Mindi

THis is a powerpoint I put together using links to a great informative website and an online app that kids can use to make a tesselation online. This was intended as an independent lesson: Kids were given the document and then went on to explore the links by themselves.

This is a graphic organizer aimed at younger children for writing a classroom Bill. The language is simple, and focuses on W questions. I do a government unit every year in my fourth grade bilingual class, where students run for class president, and vote. Then students create a mock version of the House of Representatives and the Senate, write bills, and vote to pass them. The class president must sign them into law. I (and the principle) are the Supreme Court - The constitution is the school ru

This is a short lesson plan for math centers to help students write numbers 1-9 correctly. The lesson plan includes directions for scratch & sniff paint, as well as the other 5 senses. See-highlighters (pink or blue and yellow) Hear-'I can write my numbers' song on a cd Smell-Kool-Aid packets and 2 Tbsps. of water for each packet to make smelly paint, Poster board Touch-sandpaper, bold Sharpie marker Taste-rod and twist pretzels

This is a sheet to help with conferences in SPANISH. It has a table with a spot for reading scores in English and Spanish, focused on a growth mindset. I made this for my fourth grade bilingual classroom.

This is a quick graphic organizer to use with students in SPANISH for the BEEF UP or CRECER acronym for writing a paragraph. BEEF UP - Begin, Example, Explain, Finish Understanding (re-read for understanding), and Proofread CRECER - Comienza, Razones, Evidencia, Concluye, Entiende (leer para entender), y Revisa