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Learning Lab:  If In Doubt, Don't Throw It Out!

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Learning Lab:  If In Doubt, Don't Throw It Out!

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The purpose of this Learning Lab is to continue our Unit on Natural Resources. To begin the lesson, I have displayed the words Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle around the room. I will show different photos of items and have the students choose what category it should go. The students will move to the answer that they think is correct. This will serve as an informal assessment of their prior knowledge. At the end of the unit, we will do this activity again and see if their answers change based on what they have learned.
I created a board on Board Builder for the students to use to guide them through the lessons. They will work with partners to complete the activities. Our "I Can" statement is "I can identify ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle to save our natural resources. The students will document their findings in their Science workbook or graphic organizers. The board includes video clips, a flip chart, and activities for the students to participate in. This will take several days to complete. I have early finisher activities available as needed.

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Learning Lab: Lions, Tigers, & Bears- OH MY! (Animal Unit)

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Learning Lab: Lions, Tigers, & Bears- OH MY! (Animal Unit)

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The purpose of this Learning Lab is to introduce our Animal Unit. To begin this lesson, I have taped pictures of different animals around the room. I "received a letter on my door" that told students these animals are on the loose! Our job is to figure out which habitat they belong in based on their needs and characteristics. As a class, they are going to decide where each animal goes. This will serve as an informal pre-assessment to see what they know. At the end of the unit, they will be able to change their answers based on what they've learned.

After that, students will break off into partners to complete a Discovery Education Board. I created this Board using Board Builder. Our "I Can" statement is "I can classify animals." When they are in partners, they will be exploring each classification of animal through the use of the DE Board. They will each have a sheet that they will have to fill out while they are going through the board. The board includes video clips, pictures, interactive games, and songs. This will take them a few days to go through. I have included a couple of Early Finisher activities, as well!

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Learning Lab, Money, Money, Money 3/15 continued...

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Learning Lab, Money, Money, Money 3/15 continued...

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After the snowball fight, the students moved into groups and completed Task 2 on the board. Groups will record running totals of money  as they watch the book, Pigs Will Be Pigs being read. The students will practice lining up decimals and using the four mathematical operations to come up with and ending total.
Lastly, students will play an adding and subtracting game on the bottom of the board under the label, Early Finishers.

Below is a picture of students working in stations

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Today's lesson uses a board entitled, Money, Money, Money. I made the board using board builder from the Discovery Education site. My two "I Can" statements are I can determine the amount of coins and dollars greater than $1.00 and I can solve real world problems involving money using the four operations.
To start the lesson, I will have the students watch a short video on adding and subtracting decimals and I will write a decimal problem on the board horizontally. The students will have to write the problem vertically, practicing lining up the decimals, and then they will have a Snowball fight. (SOS Strategy) The students will solve the problem on the snowball they end up with. I will collect these and review while students are working in stations.

Below is a picture from the snowball fight.