Authentic Learning Experiences & Materials by Mary Kate Adams https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee List 2 ways you will incorporate authentic learning experiences & materials into your setting. Write your name on your post. See model for help. You may add an attachment if you have resources to share. en-us 2016-09-06 03:08:09 UTC 2023-03-11 06:57:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/random.jpg Example One billingsz https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/126369510 Students from all Honors Biology classes at LHS will learn about the parts of an experiment (independent/dependent variables and control) and then design and perform their own experiments in class and then use this skill set to perform experiments with researchers/developers from MIT in the LHS makerspace. (Thanks Janice for setting this up!)
Zac Billings]]> 2016-09-26 13:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/126369510 Example Two billingsz https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/126370607 Students from all Biology classes at LHS will perform a virtual frog dissection and then will perform an actual frog dissection in class (as well as several other comparative anatomy activities) which will culminate with a discussion with a practicing marine Biologist. ]]> 2016-09-26 13:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/126370607 Playground Safety https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/130797997 Students in Kindergarten will spend time on the playground learning the proper way to use the equipt. and how to play in the area with friends.
S. Hamer]]> 2016-10-14 16:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/130797997 Orienteering https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/130798860 Students in grade 4 will have a map of SSS.After reading and reviewing the map they will be able to find various items located on school grounds by checking and following clues on the SSS map. S. Hamer]]> 2016-10-14 16:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/130798860 Measuring and Cooking https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/132459778 Students in First Grade will review a recipe for applesauce. After reading the recipe and getting materials, they will be able to measure ingredients (including cups of water, teaspoons of cinnamon and ginger, and halves of apples), and make applesauce. They will then be allowed to eat the applesauce. 
Jill Juliano

]]> 2016-10-21 20:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/132459778 Playing with Others https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/132463534 Students in First Grade will draw pictures and write examples of how they can join friends and play games with others at recess. They can use a "First, Then, Next" model with illustrations and/or words. They can also role play for practice.
Jill Juliano]]> 2016-10-21 21:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/132463534 Class Post Office https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/134928815 Classroom Family Center will be transformed into a post office. Students will use blank cards, writing paper and envelopes to write a letter. Sentence starters and models will be provided. 
 Students will place their notes/letters/cards in envelopes, address them (by name of person only) add a sticker stamp and put the envelopes in a mailbox. 
Chris Sartorelli]]> 2016-11-02 20:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/134928815 Shape Book https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/134930196 Students in Kindergarten will create a shape book by looking through magazines and cutting out pictures of shapes as seen in the real world. The students will also go for a shape hunt through the school and take pictures using IPads of various shapes seen in the building. They will work together in small groups to assemble a class book.
Chris Sartorelli. ]]> 2016-11-02 20:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/134930196 Example one https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/135464174 9th grade English after reading a book on a court case of a teenage boy for murder, the class is visiting a court house to see how a real court case compares to what they have read. Andrea Knight]]> 2016-11-04 17:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/135464174 Example two knighta https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/135466584 10th grade geometry classes have a project where they are to find 15 different shapes (reg. and 3-D) related to what has been learned in class. Examples an octagon or equilateral triangle. They then need to find so many of these shapes in school. outside, and at home. Each picture will include a geo man in the picture. This is so no internet pictures can be used. Examples: octagon : stop sign; equilateral triangle: close hanger. Andrea Knight]]> 2016-11-04 17:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/135466584 Shoe Tying/Promoting Independence https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/135565986 First Grade students will use a "First, Next, Then, Last" writing model to write step by step instructions for shoe tying. Students will work in partners to see if their instructions can be followed successfully. Students may provide feedback to one another in regard to how instructions may be improved. Students will model and compare their methods of shoe tying with their partner's.

Danielle Younger]]> 2016-11-05 19:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/135565986 Morning Greeting https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/135566699 During Morning Meeting, First Grade students will sit in a circle and practice greeting one another. They will learn how to use a friendly tone, eye contact, appropriate voice volume, a handshake and ways to respond when being greeted. Students will practice addressing each other by name during the greeting. They will be invited to share their knowledge of ways to say "hello" in other languages, and pass the greeting around the circle. Students will be encouraged to practice greeting others in the hallway, at home, at recess, etc. They will complete a follow-up activity using words and/or pictures to describe the important components of a greeting.

