Wednesday Book Review: Rosa's Big Pizza Experiment

Rosa's Big Pizza Experiment by Jessica Spanyol
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The characters are diverse, the story is sweet, and who doesn't love pizza? But touting it as a book that teaches about science or math seems a stretch. This book is very cute, but I think it's trying too hard to be STEM.

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What did you learn in Quarantine?

eLearning in Covid-19 at a Glance

So this is week 10000000 of eLearning...just kidding.
I wanted to better record the Covid-19 eLearning so I made some calendars:

Powerschool Unified Classroom Ideas

Media Literacy Lesson

In this crazy era of not just a LOT of news, but of course, misinformation as well, I'd like to share a real-life lesson. My father-in-law sent a family group text with the info (screenshots attached). Read the medialit 1 and 2 please.

   

Read them? Ok...I showed them to 4th group and asked them to read it. Immediately, many started taking deep breaths, "checking" if they had it. Then I showed the other message, and a lot of them got thirsty right away! I think a good lesson would be to discuss how to read a message like this, break down the fallacies, how to respond to these messages, and have them write a message back to a friend using https://ifaketextmessage.com.

Who else would check her sources BUT Hermione :o)

Browser, Search Engine, or Source

Try my new craftivity based on Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor!

Did you love the We Don't Eat Our Classmates craftivity? Try my new craftivity based on Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor.

After you read Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor The Woman Who Loved Reptiles by Patricia Valdez and illustrated by Felicita Salas, make your own “dragon” and insects for it to "eat" nom nom nom! On the back, write summaries, notes, or facts! 

Also included, a quick extension activity to help students discuss rumors versus the truth!