M5 Smart Exchange Activities

1. Name of Activity: Introducing Adjectives
    Age Level: Grades 2,3
    Subject Recommendation: English Language Arts
    Description of how you plan to implement with students:I would use this activity as an introduction to adjectives in writing to make papers more interesting. It would be a whole-group mini-lesson before writing. The slide presentation begins with Schoolhouse Rock- "Grammar Rock- Unpack Your Adjectives." Then it asks students to explain what an adjective is. It includes activities where students can identify the adjectives in a short selection. It also has students provide adjectives to describe nouns. Finally, it has a word sort, where students put the correct word in the adjective or noun column.

2. Name of Activity: Number Sense, Place Value
Age Level: Grades 3-6
Subject Recommendation: Mathematics
Description of how you plan to implement with students:I would use this activity as an introduction to place value in math. Students learn place value and terms such as expanded form. It has an activity where students roll the dice (virtually), place the numbers on the chart, and read the number. It could be used as a whole group- mini lesson, with students breaking off into pairs with dice to do the same activity. Then they would come back to learn about expanded form. Next, the slide has a chart where students fill in the missing part: the number or the expanded form. Finally, the slide introduces a game called Bingo Lingo.


3. Name of Activity: Graphing
Age Level: Grades 3-5
Subject Recommendation: Mathematics
Description of how you plan to implement with students:I would use this activity as an introduction to basic graphing in math. The activity only discusses two types of graphs- bar graphs and pictographs. However, after it introduces the type of graph, it invites the students to create their own. Here, I would probably have each table create one on chart paper. Then we would share them in class. The activity does the same for a pictograph. Again, I would have students create one with their groups and share with the class. The activity concludes with a short matching voacabulary review. I like this activity because it does use vocabulary students need to be familiar with when graphing. It also leads nicely into a discussion on mean and mode.