Fine Arts - Theater Standard 2
Acting A student will cooperate, imagine and assume roles, explore personal preferences and meanings, and interact in classroom dramatizations.

Edtech Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

For this assignment, I made a flyer to promote the after school workshop which will give kids a taste of what actors need to know to perform certain roles.

Find a Friend

Please find a new friend in our classroom and read The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi. When you are done, answer the questions with your friend.

Find a Friend Form

Social Studies Standard 1: (Culture): Students will recognize and describe how people within their community, state, and nation are both similar and different.

Edtech Standard #6: Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.

For the assignment today students will find a new friend to read a book with.  Then, with their new friend they will answer the questions and think of ways they can be a good friend.

Google Doc Assignment

The assignment for today instructed students to read 2 different books and find similarities and differences between them.

Reading: Literature Standard 1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Standard 8
Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, videos, educational software) for problem-solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities. (5, 6)