Upper El Lesson
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Have students come in and sit on their riser spots.
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Listen to the morning announcements, which start at 8:50. (4th grade only)
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Call on 3-5 students to share good things. Just something good going on in their lives.​
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Black History Month: Call duck numbers (in the blue pencil case on my white cart) to have a student pick a person to learn about. Watch the videos on that page. Call on one more student and repeat. If they’re being respectful, you could do a third.
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Lunar New Year Playalong: Give each student two rhythm sticks. Have them play each rhythm shown four times.
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Gong Xi, Gong, Xi Body percussion: On the carpet, have them follow along with the movement in the video.
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Gonggi: a dice game from Korea: Have them watch the video and then break into pairs. Each pair of students gets 5 dice to play.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAFS4AzBgzI&t=146s
Rule overview: Round one, you throw a dice and then pick up one before catching it until you have picked up all. Round 2, is the same as round one but you pick up two at a time. Round three is the same except three at a time. Round four, they start with all dice in their hands, throw one up, set the other four down, and then catch the one. Then, they throw that one dice again, picking the four back up before they catch it. Round five, start with all five dice in your palm. Throw them all up and catch them on the back of your hand. Then, throw them up again and catch them all.
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Remind them that this game is VERY tricky and it’s ok if they never get past round one today.
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Virtual Field Trip: When they’ve had enough or need to be done, you can switch over to this virtual field trip. Just click to have it present, and then they can choose which mode of transportation to take and where they want to click. It will lead to different videos to watch.