Bill of Rights Slides for Bill of Rights
Persuasive: The Most Important Amendments Slides for Persuasive Writing
Persuasive: The Worst Amendments Same slides as above
Comparing Two Amendments: 4th and 5th Slides
Comparing Two Amendments: 14th and 15th Slides
Wild West: Coming West Slides for Coming West
Wild West: Settling Down Slides for Settling Down
Shasta Dam Slides for Shasta Dam
Park Ranger Visit to our school
Wild West: Donner-Reed Party Tragedy Slides for Donner-Reed Party
Wild West: Black Bart & Joaquin Murieta
Gold Rush: MIning Methods Slides for Mining Methods
Gold Rush: Routes to the Gold
Greatest Invention of all time* (same as the one under Science)
Mamie Tape Slides for Mamie Tape
Inherited Traits: Hummingbirds and Humans Inherited Traits Slides
Inherited Traits: Red Legs on Tree Frogs...
Mentor Sentence on inherited traits
Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecosystem Slides
Light Reflection and Refraction Reflection and Refraction Slides
Layers of the Planet Layers Slide Under your Feet Cards
Respiratory System Respiratory System Slides
What Makes Wind? Windy Day Slides
Periodic Table of Elements Periodic Table Slides
Traveling: Road Trips Traveling Slides
Traveling: Outer space Outer space Slides
Greatest Invention of all Time? Slides(reference to Transcontinental Railroad)
Short Informative Articles
Short Narratives
Grade 3 Informative Articles
Sojourner Truth: Two articles for comparison
Harry T. Moore & Thurgood Marshall for comparison
Science: Conflicts between the biosphere: Animals versus Plants in an environment
Science: Conflicts between water rights for humans and water rights for nature
5th grade history: Conflicts between indigenous and colonizers over time: from Jamestown to Redskins
Intersecting Amendments: Right to privacy versus right to safety; Right to education versus right to safety
4th grade history: California natural resources versus Natures of California
Conflicts between different opinion of theme: Sign of the Beaver; Esperanza Rising; Bud, not Buddy
Art: Diego Rivera Murals about Mexican Revolution
Art: White male representation in different American Art pieces
Art: Conflict shown in Political cartoon
Conflict between memory and reality: racists edits to history, mental edits to your painful memories,
SEL: Conflicts between parents and teachers of special needs kids
SEL: Conflicts between academics needs and emotional needs
Let's be real: State testing is how we are judged. Yes, we want the kids to read well, but we also want them to do well on the state test. This little trick, IVF, is a great way to get kids ready for the state test. This trick will help your kids read those LONG passages and keep the details straight in their heads, especially for the Performance Tasks. Go through the slideshow below and then hand out a blank sheet of paper for each article. Kids will then develop the habit on the state test of taking notes this way.
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