Ms. Bryon's Class Blog: November 01, 2020

Monday, November 2, 2020

Election Day Tomorrow!

This is such a great opportunity to discuss ideas such as: government, history, environment, immigration, law, equality, freedom, wealth, handling confrontation & disagreement, as well as the concepts of power and control with your students. Here are some online resources that might have something of interest:

How to talk to kids about election 2020 - William & Mary College

Teacher Planet - Election Day

Free Elections Worksheets from Teachers Pay Teachers

PBS Learning Media - The Election Collection

10 Activities That Teach the Presidential Election Process - We are teachers.com

Scholastic Election Collection

Education World - Primaries, Voting & Elections

PLP Technology Goal Resources

Many students and parents are choosing to increase Keyboarding Skills as their technology PLP goal. Here are some resources shared by other teachers to check out:

Free Resources
typing.com
typingclub.com
Dance Mat Typing
https://www.learntyping.org/

Paid Resources
Keyboarding Without Tears (K-5, $9.99 for a year license)
Learn to Type Typing Skin - covers the keys so you aren't tempted to look

Another common technology goal is Internet Safety. Here are a few resources to help with that:

Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship Curriculum - Free Lessons for K-12

If you have others that you would like to share, please email them to me and I will add them!