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This is an exciting learning task whereby students get the opportunity to design their own shoe and then create a media plan to market it. It combines curriculum expectations from both Art & Media Literacy. A variety of options are given to the students in terms of Art and Media forums that they can create with. I addition, I have added assessment rubrics to go along with the engaging assignment sheet! Create! Create! Create! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights r

I wanted to build an authentic learning experience for the beginning of the year and ended up developing this unit which engages students in an inquiry where they explore the various aspects of their personal identity. Based on the depth of the inquiry, this unit would richly benefit student learning at any part of your school year. This is part 2 that includes lessons 4 - 10 and the corresponding graphic organizers and resources. Students will continue their exploration of expectations in Lang

This unit is a compilation of resources that I designed to provide my students with the opportunity to reflect and respond to the text in creative ways. I've also used these materials to support and evaluate student learning of our Reading Strategy Focus which was Critical questioning. This unit includes graphic organizers for character journals, creative reading activities based on the text, Reading Comprehension questions with page references that cover the entire novel, and finally a Reading

This is a fun list of "Most Likely To" awards that I used at the end of the year to engage my students and have them reflect on the school year as well as their peers. We all had fun!

This is the activity sheet and graphic organizer for a Classroom Casino. This a great activity where students get an opportunity to display what they've learned about Theoretical and Experimental Probability. Students really get the opportunity to use their probability knowledge in an authentic learning experience. My kids had a great time with their casino. I provided the games hosts with "money" and invited two other classes who each had money to spend. Afterwards, students are prompted to w

This is a graphic organizer that I use to build accountability into the critical discussions that my students have. They are responsible to report back critical ideas that they heard and that they offered. As well, the organizer guides them to self reflect on speaking and listening skills that they used, as well as receiving both a self and peer evaluation of their contribution to the group. I am including an anchor chart/handout of listening strategies that I teach my students and I have an anc

I wanted to build an authentic learning experience for the beginning of the year and ended up developing this unit which engages students in an inquiry where they explore the various aspects of their personal identity. Based on the depth of the inquiry, this unit would richly benefit student learning at any part of your school year. This is part 1 that includes the first 3 lessons in the unit. Students will be engage in learning covering expectations in Language, Drama, and Art. Over the course

This file is the Trade Simulation master sheet that has all of the program data. The rules, scenarios and guiding principles for the simulation are all here. I have created them based on some of the realities of world systems so that the students can take part in an authentic learning experience. This will allow you to govern the world that is created in your classroom and oversee the economy that is created. In addition, you function as the World Bank so you need so this will be your guide rega

I am very proud of this learning unit! It encompasses learning expectations for a variety of grades and curriculum areas including: History, Language, Geography, Mathematics, and Art. In this unit, I've designed a variety of learning that lead the students through the research and analysis of existing countries, the creation of their own world (where they emerge as world leaders), and finally culminating in the World Trade Simulation. This file contains the assignment sheet and description of le

In this unit, students are guided to inquire on the idea of Growth Mindsets and how they impact their lives and goal setting experiences. This unit has 6 lessons with corresponding graphic organizers. There are a variety of opportunities for assessment provided throughout this mini-unit. My objective for all of our students is that there will be an observable change in the way that our young people see their ability to fulfill their own high expectations. As a bonus, I have also add a list of s

This learning task allows students to research a geographic region considering a number of geographical patterns, and then use that knowledge to create a survival kit in the scenario that they faced an emergency situation in that region. This is a creative and fun way for the students to show what they've learned about different regions around the world! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Elec

This mini unit is an engaging way for your class to explore different perspectives on critical thinking and group dynamics. Multi media is used in the introduction to guide the students towards an understanding of different ways of thinking about a "critical issue." The 6 Hats Theory is introduced to the students and they are led through a series of activities where they need to make critical decisions. Students are offered a variety of ways to show what they know (that tap into multiple intell

These lesson plans and activities provided the framework for students to analyze songs for the powerful messages that are contained within the lyrics. As the students work in groups to analyze a variety of song lyrics, they will also be practicing the use of a variety of "Monitoring Comprehension" reading strategies (class anchor included). As well, students will have the opportunity to self and peer evaluate their participation and contribution during the group work stage using the attached eva

This is a fun survey that you can use to get to know your students and how they feel about different areas of their home and school life. It is not writing intensive so all students will have access to share their thoughts. I've used humor to engage the students with an inventory that is short enough that you can review a class and hit the ground running with your group!

This learning exploration has been designed for students as an Inquiry focused on: 1. Personal Identity 2. S.M.A.R.T Goal Setting Students are guided through an exploration of what Personal Identity is and how it impacts how they see themselves, their Aspirations and how they set their Goals. Anchors and Student work documents are embedded in the file to guide students along this learning journey. Students are further provided with the opportunity to acquire powerful ideas about S.M.A.R.T Go

This is an amazing activity where students go through the process of procedural writing by planning a fundraiser to effect positive change in the world. Guidelines are provided for a culminating piece where students generate a video in addition to their written pieces. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This assignment will allow you to assess student understandings in Fractions, Percents, Ratios, & Data Management. Students are provided guided towards an interesting task related to creating their own preferred school schedule! The task itself is quite engaging and should provide a varied sample of results throughout your class. After representing their choices in different ways, students are lead to present their results and do some compare and contrast analysis. This is great for the kids as

This inquiry unit guides students through an exploration of the concept of "Happiness." Students will investigate through a variety of activities, their own conceptions of happiness, how it influences relationships with others and finally how it is measured on a global scale of sustainable well being. Within this unit, 12 lessons (some with multiple parts) are provided for you, using a 3 part framework and uniquely designed graphic organizers. Multiple opportunities for technological integratio

This is a grade 7 survival guide procedural writing learning task that is a terrific way to end the year. Students get the opportunity to reflect on their learning experience over the course of the year and create a book (guide) to enlighten the next year's group on how to make it through the year. Sharing the survival guide of your current students with next year's students is an engaging way to break the ice with your new group in September! My kids have had as much fun with the arts and craft

This was designed as both a personal inquiry and visual arts learning tasks. Students are guided to reflect on how they self identify, and then to use elements of Line, Color, and Space to design and produce a masks that visually represents that identity. A graphic organizer and student work samples are provide in addition to assessment success criteria that can all support students in the development of their own Personal Identity Mask. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! C