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Social Justice Symposium: Creating and Learning about PSAs
Language Arts, Social Studies, ADST, Social Justice, Hands On Learning, Core Competencies, Student Voice Melissa Salter Language Arts, Social Studies, ADST, Social Justice, Hands On Learning, Core Competencies, Student Voice Melissa Salter

Social Justice Symposium: Creating and Learning about PSAs

We spent one intense week making TWO PSAs: one visual and one video. The kids learned all about public service announcements and used what they had learned about social justice topics to make PSAs for a student audience. We also made a Kahoot! to test our knowledge after watching and reading all of the PSAs.

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The Class Novel: Designing engaging activities linked to class books (Part 1..maybe?)
Novel, Class Novel, Inclusion, Hands On Learning, New Series, Language Arts Melissa Salter Novel, Class Novel, Inclusion, Hands On Learning, New Series, Language Arts Melissa Salter

The Class Novel: Designing engaging activities linked to class books (Part 1..maybe?)

Reading a class novel can be a powerful way to model language and to design mini lessons. This post explores how I choose books, start to design lessons, and it also provides a sample lesson for the book Out of My Mind. This might be the start of a series—if people are interested.

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