This video will touch on the many curriculum areas covered in my Adopt An Egg unit. I hope you enjoy the intro song I wrote!
![Picture of Lesson 1... My Little Eggy]( "Picture of Lesson 1... My Little Eggy")
This lesson will have the student create a face and a name for their egg. A worksheet is included.
This video explains how the Eggy album title page might look. It shows the simple use of color and design to complete the page. It also reminds the student of the importance of including the egg's name at the bottom.
In this lesson the student will design and draw a "top view" of the layout of his/her house for his/her egg. Then he/she will make a house for the egg to be used the rest of the week.
This video explains one possible way to design a house for an egg. It points out the importance of including windows, doors and specific rooms all from a "bird's eye" perspective.
This video explains what a jot note outline is and how it is useful in aiding creative writing samples.It explains how to complete the outline and then use it in the creative writing assignment in the lesson.
This video explains how to use the jot note outline to gather information about the egg. It then explains how each jot note idea can be transformed into single, complete sentences in the creative writing template included in the lesson.
This lesson gives the student a chance to work with a spreadsheet to organize and plan a day of fun activities for his/her little eggy.
This video explains how the spreadsheet for Eggy's exciting day might be completed. It details filling out, in jot notes, each section of the chart being mindful to use the food guide provided to ensure proper nutrition.
This lesson introduces idioms to the student. It explains what an idiom is and how it works. It also asks the student to research some idioms and include them on the worksheet. Finally it asks the student to convert those same English idioms into "eggy idioms".
This video explains how to decipher what the chosen idioms mean figuratively as opposed to their literal meanings. It also shows how the student can transform the English idioms into an "Eggy" idioms.
This lesson gives the student proofreading practice. As the editor of the popular magazine "The Inside Yolk", the student has received breaking news about Humpty Dumpty. He/she must fix all the grammar, spelling and usage mistakes in the "piece" before printing it in the magazine.
This video carefully points out each correction needed in the breaking news "piece" received by the editor of The Inside Yolk. Corrections are made for usage, punctuation, quotations, apostrophe, spelling and capitalization mistakes.
This lesson asks the student to decide what 3 behavior problems his/her egg has and to seek out advice from Dear Eggy. The student will write a friendly letter and address the envelope in this activity.
This video explains the correct format the student would use in a friendly letter. It shows the proper headings, greetings,spacing and closing of the letter.It also shows how to address the envelope to Dear Eggy.
This lesson gives the student a chance to use creative thinking skills to come up with good advice for the worried parent. This advice will be conveyed in a friendly letter using all the rules that go with that format. It also gives the student a chance to properly address an envelope destined for the concerned parent.
This video reviews the correct friendly letter form to be used by the student as he/she writes some advice for the concerned parent. The heading, greeting, main body,closing and final signature are all displayed. The proper way to address the envelope is also shown on this video.
This lesson introduces the student to the traditional Japanese poetry called Haiku.After learning about Haiku and seeing some examples for them to complete, the student is asked to complete 5 more Haiku poems on the worksheet provided.
This video demonstrates how the Haiku poems, given in the activity sheet, could be completed. It stresses the importance of the syllable count for each line.
This lesson explains what rhyming couplets are and how they work. The student is given several rhyming couplets to complete all in the "eggy" theme.
This video explains the rhyme scheme and word flow of each line of a rhyming couplet. By using hand claps, the beat or meter of each line is demonstrated to show how the language flow is important to making a pleasing rhyming couplet.
This lesson introduces the limerick form of poetry. The rhyme pattern and syllable count rules are explained. The student is given a worksheet which gives them practice in finishing limericks and finally writing their own limerick from start to finish. Of course these limericks all follow the egg theme.
This video explains and demonstrates the syllable count and rhyming pattern of each limerick. It also provides possible lines to complete the incomplete limericks given in the activity sheet.
This lesson gives the student a chance to do some research about 3 famous people and use a jot note outline in the process. The student will then use the outline to help write three short biographies about their three famous people (eggs).
This video explains how the jot note outline could have been completed for each famous egg. Then it explains how each jot note could then be transformed into complete sentences for each mini biography.
This lesson introduces the student to reader's theater and script writing. It explains the different aspects of reader's theater including script form, stage directions, and the use of punctuation and expression to bring the script to life. Finally, the student is asked to complete the story by writing, in script form, how they envision the story ending.
This video shows how the Reader's Theater script could be acted out. The entire script is performed including the ending I wrote for the play. The student will gain an appreciation for how such a script might be performed.
This lesson teaches the student how to read carefully a short paragraph in order to highlight the most important words that will help in solving the addition or subtraction problem.
This video reviews the kind of thinking it takes to choose the important words in a given math problem. Each important word is highlighted to show the student the correct words to choose. It also explains the "math" meaning of the important words.
This lesson gives the student a chance to decipher scrambled words, all with the word "egg" hidden in them. Each word has an accompanying clue to help the detective solve the mystery word.
This lesson gives the student a chance to decipher scrambled words, all with the word "egg" hidden in them. Each word has an accompanying clue to help the detective solve the mystery word.
This lesson gives the student a chance to critically analyze mixed up sentences with words placed in random order. The student will use his/her linguistic knowledge about word order to change each gibberish sentence into a logical English sentence or phrase.
This video explains the correct order of the mixed up words with proper punctuation placement.
This lesson introduces the student to "spoonerisms" and explains how they work. It is a fun challenge to decipher the true meaning of the mixed up words and phrases.
This video provides the English translations for the 25 "spoonerisms" given in the lesson.
This lesson gives the student a chance to use logical deduction skills to figure out the mystery words given. Using only three single word clues, he/she is challenged to make the "connection" between the three words and solve the mystery word.
This lesson gives the answers for the twenty mystery words posted.It shows, for most solutions, how the three clues were connected to help solve the answer.
This lesson explains some important words related to multiplying and dividing. The student is challenged to find and underline only the important words that are discussed and shared in the video portion of this lesson.
This lesson reveals the important words related to multiplying and dividing. Each highlighted word is explained how it is important in math terms. Even the math answers are given!
This lesson gives the student a chance to hear the melody and sing along with the song I wrote for this unit. The student will be asked to write their own 6 line chorus for the final time through the song. Suggestions are given concerning the rhyme scheme and syllable count for each line of the chorus.
This video gives the student a chance to sing the song again but this time singing their own chorus at the end of the song. The song is then replayed and my lyrics for the chorus at the song's end are revealed and sung.
