Grade 5

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TEKS ELA Standard: 5.11.B.i

organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion

Any Shape With Just One Cut

a capella movie studio intros

Impossibly High House of Cards

Domino Chain Takes 10,000 Steps

Stop-motion animation made entirely out of carved pumpkins

24-Hour Time Lapse

Impossible Balanced Rock Structures

Lego Certified Professional

tiny, no-staples, photocopy-able book

Omni-Directional Sidewinder Forklift

Backdraft in Slow Motion

Omnidirectional Bike With Ball Wheels

human slinkies

building a delightful miniature scene

best pre-game warmup trickshots

Lego Firewood Factory

delightful robot fighters

Newton’s Cradle

marble racing on tracks

explains how you can use “light trapping” to catch all kinds

Animal Adaptations tournament

Martial Arts in Space

a 3D staircase

working Lego car

Wood Bending Machine

Marble-Powered Music Machine

Hair Dryer Kinetic Art

Mesmerizing Sand Patterns With Magnets

Marble Course All Around the Backyard

Making a Chain Link From a Red-Hot Rod

William Tell Overture on Glass Bottles

Chaos Can Be Positive or Negative

Sometimes we want order, but sometimes we need chaos!

Introducing Order and Chaos

Introduce Order by exploring “written” vs “unwritten” rules.

Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season

Let’s write a holiday song about order and chaos!

Famous Structures

The Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House — group them, pick the best from each group, then design your own.

Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe

What if each square on a Tic-Tac-Toe board had another Tic-Tac-Toe board inside of it?

Writing Technique: Triple Anadiplosis!

Have students mastered the art of anadiplosis: ending one sentence with the beginning of the next? Now it’s time to take it to the next level!

Order Can Be Natural or Constructed

When is order natural and when is it designed by people?

Create A Civilization: A Change In Government

It’s a great moment for your civilization! Power is moving from the hands of a few to a more democratic government.

Student Introductions With Depth and Frames

Want to introduce the tools of Depth and Complexity and learn more about your students and introduce the Frame graphic organizer? Have I got the activity for you!

Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides

It’s time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.

Improving Presentations 2: Planning The Outline

After watching some great presenters, let’s outline your presentation!

Ways to Start a Sentence – Level 2

We’ll show students how to add more variety to their writing by starting sentences with a reason, a prepositional phrase, and a simile.

Teach Non-Fiction Writing Structure With Fractals

Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…

Better Stories Part 5: Plot Structure

Ever read a student’s story that was just event after event after event and then a very sudden ending? They lack an understanding of a plot’s structure. With the help of Finding Nemo, I break down how to set up a well-structured plot.