BDW Resources

A fun and challenging activity for students in grades 5-8 to create a Thanksgiving Day schedule for preparing, cooking, and presenting the main meal of the day. This problem-solving activity encourages students to focus on several areas of the Standards of Mathematical Practice as laid out by the CCSS. These areas include making sense of problems and persevering in solving them, reasoning abstractly and quantitatively, and constructing viable arguments. This lesson also includes an extension act

This lesson can be used as a culminating activity or half-way point in teaching students in grades 3-5 about arthropods and organisms. This lesson connects writing to science by having students read short pieces of information on several types of arthropods, and then using this information to write a short story about a day as an arthropod. Students then publish their work on a blown up image of the arthropod and display it in the hallway with the heading, "We're buggin' out!" Students will love

This short, 1-2 day lesson for students grades 3-6 introduce children to the basics of the computer screen and navigation of the school website. Zip file includes both .pdf and editable .docx files to personalize for your classroom. By BDWResources.

This mini-unit on teaching how to use search engines and determining reputable website sources is a must for any student heading into middle school. This unit for students in grades 4-7 will get them evaluating the internet and not simply using it. The mini-unit focuses on such key vocabulary as search engine, search bar, search result, web browser, reputable source, URL address, URL window, sponsored site, domain, and tabs. Also included are exploration activities and quizzes to assess student

This basic introductory lesson for students in grades 3-6 helps students explore the basic layout of Microsoft Word 2010. Use as a precursor to Teaching Computer Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Word. Includes an editable Word doc as well as a pdf version. By BDW Resources.

This product includes basic vocabulary, algorithms, terminology, and geometric shapes and categories for the upper elementary/middle school grades. These sheets are an excellent resource to have available in the classroom for students to use as needed. Also a great resource room product. By BDW Resources.