Resources

==Videos can be a great resource when creating lessons, especially for young students. They are a excellent way to grab student's attention and keep them interested in a topic. I like to use videos to introduce new topics because a video is a fun way to draw the students in. Below are videos that I used in some of my lessons. ==

media type="youtube" key="MIQFTBsGccA" width="425" height="350" ==This is the Horton Hears a Who movie trailer. I used this in a lesson during a Dr. Seuss unit. In celebration of his birthday the students had been reading many of his books. In this activity the students would read the book first and then watch this video clip. They would compare and contrast the book and the movie. It gives the students a whole new perspective when they get to see the characters in action and hear their voices. ==

media type="youtube" key="-SGDAMKtHTE?fs=1" height="385" width="480" ==This was a video I used to introduce a math lesson. The focus of the lesson was counting coins, so this video was a good refresher of how much each coin is worth and what they look like. The song is also very catchy and fun. The students also got to play a game on the Smartboard during this lesson, so there were a variety of ways the material was presented in this lesson. == media type="youtube" key="6IEUFmUR1d8?fs=1" height="385" width="480"  ==This video was used to introduce our Google Earth lesson. It shows all of the main regions in the U.S. and some of the major geographical features in each. This gave the students an idea of what they were looking for in the location they chose to look at on Google Earth. ==