5th Grade Multicultural Literature Padlet

What: Students create digital posters that reflect their thinking about a multicultural book.
 
Materials: 

• Padlet account
• YouTube account
• PhotoBooth (Flip Horizontal)
• KidBlog account

Time: 2-3 lessons

Challenges: 

• Students should have direct instruction on how to embed Padlet in KidBlog.
• May  need to edit the height in the html code.

Tips: 

• Students will need to sign into Padlet with their @adachristian.org accounts.

Narrative:

This was a project initiated by Becky Witte and supported by the tech teacher.

3rd Grade Food Chain

What: Students will create Food Web from images collected from credible sources.
 
Materials: 

• Mel.org resources of food chain
• Assignment
• Google Draw
• KidBlog

Time: 2-3 lessons

Challenges: 

• Students need time to edit items in Google Draw.  
• Determine whether Google Research citations are sufficient or should a more formal citation be required.

Tips: 

• Create a premade Google Draw template with the arrows and text boxes for students to drag into their canvas, rather than having them insert them for the first time.

Narrative:

3rd Grade teachers and I decided to focus on food chains instead of food webs since food webs can be very complicated. Students had completed food chains on paper, but Google Draw is a good way for students to find images from various habitats.