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Skills21 - Superhero Rehabilitation Program

4/9/2018

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Create a video that addresses the following questions and actions:

Describe what the Skills21 program is and why you think we are doing it in class.
Explain and show what you've completed in your packet and spiral notebook.
Show us which virtues you've earned and why you think you've earned each virtue. (Give evidence!)
What do you hope to accomplish each class period? Do you have a goal or a plan?
What do you hope to accomplish by the end of the game? How will this make you a stronger student & person?
How have you been a leader in Skills21 so far? What can you do in the near future to be a solid leader?

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#WorldPoetryDay

3/21/2018

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Create a tweet that looks exactly like my tweet on the right, but with your name and screenshot. Insert a copy of your tweet into your blog post.

Rhyming Dictionary: www.rhymezone.com/

Create a BALLAD POEM:
The ballad stanza is also one of the most popular forms of poetry for children. A ballad stanza is a group of four lines. That group is called a stanza. The ballad stanza has a rhyme at the end of line number two and line number four. Here are three poems that have ballad stanzas. The first poem has three ballad stanzas. The last two poems have two. The first two poems are from Tickle Day, the last poem is from Halloween Night.

The Bee Poem

A poem is a busy bee
Buzzing in your head.
His hive is full of hidden thoughts
Waiting to be said.

His honey comes from your ideas
That he makes into rhyme.
He flies around looking for
What goes on in your mind.

When it's time to let him out
To make some poetry,
He gathers up your secret thoughts
And then he sets them free.

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Common Core Discussions

2/28/2018

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Character Comparison:
How are and similar and different? What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Text-to-Text Connection:
In what ways are and similar (two books)? What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Inference with Evidence:
I think happened because of _. Here's all my evidence.

Prediction with Evidence:
I think will happen because of . Here's my evidence.

Character's Past:
"How has _____ changed during the book?" What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Character Trait:
What examples from the text are evidence that is ? (A character is a specific personality trait)

What's the theme?
Explain how specific moments in the text combine to create a moral or theme and describe that theme.

Responding to a Challenge:
How did respond to the challenge of ?

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The 2018 Inventor's Challenge!

2/22/2018

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Insert your video from YouTube at the top of this post.

Questions to answer in the video:

What's the name of your invention?
What problem does it solve?
What does your invention do?
What inspired you to create your invention?
Who does your invention help?
Did you run into any challenges during today's process? How did you overcome those challenges?
Share your ideas, sketches, and prototypes on your 2-3 minute video!

Mention the following in your video:

Inventor's Challenge
Imagination.org
AT&T Aspire

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Leadership Day 2018

2/9/2018

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Directions:

Upload a high-quality photo of your Tri-Fold Poster Board and turn "Lightbox" on.
1. Put the photo at the top of the blog post.
Upload a video of you presenting your speech (Before Leadership Day).
Upload a video of you presenting your speech (After Leadership Day).
1. Put the two videos side-by-side.
Put TITLES above each video: "Before Leadership Day" and "After Leadership Day."
Answer the following Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

If you could make more changes to your poster board, what would you do? Why?
What aspect of your poster board are you most proud of? Why?
How did your speech improve once you had given it several times?
In your opinion, why did it improve?
What do you hope people learned from your poster board and presentation?
What did you do to try to ensure that they learned those things?
What things were surprisingly easy for you today that you thought might have been harder?
What things were difficult today. Why were they hard for you?
What comments were people telling you about your message? What did they say that was meaningful?

Sample Blog Post:

Before Leadership Day:

After Leadership Day:

Planning your Speech (Presentation):

This speech is short and to-the-point. We call these speeches, "Elevator Speeches," because we're trying to get all of our important information explained before our audience member gets off the elevator!
Here are the important pieces that we want to make sure our audience members get from us:
1. Explain what your topic is.
2. Explain why we have it in our classroom or school.
3. Explain how student leadership is shown during your topic.
4. Explain which of the 7 Habits were used & how.
5. Don't try to explain everything on your board! Let them see things & ask questions if they want.
6. Don't go over two minutes! They'll be bored & won't be able to get to other poster boards!
7. Ask them if they have any questions before they leave.
8. Know what your purpose is: To make sure that your audience members leave having learned about your topic and how student leadership is being developed.

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Global School Play Day 2018

2/7/2018

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Directions:

Embed your YouTube videos at the top of the blog post.
Answer the following Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Why does Peter Gray feel that children need more experience playing games without adult interference? (Remember: All answers need follow-up sentences! Your answer is always better by the 2nd and 3rd sentences!)
How did you improve your creativity, improvisation, teamwork, and initiative skills today? If you don't know what some of these skills are, please ask me!
Why should other teachers do Global School Play Day in their classrooms?

