Labor
Day Activities K-8 (from Eduplace) Labor Day is
the first Monday in September and honors the worker.
Examples of activities from Eduplace include: Helping
Hands, Future Jobs Book, Word Scrambles, Everyday Heroes, Jobs
Survey, and more
Labor
Day - Kids Work Too! Students make a difference
and contribute to society just as adults do. Learn
more about what work teaches us!
What Interests You? Exploring
Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Future career information for students
Labor
Day - Find many resources for teaching
about Labor Day and U.S.
Labor
History from this Education World article.
Celebrate
Constitution Day – The US Constitution was signed
on September 17, 1787!
"View high resolution scans of the original, signed
Constitution; obtain a transcription of the document; read an
essay about the Constitutional convention; learn dozens of fascinating
facts about the Constitution; view images of the National Archives
Rotunda, and learn about each of the signers at this site from
the National Archives and Records Administration.."
The
Constitution of the United States (National Archives)
Preamble:
Constitution of the United States (Yale Law School)
Interactive
Constitution - Click on any of the images at the
top of the page to read an explanation of an article or amendment.
Ben's Guide to Government -
K-Grade 12 Resources for learning about our government
Education
World - Lessons and ideas for teaching the Constitution
Lexington
One Social Studies Resources - Click "American Government" for
information about the 5 week instructional series The State newspaper
will be doing during the month of September (The Power and
the Glory: The Constitution)
Unitedstreaming videos
available! ("Ssssh! We're Writing the Constitution",
"Our Constitution: The Document that Gave Birth to a Nation",
"The Almost Painless Guide to the U.S. Constitution")
Comic
Creator - Invite
your students to compose their own comic strips. Wonderful
for stimulating interest in writing skills! Create "whole class"
comic strips or individual ones to print & share. Many Read*Write*Think
Lessons use this interactive tool.
Gullah
Net -
Introduce the Gullah culture and language to students! There
are folk tales narrated in English and Gullah. Gullah music
introduces the evolution of African music in America. "Aunt Pearly
Sue" and her sidekick "Reverend LeRoy" take visitors on a musical
journey. Additionally, you should explore "What is Gullah?" for
information on the history of Gullah people and their traditions.
There is also an activity page entitled "Listen to Gullah" that
lists English words that can be seen and heard in Gullah. A teacher
resource page is included for classroom activities, field trip
ideas, and other resources.
Jonathan
Green is an artist raised in the Low Country
of South Carolina who paints images of everyday life of Gullah
people.
A Unitedstreaming Video
- Detective Bonz and the SC History Mystery, Part 5 includes
a segment on Gullah Culture as well as South Carolina's 6 Regions,
SC Farmers'
Market, and SC Industries. (You may find other parts of Detective
Bonz relevant to your study of South Carolina, too!) Also,
Family
Across the Sea (Grades 9-12) explores connections between
the Gullah of the South Carolina/Georgia Sea Islands and the
people of West Africa.
Unitedstreaming -
Use excellent multimedia video resources to bring your units to
life! In addition to the video clips, there are teacher guides
available, blackline masters, writing prompts, an image gallery,
a calendar with videos that correlate to commemorative events,
and
more.
Take advantage of the many opportunities to show your students
appropriate "real-life" videos correlated to South Carolina
Standards.
Hurricane Theme Page -
August and September are the peak months of hurricane season. This
hurricane theme page will provide links to resources that provide
interesting information about these powerful storms. In addition,
there are special Internet research activities for use with your
students. Your students would also enjoy making a graph of the most
costly storms throughout
the years. Enjoy learning
more about hurricanes!
National
Hurricane Center - Tropical Prediction Center - Follow hurricanes like
Charley or Frances from their origins near the African coast across the
Atlantic Ocean. This is a wonderful way to teach longitude and latitude
without a worksheet.
Give your class a real life lessons on how these skills are used!
(Click Maps & Charts
or Satellite Imagery)
FEMA
for Kids: Hurricanes
Unitedstreaming videos
about hurricanes are available!
O.R.E.O.
2006 - That's The Way The Cookie Tumbles, Again!
Join this online project and use Oreos to teach Math, Language, Science, and
more! (Project
dates: September - October) This project is open to classrooms of any
grade in any location! You can find worksheets,
games, fun links, trivia, lesson ideas, and more to bring FUN into your classroom!
