Mini-Lessons 23, 24, 25: Figures of Speech, Christmas Celebration & Veteran's Day


PARTS OF SPEECH
Lesson by Bryan Early

       LESSON PLAN

Objective: Students will learn three basic parts of speech, including nouns, verbs and adjectives by     filling in the blank.

Materials: Part of the speech video, stopwatch, worksheets

Activity: Show video, brainstorm, hand out worksheet; give students 5 min. to complete                      worksheet, another five to discuss results; have students share.

Assessment: Worksheet completed with each part of speech correctly identified.



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COLORING CHRISTMAS
Lesson by Will Shields


      LESSON PLAN

Age Group: lower elementary school kids [1st-3rd grade]


Objective: Identify Christmas, specifically family Christmas traditions 


Activity: Students will watch a short video and discuss a few of their family Christmas traditions with the class. Lastly, Students will take the printed out holiday stockings and draw then color their own favorite family/Christmas traditions 


Materials: Projector for short video, Printed out stocking template, Crayons, and pencils





Assessment: Will be based upon effort/participation. Students must take the time and participate in the coloring of the stocking.

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Veterans Day for Kids Cartoon! Learn Fun Facts about Veterans Day for Elementary Students

 

VETERAN'S DAY 

Lesson by Cam Davis

 

                  LESSON PLAN

 Objective: to teach 2nd and 3rd grade About Veterans Day 

Age Group: 2nd and 3rd Grade

Activity: We Will Watch A Veteran’s video On YouTube And Play A Game Of Hangman 

Analysis: 
I Want To Show The Class A Brief Video About Veterans Day. And make 5 groups and Make a game of Hangman about Veterans Day.

Why: 
This helps student to learn what Going On In The World And Why We Celebrate veteran’s Day !


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Feedback on Mini-Lessons

Parts of Speech: Bryan:
Likes:

We liked how interactive Bryan's activity was.

It started off with a catchy song that helped us learn the parts of speech.

It was nice that we got to be creative and use our own words in our stories.

Suggestions:

We wish we had more boxes for words to create longer stories.

Will:Christmas
Likes:

The video of the children was very cute and engaging.

It was fun to prepare for the holidays and learn about other people's traditions.

Suggestions:

 I wish we discussed our traditions more and how we should appreciate people different from us.

Veteran's Day: Cam

 Likes:
Cam's activity was perfectly timed, as today is Veteran's Day.

It was a great way to reflect on how much we have to be thankful for.

The hangman was very fun as we haven't played it in such a long time.

 Suggestions:

We wished he focused on the history of Veterans and the qualities it takes to be a soldier.

 

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