Foldable Friday: Early European Settlements in North America

When we start our colonies unit, we start with the earliest European Settlements in North America.  This interactive foldable graphic organizer was an easy way to keep all the information together in one spot.


Inside the graphic organizer, the students included when the settlement was founded, what country founded it and why it was founded. There is also a map included to place the location of the settlement.



If you like this graphic organizer, you can find it in my TpT store. Just click on the picture below. This set also includes interactive foldable graphic organizers for the 13 colonies.



13 Colonies





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Biomes Research


One of the first activities that we do in our life science unit is research different biomes. We focused on what type of plant and animal life the biome had, how the climate and weather effected those plants and animals, resources that the plants and animals had available to them, where the biome was located in the world and then the students had to create a food chain that could be found in that biome.

The students compiled all their information and put it on chart paper. They then presented the information to their classmates.






As the students presented their information, the students at their seats took notes in their interactive foldable graphic organizer.



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Foldable Friday: Types of Potential Energy

One of our 6th grade science standards is knowing the different types of potential energy. My students put the definition and examples of each type in their interactive foldable graphic organizers.




This interactive foldable graphic organizer can be found in my Energy Posters and Graphic Organizer set. Click on the picture below to find it in my TpT store.


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Fraction, Decimal and Percent Conversion INB


Our fraction, decimal, percent unit is probably one of the hardest we do all year. One aspect of it is converting between the three. This interactive foldable graphic organizer is a way that the students can organize the rules for converting.
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Biotic and Abiotic Lab


This first day of school we did our biotic and abiotic lab.  I had several objects out on the lab tables and I had the students group them however they wanted (feather, paper, plastic and a coin).  I led a discussion on how each group had grouped their objects.  We then talked about what biotic and abiotic was. We looked around the room to classify things as being one or the other. We then went outside to do the same thing.
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Foldable Friday: Integers

The biggest problem students seem to have with integer operations is remembering the rules. I have my students create this interactive foldable graphic organizer to help them remember.




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3D Cell Projects


I do this cell project every year during our life science unit. I LOVE all the different ideas that the students come up with!


I loved that this student used a box for the cell wall.








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Foldable Friday: Explorers

Last year when I taught the explorers, I had the students write the information down on a chart. This year I wanted to add the interactive component to it. I created these interactive foldable graphic organizers for my 5th graders.

The Spanish explorers graphic organizer covers Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, Francisco de Coronado, Hernando de Soto and Amerigo Vespucci.




The English and Dutch Explorers cover John Cabot, Henry Hudson, and John White.



Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain for the French.



The graphic organizer set also includes posters on each of the explorers.


You can purchase this set in my TpT store, TN store and Tools for School store.


Explorers
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How I Organize My Task Cards - 2nd edition


Back in July, I blogged about THIS organizational system. I quickly realized that system was not going to work. I had too many sets of task cards and not enough room for them all. I was off again in search of the perfect way to store my cards.  After shopping at many stores, I found what I hope to be the perfect solution (although I've already had to reorganize it and condense some of the drawers).

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How I Display Student Work


There are two places that I display student work. 

The first spot is in my classroom.  Several years ago, I got these clipboards in a scrapbooking kit at Joanne's. They are perfect to hold two student papers.
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What do plants need to survive?


During our life science unit, we did a lab on what plants need to survive. I put mung beans in soil on a friday and by monday they were already sprouting.  Once the beans had grown for about a week, we started the experiment.

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Foldable Friday: Regions of Indiana

As I walked down the hall to my classroom, I noticed these wonderful interactive foldable graphic organizers.  These were done by our fourth grade teacher (who got the idea from one of our first grade teachers, who's 4th grade child had done it at her school), but I don't know who to credit for the original idea.



I love how they incorporated the map into the graphic organizer. I've been trying to come up with something similar for a topic I teach.


Inside, they defined each of the regions and drew pictures of the characteristics specific to that region.



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Foldable Friday: Viking Exploration of North America

We started our Explorers unit last week. We start off with the vikings that explored North America and talk about Erick the Red and his son Leif Eriksson.

We start by reading and taking notes in our interactive foldable graphic organizers.





Next, we mapped out their travels.



Both the graphic organizer and map get taped into our social studies notebook.


This set includes 3 posters, 1 map and 1 interactive foldable graphic organizer.


This FREE set can be found in my stores:  TpT, TN and Tools for Schools.




Explorers
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