Literacy, Languages, and the Arts
November 20 - November 26, 2013

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Americana Music Tradition in Nashville

Grades: 6-13+

In this clip from Nashville 2.0, view a brief introduction to the Americana music tradition in Nashville, and learn how that tradition has changed over the past 20 years.

Designing a Poster to Communicate Information: Yellowstone National Park
Grade Range: 3-6

Using notes they have taken while watching a video, students work as part of a group to create an interesting and informative poster with pictures and facts about Yellowstone National Park.

Compare and Contrast - City Pigeons and City Parrots
Grade Range: 4-8

Students watch two segments about city birds to identify the similarities and differences between them. While viewing the segments, students take notes using a T-chart. Finally, students construct a Venn diagram to show they are able to compare and contrast the characteristics of the two types of birds

What's the Author's Purpose? Animal Shelter
Grade Range: 4-8

Using a 2-column chart, students scaffold their thinking and draw conclusions about the author's purpose. When students can identify whether an author's purpose for writing a text is to inform, persuade, entertain, or describe, they are better equipped to evaluate its content as they make inferences and draw conclusions.

Reading Charts and Tables - Garden Spider
Grade Range: 3-5

After watching a video segment about garden spiders students read a chart that reflects information about the spiders in the segment and answer a series of questions using the chart.

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