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GatewaytoSkills

  1. Grades 9-12 compose & arrange variations of children’s #songs in 4/4 time & in minor mode ht.ly/b3gMn #musiccomposition #musedchat
  2. Grade 3-6 #lessonplan teaches kids how to construct a #melody & develop it ht.ly/b3gss #musedchat #musiced #edchat #3rdchat #gifted
  3. New columns tonight! This week's topic is #music #composition & its role in the #classroom ht.ly/b3sx3 #musedchat #musiced #edchat
  4. Grade 5-8 unit on #dystopias examines #poems, short stories & #CityofEmber ht.ly/aTTt5 #5thchat #engchat #midleved #isedchat
  5. Grades 9-12 explore connections between real world #science & #economics & #BraveNewWorld ht.ly/aTTaT #sschat #engchat #sociology
  6. Online game based on #TheMazeRunner. Do you have what it takes? ht.ly/aTSGb #gbl #engchat #dystopias #sschat #edtech #hsc
  7. Grade 6-8 #lessonplans on #TheGiver & relevance of freedom, choice & human history ht.ly/aTStT #sschat #engchat #midleved #6thchat
  8. Literary smackdown: Lord of the Flies vs The Hunger Games - how do they compare? ht.ly/aTSa2 #engchat #sschat #gifted #librarians
  9. #Podcasts on dystopian novels & themes of repressive governments, war & environmental disasters ht.ly/aTRUp #engchat #sschat #hsc
  10. Grade 6-8 #lessonplan on #mathematical #probability in novel #TheHungerGames ht.ly/aTRGZ #mathchat #sschat #engchat #edchat #gifted
  11. Want more #dystopian #novels? List of 135 titles here ht.ly/aTRc1 #engchat #sschat #historyteacher #librarians #ntchat #titletalk
  12. Grades 9-12 watch #Herzog film & relate it to recent natural disasters/events ht.ly/aTQUc #sschat #engchat #dystopias #isedchat
  13. Treasure Hunt Clues: Social Studies > human behavior, Learning and Teaching > Pedagogy
  14. Grades 5-8 use paintings & #poems to explore concept of #utopias & #dystopias ht.ly/aTQwp #engchat #artsed #gifted #sschat #hsc
  15. Cool graph of the popularity of #dystopian fiction since 1920 ht.ly/aTQb3 #engchat #sschat #edchat #ukedchat #edchatie
  16. Grade 7-10 #SMARTboard lesson on #utopias & #dystopias & why they are used in literature ht.ly/aTOZY #engchat #gifted #edtech
  17. Still great – original #dystopian #1984 Apple commercial for #Macintosh computer ht.ly/aTNPN #sschat #engchat #historyteacher...
  18. Grade 3-8 discussion questions for #CityofEmber ht.ly/aTNfL #engchat #sschat #5thchat #4thchat #edchat #ntchat #edchatie #gifted
  19. Grades 11-12 study #dystopianliterature then write their own dystopian short stories ht.ly/aTMZL #engchat #creativewriting #sschat
  20. Great brief read on mathematical #probability & game theory in #TheHungerGames ht.ly/aTMCB #mathchat #engchat #edchat #gifted