Danielle Younger]]> 2016-11-05 20:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/135566699 Understanding of weathering https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136276328 Students in grade 2 will create a model of land using sand and water molded in a container. They will then do 2 separate experiments- one dropping 15 drops of water onto the same spot, and the second blowing through a straw at the same spot on the molded sand. They will do a Think, Pair, Share with their small group to discuss what happened to the "land," and why it may have happened. They will follow up by drawing a picture of the before and after, and using words if possible to describe what happened to the land. C Noce]]> 2016-11-09 01:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136276328 Creating Patterns https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136277004 Kindergarten students will create patterns using pattern blocks, materials in the classroom or drawing.  First students will complete the activity as a whole class, with different students completing the teacher's pattern.  Next, students will work in pairs to create and extend simple patterns, before finally creating and extending a simple pattern on their own- first with hands on manipulatives, then drawing the pattern onto paper and coloring it in.   C Noce]]> 2016-11-09 01:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136277004 Reading Street Signs https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136791160 When teaching reading have students create street signs with words seen on local streets. These include traffic signs, building signs and street signs. Create the signs and make a miniature road to direct students around the “town” using their decoding and directional skills.
 
Elizabeth Watts]]> 2016-11-10 16:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136791160 Telling Time https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136791409 When teaching how to tell time, use a model analog clock and have students create their own analog clocks utilizing paper and bobby pins that can be moved around to mimic the hands of a clock. Label the clocks and then practice telling time by both having the students set the clocks and recording the time utilizing partnerships, as well as having the teacher set the clock and the students recording the time to determine the starting time of an activity on a classroom schedule.

Elizabeth Watts]]> 2016-11-10 16:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136791409 Executive Functioning Skills https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136922318 When students start at the middle school, they sometimes struggle to keep all of their materials organized.  It is the first time that they don't have a desk for a home base and switch teachers for all of their classes.  A project could be that after the first six weeks of school, students put together a video/podcast explaining an organization tip that could help their peers.  They could model and explain how their organization method works and how it helps.  After all of the students present, the teacher could record the methods on a bulletin board for all students to use as a reference.  They could also be posted on google classroom.
Mary Cacciapuoti

]]> 2016-11-11 02:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136922318 Humanities https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136922651 In fifth grade, the students learn about the 13 colonies and how our government was formed.  Then, in June the students go on a three day field trip (Freedom Trail) to Boston.  They are able to visit places that they learned about.  The go to Bunker Hill Monument, Constitution Museum, the State House, etc. It allows them to visit places that they spent the year learning about.
Mary Cacciapuoti

]]> 2016-11-11 02:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/136922651 Health Care https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137097674 All CP Anatomy students will complete a year-long project that links a health care career and a health disorder/disease.  Students will research a selected career and disorder and will complete a report and informational brochure.  Students will then interview (either by phone, via e-mail, or in person, either an individual who works in the selected health-care field, or someone who suffers from the chosen disorder/disease.  Finally, students will complete a three dimensional model of an anatomical structure affected by the disorder, or treated by the health-care professional.
Ethan Blanchette]]> 2016-11-11 20:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137097674 DNA Fingerprinting https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137101715 All Biology students will learn about DNA, exons and introns, and how the genes of different individuals are cut differently to create a unique DNA fingerprint. Students will travel in various numbers (to represent different sized "fragments") through an obstacle course in order to better understand how DNA fingerprinting works. Finally, students will use gel electrophoresis to determine the fingerprint of various "DNA samples" in order to solve a "crime." This lab, and series of activities provides a real-world understanding of forensic science and DNA fingerprinting that is used throughout the court-system and various other avenues.
Ethan Blanchette]]> 2016-11-11 21:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137101715 Design Your Workout https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137848778 Students will create a workout obstacle course based on the health related fitness components.  Students will be able to explain each activity as peers participate in station to station workouts.  Next the students will evaluate activity and set goals for improvement of each fitness component. 
Sheri Weeks



]]> 2016-11-15 18:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137848778 Create a PE Game https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137850244 Students will design a new PE activity using limited equipment.  Teacher supplies a list of equipment and students come up with a game.  Each group will present their game to the class and use a peer assessment.
Elisa Burns]]> 2016-11-15 18:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137850244 PE activity https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137850427 Any student will design a new physical education activity utilizing only the equipment in the gymnasium or on a list and within the space provided.  The students will demonstrate and explain the use of equipment and the rules of the activity.  Each student will have one peer reviewing and critiquing their work.

