Creative Core Integrations

Up Economics fun – S’mores Import and Export Students love importing and exporting raw materials to create S’mores in this highly engaging interactive vocabulary and concept lesson. This powerpoint can be used in a short class period (45 minutes) but is better suited to several class periods for discussion and extension activities. Vocabulary included: 1. supply 2. demand 3. goods 4. services 5. import 6. export 7. free market 8. human resources 9. capital resources 10. natural resources 11. f

This is a letter to families letting them know that we'll need supplies for our class version of Stone Soup. This note was made for a class of 33. So it could be easily shortened. I’ve used this recipe for years – it always turns out differently depending on what is donated! Teacher Preparation: Be sure to have a can opener, knife, extra salt and pepper, some dish cloths/oven mitts and a couple slow cookers Be sure to make enough to share with the teachers in your hall - it's sure to be a

Editable Animated Contractions This animated PowerPoint for contractions always gets ‘ooh and aahs’ from the kids. First the two words appear. Then part of the word plummets off the screen. Finally, the apostrophe drops down from the sky as the word parts shift together to make a contraction. Included in this PowerPoint 1. Contractions with helping verbs – will, have, would/had 2. Contractions with ‘to be’ verbs 3. Contractions with adverb ‘not’ in present tense, past tense and with modals

Let’s Go Rock Collecting - Integrated Language Arts Power Point Who wants to study parts of speech, syllabification and morphemes? WE DO! I wouldn’t have believed it myself if it weren’t for my own students getting excited about these interactive PowerPoint vocabulary lessons. The way I use this resource: 1. I use Laura Candler’s Vocabulary Foldable (click the picture to follow the link to her site) 2. Students read the word aloud then hold up fingers for syllables before the click. 3. Stu

Stone Soup Integrated Language Arts Power Point Who wants to study parts of speech, syllabification and morphemes? WE DO! I wouldn’t have believed it myself if it weren’t for my own students getting excited about these interactive PowerPoint vocabulary lessons. The way I use this resource: 1. I use Laura Candler’s Vocabulary Foldable (click the picture to follow the link to her site) 2. Students read the word aloud then hold up fingers for syllables before the click. 3. Students must write

The Babe and I – Integrated Vocabulary and Grammar Power Point These real world picture examples of words and their uses are a great support to language learners and students with low vocabulary skills. Each slide has strategically placed animation to allow for class discussion. For example – 1. the word appears 2. students hold up fingers to indicate how many syllables are in the word 3. on the next click the syllabification appears and the first word disappears My goals for this P

I Spy Poetry Writing and Magazine Craft Please see the preview If your students love these books they’ll love the PPT lesson on meter and rhyme. Included - Powerpoint lesson - Teacher hints - Graphic organizers - Parent donation letter (for magazine) Thank you for visiting Creative Core Integrations by Kim Shelley *Follow Me* for 50% off new products for the first 48 hours.

Metamorphic Quesadillas “Kay Suh Dee Yuhs” Get your cameras out because parents love seeing this experiment in the newsletter or yearbook. Students walk through a short PowerPoint about how metamorphic rocks change through heat and pressure (hmmm… sounds like a quesadilla to me!) They use scientific tools (plastic knife, fork and magnifying glass) to practice the scientific process and record their results before eating this tasty experiment. A note for parent donations is included. I su

The Babe and I – PPT test:These 21 questions support and extend The Babe and I Reading Strategies test. The PPT allows scaffolding by: - Use the PPT alone, no paper version, for the beginning of the year when students need more ‘test talk’ strategies and cooperative answers - Use the PPT version while recording answers in journals - Choose 2-3 difficult questions to highlight - Use the paper version alone; grade it; then use the PPT to discuss answers Includes:21 Multiple choice questions cov