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The Supplies I Get to Take with Me to Mars

1/31/2018

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Directions:

Take a screen shot of your PERSONAL SUPPLIES you plan to bring to Mars (from your Google Sheet).
Take a screen shot of your PROFESSIONAL SUPPLIES you plan to bring to Mars (from your Google Sheet).
Embed them side by side on this blog post.

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Properties of Gases

1/25/2018

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Embed your video that shows how air has weight at the top of the post.

Reflection questions:

What did you learn about air in this session (that took a couple periods)? Hopefully, you learned at least three BIG IDEAS!
What evidence do you have to explain the phenomenon that air takes up space (we didn't prove this in our video, but learned it in the first days of the lesson)?
What evidence do you have to explain the phenomenon that air has weight?
When Mr. Solarz watches your video, will he be able to find problems with your "proof" that air has weight? Remember when we watched videos together as a class he mentioned a few ways teachers could trick their students - make sure you didn't use any trickery!

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If the World Were a Village

1/12/2018

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Write a blog entry called, "If the World Were a Village" and write about the following in paragraph format. (Don't respond to these questions individually. Incorporate them all into a paragraph.)

Explain what surprised you about the statistics of our world.
What upset you? What do you wish were different?
What made you want to do something to improve a situation?
Can you do anything to help? If so, what?

Also, include an appropriate image of some sort that goes with what you are saying (and give credit).:

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Properties of Matter

1/11/2018

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Solids

Particles in solids don't move and don't fill a space - they have a definite volume
Can always be seen, except for those that are too small or transparent for the naked eye
Have a definite shape

Liquids

Particles in liquids flow and fill the space they're in, following the rules of gravity - they have an indefinite shape
Can always be seen, except for those that are too small, transparent, or soaked into a solid for the naked eye
Assuming good health conditions, that you are trying to feel it, and that there's enough of it, we can always feel liquids
Have a definite volume

Gases

Particles in gases flow and fill the space they're in, ignoring the rules of gravity - they have an indefinite shape
We can rarely see gases, except for when the particles are big enough like steam and our breath in the winter
Have an indefinite volume

Leaf:

Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property

Water:

Property
Property
Property
Property

Air:

Property
Property
Property

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Answers:

What unique properties can be used to identify a material as a solid?
What unique properties can be used to identify a material as a liquid?
What unique properties can be used to identify a material as a gas?
Do you think most solids we can see such as wood, rice, and flour could be divided into smaller and smaller pieces?
Based on this information, what do you think solid matter is made up of?
What do you think liquids and gases are made up of?

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Common Core Discussions

Character Comparison:
How are and similar and different? What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Text-to-Text Connection:
In what ways are and similar (two books)? What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Inference with Evidence:
I think happened because of _. Here's all my evidence.

Prediction with Evidence:
I think will happen because of . Here's my evidence.

Character's Past:
"How has _____ changed during the book?" What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Character Trait:
What examples from the text are evidence that is ? (A character is a specific personality trait)

What's the theme?
Explain how specific moments in the text combine to create a moral or theme and describe that theme.

Responding to a Challenge:
How did respond to the challenge of ?

The 2018 Inventor's Challenge!

Questions to answer in the video:

Leadership Day 2018

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Sample Blog Post:

Before Leadership Day:

After Leadership Day:

Planning your Speech (Presentation):

Global School Play Day 2018

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

The Supplies I Get to Take with Me to Mars

Properties of Gases

If the World Were a Village

Properties of Matter

Solids

Liquids

Gases

Leaf:

Water:

Air:

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Answers:

Blog Assignments

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Character Comparison:How are ____ and ____ similar and different? What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Text-to-Text Connection:In what ways are ____ and ____ similar (two books)? What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Inference with Evidence:I think ____ happened because of _____. Here's all my evidence.

Prediction with Evidence:I think ____ will happen because of ____. Here's my evidence.

Character's Past:"How has _____ changed during the book?" What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Character Trait:What examples from the text are evidence that ____ is ____? (A character is a specific personality trait)

What's the theme?Explain how specific moments in the text combine to create a moral or theme and describe that theme.

Responding to a Challenge:How did ____ respond to the challenge of ____?

Questions to answer in the video:

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Sample Blog Post:

Before Leadership Day:

After Leadership Day:

Planning your Speech (Presentation):

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Solids

Liquids

Gases

Leaf:

Water:

Air:

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

Answers:

Blog Assignments

Archives

Categories

Character Comparison:
How are and similar and different? What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Text-to-Text Connection:
In what ways are and similar (two books)? What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Inference with Evidence:
I think happened because of _. Here's all my evidence.

Prediction with Evidence:
I think will happen because of . Here's my evidence.

Character's Past:
"How has _____ changed during the book?" What evidence do we have to support our claims?

Character Trait:
What examples from the text are evidence that is ? (A character is a specific personality trait)

What's the theme?
Explain how specific moments in the text combine to create a moral or theme and describe that theme.

Responding to a Challenge:
How did respond to the challenge of ?