]]> 2016-11-15 18:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137850427 Set Your Mind to It! Relaxation Techniques https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137850733 Students will create a list of common stressors for teens.  Students will identify reactions to stressors as positive or negative. Finally students will design relaxation techniques and/or mindful strategies to eliminate stressors.

Sheri Weeks]]> 2016-11-15 18:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137850733 Yoga https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137851529 Students will learn various Yoga poses and then create visuals using pictures of the poses with the corresponding names.
Elisa Burns]]> 2016-11-15 18:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137851529 Team Building https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137855050 Working in a small group the students must each participate in the accomplishment of a team task.  Each member of the group will be held accountable by their peers for assisting in the completion of the task.  This task may be a wall climb in which each person must get over the wall and be safely  accounted for on the other side.  At the conclusion of the activity each member will submit their own version of how the task was accomplished.

Sean Roach]]> 2016-11-15 18:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/137855050 Show, Don't Tell https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/140029887 In grade 3, students will develop a class resource for the writing technique of Show, Don't Tell. Students will be given an emotion and they will work in small groups to act out what the emotion feels like. For example, angry. Students will then chart how a writer can show that a character is angry, without coming out and saying it. As students act out their emotion, they will bullet ways the emotion is shown by their peers. For example, fists are clenched, lips are tight, turning red. Once completed, this resource will be available to all students and can to be added to throughout the year. 

Christine Meinert ]]> 2016-11-27 16:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/140029887 The Plant Life Cycle https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/140030552 In grade 3, students will participate in developing and maintaining our school garden with the help of Green City Growers. Students will learn about the plant life cycle through gardening. Students will learn how to prepare soil and how to plant a seed. They will maintain the garden and will learn what a seed needs to survive. They will harvest and consume many of the plant they have grown.

Christine Meinert]]> 2016-11-27 16:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/140030552 Bullying prevention https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/140702763 Have students research ways that students in middle school have been bullied. Students could then recreate and record these scenarios. Students could develop strategies about how these scenarios could be prevented, helped or stopped. Students would make a second recording to demonstrate these strategies. Recordings would be shared throughout the grade levels. 

Kaitlin Kilbride ]]> 2016-11-30 02:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/140702763 Olympics https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/140703348 Sixth grade humanities students learn about Ancient Greece. After learning about the Olympics, students will participate in a series of team building and individual classroom Olympic events. The events will touch upon the multiple intelligences. A medal ceremony would take place at the end, showing the achievements of the students. 

Kaitlin Kilbride ]]> 2016-11-30 02:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/140703348 8th Grade English kanemi https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142120456 In grade 8 English, we study the Holocaust. We bring in different forms of Media to help the students to understand events and political aspects of that time period. Using pictures, students will create a visual timeline that helps them understand the time period which in turn will help them understand the story. The pictures help all students to visualize the events the helps them to create meaning of history. 
Michelle Kane]]> 2016-12-06 18:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142120456 8th Grade English kanemi https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142121937 In an attempt to bridge the gap between our classroom and the outside world, we often use current events to help students see their studies reflected in our world.  I have started using News ELA which allows for different leveled reading.  This allows students to investigate and explore at a level that is appropriate for them.  They are able to visually see pictures that help them make connections.  We used this with our Peeled unit in which news and authenticity is brought into question.  This laid the background for understanding news. 
Michelle Kane]]> 2016-12-06 18:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142121937 Life Skills- Making purchases https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142143593 In order to assist special education students with the understanding of the many life skills they will be required to have upon entering adult life we will work on a variety of those skills in and out of the classroom.  Having students practice purchasing items in the classroom using real money and getting change and a receipt, then having them generalize this skill by going out into the community and actually make purchases in real life.  This will give them that understanding of why they need to learn these skills, how they will use them in the real world which will lead to them getting better with doing this more independently out in the community. 

Morgan Rapacki ]]> 2016-12-06 19:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142143593 Cooking https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142144278 Students in the high school will pick a recipe of something they want to cook.  The students will need to make a list of exactly what is needed, then we can plan a trip to go into the community to purchase the ingredients.  This helps the student practice money skills as well as reading lists.  Upon arrivial back at the school, the students will prepare the recipe with the necessary supports using the ingredients that they purchased at the store.  This will assist the students in understanding before they make something they need to figure out what they need, get what they need and then they can cook it. 

