Intro to Economics Game

A ____ is the study of the way a place uses its money, goods, and services. a) Buyer b) Seller c) Economics d) Exchange	A A ______ is a person who buys goods and services. a) Buyer b) seller c) economics d) exchange	A Which of the following is a service? a) haircut b) apple c) a telephone d) a ladder
A Which of the following is a good? a) a doctor b) a buyer c) a seller d) a video game	A A ____ is a person who sells goods and services to other people. A) buyer b) seller c) economics d) exchange	A What does it mean to exchange? a) to buy something b) to sell something? C) to buy services with money d) to swap or give up one item for another
A ____ is the number of people who want or need something. a) demand b) supply c) scarcity d) trade	A ____ is the amount of something that is available a) trade b) scarcity c) demand d) supply	A ____ is what happens when an item is hard to find a) demand b) scarcity c) supply d) trade
B Name two services	B Name 2 goods	B What does it mean to trade?

This game is designed as an introduction to economics for lower elementary students. 

Terms included: buyer, seller, scarcity, exchange, trade

This is perfect for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th grades as an introduction, practice, or even to review the lesson/unit/concepts.

You can obtain a copy of this game free on TPT at:

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Physical Science Introduction Game

What is physical science?	What kind of scientists study how matter, motion, forces, and energy work together?	Define matter
What is volume?	Name 2 types of energy	What is light?
How do you measure volume?	What is mass?	What are properties?
Can water be more than one state of matter?	Is there a solid form of water? If so, what?	Define- States of matter
What temperature is considered the “freezing point” (answer in C or F)	Freezing is a change of water from what state of matter to what? (Name the first state and the final state)	Evaporation can take place at many temperatures. However, it takes ________   ______ to cause evaporation.

This game is designed to hep with students practice vocabulary and concepts.

The terms included are: volume, mass, matter, changes in matter, evaporation, condensation, solids, liquids, gas, texture, properties, and many more.

The questions range in difficulty- Green are multiple choice. Red are fill-in the blank. Blue require a short answer. 

Game cards are designed to be printed front then back. Personally, I print my game card, board, and die on stock paper (and laminate if possible but not necessary)


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Sacajawea Her True Story

                                                            


This lesson goes along with the book Sacajawea Her True Story by Joyce Milton.

Students will learn about Sacajawea, Lewis, Clark, and President Thomas Jefferson. 

The students are asked to choose their character, read the book aloud, break into groups, and rehearse their skit. 

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Conserve Water Inside and Out

This lesson plan was designed to teach students way to conserve water inside and outside their home. I have suggested a book to read at the beginning of the lesson. This lesson also includes the SIOP Model strategy "Canned Questions" which is great for English Learners and all students. To demonstrate what they have learned, they will create mini poster boards and create a visual that can teach others how to conserve water.

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Hair for Mama Activity -FREEBIE

It is never too early or late to teach humility. Read to them---teach them---show them--- and let them learn how to help others in the way they can: With their hearts, hands, minds, and words :)

                                      

After reading the book Hair for Mama, children will review cancer fact sheet, complete a whole-class KWL on the topic of cancer, and choose the most important facts they learned to complete the L in the KWL chart.

After completing this the students will watch a video recorded by children at the Seattle Children's Hospital.

The students are then asked to write to children in the hospital battling/recovering from Cancer.
It is also a good opportunity to invite a guest speaker into the room to speak with the children from a local Children's hospital, Locks of Love, or other organization in your area.

I hope this lesson is useful to your class and helps raise awareness, compassion, and forms a sense of humility in your classroom.


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Esperanza Rising Literature Circle

Show the students a book trailer---get them hooked---and then have them read the book, reflect on the book, and create their own presentation!

                                                                              

This document includes tasks for each group member in the literature circle, suggested reading pages, and individual pages to be printed for group members. There is an optional presentation rubric/grade suggested as well. 

This can be assigned as "in class" reading sections or the teacher can have a class set / one book for each group member (4) 

Literature circles work best if done using the same book or introducing several different books.

I have included an idea of how to introduce the books and allow the students to choose the book for their assignment.

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Reading Integrated with Government/Law/Ethics

This unit was designed to integrate reading into lessons on Government and Law. Each lesson focuses on a different issue, using a different reading strategy. 13 strategies are used and each focuses on different components (oral language, word study, comprehension, vocabulary, and writing) The topics covered and suggested with books, journals, and articles are: euthanasia, immigration, child labor, capital punishment, bullying/harassment. Rubrics are provided as well as suggested formative/summative assessments. 
Please contact me and I will send you the corresponding Webquest!

The Reading Strategies used in this unit are:
Say Something, Bookmark, Mind and Alternative Mind Portraits, Venn Diagram, Reciprocal Questioning/ReQuest, Press Conference, List-Group-Label, Semantic Mapping, Readers Theater, Vocabulary Self Selection, Exclusion Brainstorming, Learning logs, and QuIP,


Each lesson includes: Standards (Florida), a description of the reading strategy, rational for using the reading strategy, a suggested book/journal/news article, a short summary of the resource suggested, an example of how to use the strategy with the resource, suggestions for integrating writing and technology, and how to assess the students. 

Example of the grading rubric (for Press Conference)

Grading Rubric for Immigration Press Conference
Score	Description
A	.”A” quality work will be enticing, engaging, and informational to viewers. It will include at least 3 references (2 of which are retrieved from .org or .gov sources). The partners equally distributed oral presentation time. The partners worked together as a team to produce an informative and engaging mock press conference.  During presentations from other partners, the student responded as an audience member at least twice.
B	“B” quality work is informational and engaging to viewers. It includes at least 3 references however, two sites were not retrieved from .org or .gov sources. At least 1 source was from .org or .gov website. The partners equally distributed oral presentation time. During presentations from other partners, the student responded as an audience member twice.
C	“C” quality work is lacking background information. The sources used are either: a) Less than the required number or b) did not include at least two sources from .org or .gov sites along with a .com site. The partners may or may not have distributed the oral presentation time equally. During presentations from other partners, the student responded as an audience member only once.
D	“D” quality work was attempted but did not follow guidelines. The presentation was lacking in all areas and resources were not stated. During presentation from other partners, the student did not use his/her response cards to respond and contribute as an audience member.
F	No response/task not attempted.

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