Blended Learning in our fifth grade classroom means that students learn and get directions from the teacher, their peers, and even electronic resources (the internet, apps, etc.). They demonstrate their understanding of the concept by creating reflective blog posts on their ePortfolio using video, photos, and more! This workshop will provide dozens of examples of how blended learning looks in our classroom & participants are encouraged to ask lots of questions and find connections between our examples and your curriculum.
Blended Learning has worked best for:
Blended Learning has worked best for:
- Science hands-on lessons, debates, fairs, PBL,
- Social Studies simulations, PBL,
- Reading (Literature Circles,
- Passion Time
- Mystery Skype
- Shared Reading assignments
- Miscellaneous activities that don't follow the typical routine
Links that I shared:
Mars & Human Body:
Lit Circles & Miscellaneous:
Shared Reading, Oregon Trail, Watery Earth, Science Fair:
Mars & Human Body:
- Blog Posts - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? Occupations & Supplies
- Google Sheets
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? Colonize Mars!
- Mission: Mars - Anticipated problems - Google Docs
- Mars Personas - Google Sheets
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Our Solutions to Problems
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Claiming Mars for Ourselves
- What We Need to Do Once We Land - Google Sheets
- Once We're On Mars... - Google Sheets
- Mars Constitution - 2015 - Google Docs
- Mars Bill of Rights - 2015 - Google Docs
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - "Mission: Mars" Video Discussions
- Blog Posts - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Final Assessment & Reflection - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Blog Posts - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- How Might Humans and Aliens Be Different? - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Observing and Describing an Apple - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Signs of Exertion - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Human Body Unit
- Intel Education: Visual Ranking: Student Account
- How Do Our Bones Move - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Creating an Elbow joint - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Clothespin Pinches - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Delivering What Muscles Need - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Breathing Through Straws - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- How Our Muscles Get Nutrients? - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- How Our Muscles Know When to Move - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Moving Quickly to Prevent Harm - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
Lit Circles & Miscellaneous:
- Blog Posts - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Shakespeare's Secret (Summary) - Google Docs
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Video Discussions
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Activities
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- World Book Talk Project - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Book Talks
- Our Learning Experiences 2014-2015 - Google Sheets
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Our Learning Experiences
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - 21st Century Skills
- Westgate School ThingLink Map - Google Sheets
- We Love Westgate Elementary School - ThingLink
- Once You've Had Your Essential Question Approved...
- Copy of Passion Projects (Responses) - Google Sheets
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Round 3
- Mystery Skype Directions - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Mystery Skype Jobs - Google Sheets
- Mystery Skype #13 - Google Sheets
- Questions that we ask them (Responses) - Google Sheets
- Questions that we answer (Responses) - Google Sheets
Shared Reading, Oregon Trail, Watery Earth, Science Fair:
- The Phantom Tollbooth - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Category: Characters - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Category: Events - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Category: Settings - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Character Analyses
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Westward Expansion
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Oregon Trail Readings
- Life on the Oregon Trail - Google Slides
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Fictional Travel Log
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Daily Travel Log
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Tableaux Vivants
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Photo Stories
- What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - Watery Earth
- How Organisms Use Water - Google Sheets
- Watery Earth Lesson 6 - Drops of Water on Different Surfaces - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- The Water Cycle - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Watery Earth Lesson 8 - Bodies of Water: Tributaries - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?
- Science Fair PRESENTATION - Nick G. - Google Slides
- Hanna's Science Fair - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?