Morgan Rapacki ]]> 2016-12-06 19:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142144278 Earthquakes https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142174287 Grade 6 earth science unit focuses on the different plate boundaries, one being the type that cause earthquakes. Students will design and build towers that must withstand simulated earthquake vibrations. 
-Gina Scialdone ]]> 2016-12-06 22:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142174287 Cells- https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142177985 Grade Six Science
Using a Microscope to see different types of cells.
 In this activity, students learn about diversity of cell structure and function by examining human red blood cells and white blood cells, cheek cells, bacteria, and different Protista.
Gina Scialdone
]]> 2016-12-06 23:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142177985 Guidance https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142383747 Students will make a list of relaxation strategies to use when stressed or overwhelmed. They will then draw pictures/use clip art to visually show these strategies as well. 
Kate Gamwell]]> 2016-12-07 18:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142383747 Holiday Shopping https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142701940 In order to provide context and real life application when learning to add and subtract decimals, students created a holiday shopping wishlist for family members. Each student was then given $250 (imaginary) to spend on their shopping. Students used fliers and catalogs to complete their shopping. See attached activity sheet.

-Liz George]]> 2016-12-08 23:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142701940 Listing and Sequencing Information https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142702253 In order to practicing listening and sequencing information in written responses to texts, students found a favorite recipe they make/eat at home and listed out the ingredients and sequenced the steps. I gave students a modeled example of my own favorite recipe as a guide. Students also provided an illustration/picture of their recipe.

-Liz George]]> 2016-12-08 23:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142702253 Book Recommendations https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142705404 Rather than have students constantly depend on my book recommendations, I will collect book recommendations that other students across the US have written and posted on the Internet.  Those words should have an authentic voice to them.  They can follow up with then writing their own reviews, carrying on that authentic voice.
-Becky Petrin

]]> 2016-12-09 00:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142705404 Banking https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142706206 use balancing a checkbook tracking deposits and withdrawals as a way to learn about integers and budgeting.

Cyndi O'Neil]]> 2016-12-09 00:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142706206 Grocery Shopping https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142706332 Have the students create a shopping list to feed a family of 4 on a budget.  Students can determine which store has the best buys.  This would support finding unit prices and calculating sales.

Cyndi O'Neil]]> 2016-12-09 00:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142706332 Supplemental Materials https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142707703 Use youtube videos, internet articles, picture books, photographs, documentaries, and interactive websites as supplemental resources for 7th grade students who are doing non-fiction research in Media Class.  These additional resources will add depth and authenticity to their research.
-Becky Petrin

]]> 2016-12-09 00:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142707703 Functional Life Skills https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142831516
Have students compose a grocery list using flyers or paper resources. Student will then calculate their total cost and then round money to the next highest dollar amount.

Bonnie O'Keefe (Albanese)]]> 2016-12-09 15:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142831516 Social Skills https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142831893
Students will classify real life scenarios based on the level of the problem. They will then determine an appropriate response to the provided problem making sure it matches the level or size of the problem. 

Bonnie O'Keefe (Albanese)]]> 2016-12-09 15:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142831893 Recycling https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142869666 Students will learn about the importance of  recycling and the effects it has on the environment then participate in collecting school wide recycling each week.
Christine Hebert]]> 2016-12-09 17:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142869666 Health- Hygiene Routine https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142870436 Students will learn the importance of daily hygiene and through videos, visuals and group lesson, will learn the steps needed to complete a hygiene routine each day (wash hands, comb hair, brush teeth, shave, put on deodorant) They will sequence these steps into a schedule and use this schedule as a visual guide when executing their hygiene routine in the bathroom. 
Christine Hebert]]> 2016-12-09 17:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/142870436 Broadcast https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/177747623 Students will create an LHS newscast for the week's news.  Students will incorporate world, national, and local news. Students will work with the green screen in the library to create this. They will broadcast it to the school-wide audience at the end of the week.
Susan Breen]]> 2017-06-29 14:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/177747623 Sleep/Nutrition/Fitness Log https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/177747717 Students will Students will keep track of their sleep, nutrition, fitness activities for 1 quarter.  They will read articles about the recommendations for  sleep, nutrition, and fitness for teenagers.  Students will reflect on their activities and their level of energy, productivity, moods and make suggestions. Students will pair-share to discuss.  Students will create a brochure on what teenagers can do to feel great!  Students could also present their findings to the compass/advisory groups at the high school. Susan Breen]]> 2017-06-29 14:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/deacym1/ccjtygterqee/wish/177747717