the fifth grade social studies classroom.

Alcott Elementary School, Concord This project will develop text sets and a variety of other more updated and relevant media resources for a third grade social studies unit to support the content so that all students can access the content and demonstrate their understanding of the values, beliefs and customs of indigenous peoples of the Northeast.

Develop 21st century and problem - solving skills by working on project - based learning activities in the fields of science, arts, English and Social Studies Grades: 8 - 10

During middle school, for example, students from elementary schools that had implemented the Developmental Studies Center's Child Development Project — a program that emphasizes community building — were found to outperform middle school students from comparison elementary schools on academic outcomes (higher grade - point averages and achievement test scores), teacher ratings of behavior (better academic engagement, respectful behavior, and social skills), and self - reported misbehavior (less misconduct in school and fewer delinquent acts)(Battistich, 2001).

This research study explores a project, The Digital Historical Agent Profile Project, in which fifth - grade students engaged in the learning of historical content and were asked to convey information about the life of someone from the past through the medium of the present and future: a social networking profilproject, The Digital Historical Agent Profile Project, in which fifth - grade students engaged in the learning of historical content and were asked to convey information about the life of someone from the past through the medium of the present and future: a social networking profilProject, in which fifth - grade students engaged in the learning of historical content and were asked to convey information about the life of someone from the past through the medium of the present and future: a social networking profile page.

I use Pageflakes (www.pageflakes.com)-- a free Web - based feed reader with an appealing layout — to follow different types of information, including current events in countries my 6th grade social studies class is studying (www.pageflakes.com/wferriter/16714925) and my students» digital projects (www.pageflakes.com/wferriter/16617706).

Finally, the greatest threat we face in implementing this type of project in the future is the marginalization of the social studies in elementary grades.

Instruction via making is analogous to project work, a staple feature of social studies instruction throughout the grade levels.

At Envision, Suzanne developed project - based social studies curriculum for the network, contributed to the development of its advisory program and the 10th grade portfolio defense, and led teams of teachers to plan interdisciplinary projects that culminated in powerful exhibitions of student work.

See examples of personalized learning path rubrics: grades 1 - 3 literature rubric, grade 1 - 3 cause and effect rubric, grades 4 - 5 social studies project and grades 4 - 5 reading project.

His teaching background includes helping to found Drake's Communications Academy, a project - based program for 11th and 12th grade students that integrates Social Studies, English, Advanced Drama, and Advanced Video Productions.

Taught eight classes, sixth grade US history and science, fifth grade world history and science, second grade social studies, science, English, and reading, and a project based social studies class.

Researchers from DU's School of Social Work, in consultation with the Bridge Project Research Committee, conducted a study in 2014 to observe and rate 87 kindergarten through fifth - grade students from four Bridge Project sites, using the Second Step edition of the Devereaux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA - SSE).