The Five Senses of Spring Activity!

After discussing as a class the different things we can smell, hear, taste, see and touch in the spring time students completed this activity worksheet

My Five Senses

Student's were read the book, My Five Senses by Aliki to learn about the five senses.

Educational Value of Animoto

Animoto is a great tool for educators and students to create short videos that include pictures and music. The short video could be created and used by the educator to introduce a new topic that he/she will be teaching or it could be used as an informal assessment tool in which student’s would be required to create a short video at the culmination of a unit, lesson or chapter. Animoto is an engaging free online tool that  educator’s must introduce in the classroom and to their students. The website is easy to learn and use. The video’s are short yet satisfying, in which they can easily explain a topic in less than 30 seconds while engaging students by using visually stimulating photos and audio. Take a look at my Animoto that I created using the topic The Five Senses! 

 

 

Animoto- the Five Senses

Educational Value of Wordle

Wordle is a great online tool for teacher's to be introduced to. Wordle would be a great way for teacher's to get student's "hooked" on a lesson. All teachers want their students to be excited about the next unit, chapter, lesson, activity etc. and Wordle can create a great game for student's to guess what they might be learning next. Teachers could also use Wordle to informally assess students at the end of a unit, lesson, activity, chapter, etc. The students could create a Wordle with a certain amount of words that may specifically describe or re-iteratre a specific lesson. As a teacher I am always looking to implement new and creative ways to get student's engaged, and Wordle would do just that! The best part of Wordle is that it is free, fast to create, K-12 appropriate, easy to learn and learner-centered, which allows the student's to take responsibility in their own critical thinking and learning.  

Five Senses Wordle