Michelle+Amich

Lessons for science, math, and literacy done in Notebook Software.

I have been working on integrating the Smartboard into my room everyday. I first created a review for our first science unit Microworlds.





One of my guided reading groups is enjoying the novel, Number the Stars. The setting of the story is Denmark. My family vacationed in Denmark this summer and my students have many questions about Denmark during the war and Demark today. Unfortunately, the file is very large and I am not able to upload to the WIKI. I have included information about the war and photographs of castles and landmarks in Copenhagen.



Social Studies Unit 1 Lesson 1 on Ancient Americans Typically my students do a KWL chart on Ancient Americans as we begin this unit. I set up a KWL in notebook software. The next activity I designed is a sort of key vocabulary from the first lesson. I decided to make this a center during my literacy block. Students in a small group will short the words and describe why they sorted them in a particular way. This idea came from: Reading Strategies For The Content Area