MATH + STORYTELLING
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Students will be able to describe the characteristics of a polygon using mathematical vocabulary, they will also reason about the area of any polygon by decomposing and rearranging it, and by using what they know about rectangles and triangles through storytelling.
"I really enjoyed this activity for my students because I have a couple who are very shy and quiet in class and I rarely get to hear their voices. This was a great opportunity for them to all be heard equally since they were recording themselves."
- Mrs. Foss
ELA + SOCIAL STUDIES + DRAMA
Students will be able to analyze and explain how the author develops the point of view of the narrator in "Warriors Don’t Cry" through a drama activity.
"They love this story to begin with and since it was our close read, they remembered key details from our first read and were able to have a great conversation about it. The lesson really seemed to naturally integrate Language Arts, Drama, SEL and Social Studies all into one. My class loves to talk about inequality in our history and how it relates to more modern times (1957) so they were making connections between the Civil War, World War II, Racial injustices in the South in the 1950’s and school segregation. By the time I introduced the assignment of making a silent film, they jumped up and knew exactly which scene they wanted to recreate with their families." ~ Mrs. Foss
copy_AEEE3ECA-EE59-4A1D-9716-6475EBC9DACE.mov"Integrating drama into our ELA lesson brought the historical event we were analyzing to life! My students loved demonstrating their understanding of point of view and perspective with their reenactment via “silent films."
~ Miss Barton
Students will create their own chant using excerpts from StudySync for inspiration.
"We used this VAPA lesson as a culmination project of the last few StudySync excerpts we have studied about Rosa Parks. We discussed the elements of chants, watched a few examples, and then students self-selected their groups. Once in their groups they collaborated and chose the most important phrase(s) to showcase the big idea of the excerpts."
- Miss Barton
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