Many other
online projects are available from Technospud.com throughout
the year.
Collaborative projects are an exciting way to integrate technology, connect
your students to the world, meet a variety of standards, and increase student
learning!
Just
Between You & Me - A year long E-Pal
Project
Shark
Bytes - A Team Project with Susan Silverman (November)
The
Incredible Journey - A year long Traveling
Buddy Project
Our
Changing Earth and Landforms
Introduce or review your 5th grade unit
on "Our Changing Earth". This PowerPoint show provides
photos, animations, terms, and brief explanations of layers
of the earth, plate movement, mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes,
and fossils.
South
Carolina Landforms - A webquest
designed for research of South Carolina's five major landform regions -- the
Blue Ridge, Sandhills, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, and Coastal
Zone
Landforms -
This webquest provides students an opportunity to research
specific landforms found in the United States.
Unitedstreaming videos
available: earth, landforms, geography
Global
Trek! Travel the World with your students this year! This
online activity can be done as a class or individually. You
can visit
one new place each month -- or travel more often! A perfect
way to encourage
geography skills throughout
the year. Meet the people, take guided tours, and learn about the countries!
Check out this month's travel destination!
September
23, 2006 (12:03 am) - Autumn Begins!
Why do leaves change colors? Discover the mysteries of those reds, oranges, yellows,
and browns - Which color is your favorite for autumn?
The Scientific Basis for
Autumn
The Autumn
Equinox - The science and significance
Fall
Activities K-8 (from EduPlace) Leaf Sorting, Paper Bag Pumpkin,
Fall Facts, Potato Comparison Venn-Diagram, Word Scrambles, Take
a Fall Quiz, and more
Fall! - Language
Activities, Arts/Crafts, Songs, Books, Coloring Pages
Fall Activities/Leaves,
Apples, Acorns & Squirrels - Especially
for younger students!
Leaf Activities from 123child.com -
Science and Math games, Art Activities, Snacks, Field Trips, and more!
Fall Clip Art from Kid's
Domain - Great
for newsletters and Learning Village pages!
To
Everything - There Is A Season ... Enjoy
Trees!
The fall season is a perfect time to begin this simple, school
year project! Develop an appreciation of nature and the
seasons along with observation, writing, and
technology
skills!
Tree
Observation Checklist - PowerPoint
Example
1. Select
a tree on your school campus to observe with your students
throughout the year. Give your tree a name!
2. Each month, go outside and "observe" your
tree. Take a digital picture or two. You can use a checklist
to record
basic observations.
3. Back in your classroom, use PowerPoint to collect and
present your tree information. Each month,
insert a new slide, your tree
digital picture, and type descriptive comments
about your tree with your students.
4. Have students write a few sentences in their journals
based on their tree observations each month.
5. Enjoy watching your "show" as it evolves throughout
the seasons of the year!
Fall
Acrostic Poems (MS PowerPoint file: To Save
> right click > save target as)
Can you describe "fall"? Encourage writing and technology skills by creating
a "FALL" acrostic
poem slide using MS PowerPoint. Use descriptive writing, appropriate clip art,
text formating,
and color. Have all students save their PowerPoint slide as a
.jpg
(picture
file)
in
a specified
network folder. The teacher pulls them all together in a PowerPoint Photo Album!
(Your TIS can help you.) Perfect for a running show of student work
during
Open
House.
Unitedstreaming videos
available: "Autumn", "Fall Is Here", "The Reason for the
Seasons, "The Autumnal Equinox"
Apples
(Dole 5 - ADay) This is an excellent fruit
and vegetable encyclopedia! Learn apple facts, history, types,
where grown, growing and harvesting, packing & transportation,
and more! Join "Anthony Apple" on an exciting apple adventures.
You
Are the Apple of My Eye!
Do you know where apples come from? Do you know anyone who
is famous for apples? What color do apples come in? Can you think
of products that are made from apples? These webquests have activities
appropriate for learning centers or whole class instruction.
All
About Apples - Why should you love
apples? Find out the history, the science, the varieties,
the production, as well as health information.
Johnny Appleseed -
Enjoy the story of this famous character!
Favorite
Apple Survey - Do your students like red,
yellow, or green apples? Survey your class and use an Excel spreadsheet
to display
collected
data.
Unitedstreaming videos
available: "Apples", "Johnny Appleseed"
