ES4+Activities+and+Resources

(Cooperative Group Role Examples for Collaboration Teams)
 * Teacher Activities:**
 * Survey parents, students and teachers about what "real world" situations which lend to cause and effect situations
 * Interview students about friends and cause/effects of their decisions
 * Look at Science/Social Studies/Math content standards to consider cross-curricular integration
 * Gather websites/resources for content area instructional scenarios
 * Interview teacher-leader / principal regarding what community support / field trip possibilities would be available to support a challenge based learning project
 * Gather a list of instructional resources (GVC) that will be available to support the student-centered hands-on projects
 * Pre-assess students what they know about cause/effects and clarify skills needed to identify and explain cause/effect relationships
 * Collect newspaper articles and books containing C&E
 * Compile a variety of graphic organizers that can show relationship between cause/effect
 * Find out the signal words students should know
 * Compile a resource list of online games or activities students can complete in practicing cause/effect skills
 * Survey teachers on how they currently assess cause and effect skills
 * Collaborate with Teacher-Leader and other teachers on ideas for teaching / assessing cause and effect
 * Locate or develop rubrics to assess students on cause and effect skills
 * Look at KCA website and look at test questions and signal words for cause and effect
 * Develop a unit plan that can be utilized across grade levels 1st- 5th in developing a deeper understanding of cause and effect relationships
 * Resources:**
 * Surveymonkey.com
 * rubistar.com (develop rubrics)
 * LBD curriculum guides
 * fcrr.org (reading website)
 * KCK/ACT Standards
 * Internet available graphic organizers
 * Second Step Curriculum Grades 1-5
 * http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning (video on introduction to project based learning)
 * Internet-articles, text
 * Newspapers and magazines
 * 21st-century-schools.pdf
 * [|www.p21.org] (Partnership for 21st Century Literacies)
 * [|www.p21.org] (State Initiatives – Kansas)
 * Kansas State Assessment Question Stems
 * http://www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacherout.html (Problem-Based Learning Process)
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