Finding JOY in 6th Grade
A blog about the everyday experiences in a fifth grade classroom, including lessons, activities, organization tips, and an occasional freebie!
Telling Time, Writing Letters, and Coming Up? Media Literacy
Hello Everyone!! I hope all the moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day. I had a fantastic day!! Absolutely spoiled by my own and was able to spoil my sweet mom!!! So Blessed!! I want to share a couple of things we've been working on in class, and something that we will hit this week. In math we have finally arrived at our Telling Time unit. We talk about clocks and time all throughout the year, but formally introduce it late in the year. I wasn't sure why we waited so long to work on…
Advertising vs Reality
Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an a
Media Literacy Worksheet 1 Worksheets
Kids will enjoy this task. They need to select a commercial they have seen and answer the questions given.
Designing Information for Media Literacy
Innovative design crosses over all aspects of education. The American Society for Innovation Design in Education, or ASIDE, seeks to infuse curriculum with new approaches to teaching and thinking. Integrating the design of information into the daily conversation is an essential part of the teacher's toolkit and the purpose of the ASIDE blog. The underpinning of innovation and educational design is based on looking at the information available and communicating meaning for a world of…
Six Ideas for Teaching Media Literacy
Teaching Media Literacy - Students consume media in record amounts, but how can you best help them becoming discerning readers, viewers, and listeners? Check out these ideas for teaching students about persuasive techniques, media bias, and credibility. Blog post at the Secondary English Coffee Shop by Nouvelle ELA.
4 resources for fighting fake news : Innovative Education in VT
Strategies for fighting fake news and "alternative facts": new ways of teaching students media literacy.
Media Literacy - Create your own Cereal Box. Present book repots on cerealboxes in order to persuade peers to read the book too.
Media Literacy Audience Poster - I forgot to add "teenagers," but I'll do that tomorrow...as long as there is no snow day!
Media Literacy Purpose Poster - Works for nonfiction in general too!