Educational Videos from The Colorado Classroom Welcome to The Colorado Classroom Video Vault. If you’re looking for teaching inspiration, how-to videos, resource information, and more, check out these videos to help you enhance your classroom experience. Classroom Management Tips and techniques for creating a positive classroom culture. 2 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUGZndEY5ZFgzdTJjaVlkWWZrUmVPQi41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2 Positive Classroom Culture The Colorado Classroom March 22, 2016 1:10 am Learn about the formative assessment tool, response cards. Learn how to make them and how they can be used in a wide variety of classes. 1 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUGZndEY5ZFgzdTJjaVlkWWZrUmVPQi4yODlGNEE0NkRGMEEzMEQy Response Cards The Colorado Classroom October 12, 2015 3:31 pm This short video will explain how to use mastery ladders with your formative assessments. 1 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUGZndEY5ZFgzdTJjaVlkWWZrUmVPQi4wMTcyMDhGQUE4NTIzM0Y5 Formative Assessment - Mastery Ladders The Colorado Classroom August 31, 2015 1:08 am Differentiating through Pod Seating will teach you how to use pod seating to your advantage by creating heterogeneous groups based on student ability. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Colorado-Classroom http://www.tools4teachingteens.com/ http://coloradoclassroom.blogspot.com/ 1 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUGZndEY5ZFgzdTJjaVlkWWZrUmVPQi41MjE1MkI0OTQ2QzJGNzNG Differentiating through Pod Seating The Colorado Classroom July 18, 2015 11:48 pm This Gratitude Journal with Writing Prompts has quotes, tasks, inspirations, and more to get your students thinking about, writing about, and showing gratitude. With digital, paper, and a PowerPoint option all included, these 20-25 unique pages will make your plans for a focus on gratitude and thankfulness a breeze. 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUGZndEY5ZFgzdTJjaVlkWWZrUmVPQi4wOTA3OTZBNzVEMTUzOTMy Gratitude Journal The Colorado Classroom November 7, 2021 4:33 am Ancient History Activities This digital and print resource on Alexander the Great and the spread of Hellenistic Culture features two reading passages, multiple maps, cloze notes, 2 foldable notes crafts, and various questions for analysis. The digital version features bonus information, and the print version features differentiated reading passages. Check it out today at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ancient-Greece-Alexander-the-Great-and-the-Hellenistic-Age-Print-and-DIGITAL-1536420 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUC04eFdmRVFFMmtoMTl5SVlSM3RCTy41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2 Alexander the Great Resource Preview The Colorado Classroom March 21, 2021 1:28 am This video is about Social Classes in Ancient Rome 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUC04eFdmRVFFMmtoMTl5SVlSM3RCTy4yODlGNEE0NkRGMEEzMEQy Class Structure Video Preview The Colorado Classroom September 21, 2020 2:24 pm See what is included in the digital portion of The Colorado Classroom's Mesopotamia Governments and Civilization lesson. Made for use with Google Slides™, this lesson covers the four main civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia (Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians), their rulers, and some of their accomplishments. Read an original article and annotate it if you'd like. Look at the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Build a ziggurat, label maps, look at a chariot, and create laws for your own civilization. Ancient Mesopotamia has never been so engaging or fun before! 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUC04eFdmRVFFMmtoMTl5SVlSM3RCTy4wMTcyMDhGQUE4NTIzM0Y5 Mesopotamia Governments and Civilizations Video Preview The Colorado Classroom September 20, 2020 3:36 am This interactive timeline allows students to drag and drop text boxes, pictures, lines, and events onto a given timeline. Students can replace and reset the picture by right clicking on it, and create beautiful and unique timelines in the digital age. Timelines come separated by thousands, hundreds, and there is even a blank timeline in case I don't have the one you're looking for. Get it today at https://tremendous-knitter-7400.ck.page/ed77c9697b 1 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WUC04eFdmRVFFMmtoMTl5SVlSM3RCTy41MjE1MkI0OTQ2QzJGNzNG Digital Interactive Timeline for use on Google Drive The Colorado Classroom March 27, 2020 11:20 pm Colorado History & Geography See the seven (7) activities that join together to form the Colorado Landforms Unit created by The Colorado Classroom®. Available as a hybrid lesson in both digital and print form, this versatile unit covers many days of material. It provides maps to color and create, readings to absorb and analyze, and paragraphs to work on and write. Check it out today! 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTURGcXhVNUh5ZldlcGRycjFyc3NyMC41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2 Colorado Landforms Video Preview The Colorado Classroom February 24, 2022 4:10 pm Color and label a Colorado landforms map in Google slides with this fun and innovative resource that includes 7 activities altogether. Read an article, compare and contrast the landforms, categorize the plants, animals, and trees, find out where the buffalo are, and more in this Colorado landforms unit. 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTURGcXhVNUh5ZldlcGRycjFyc3NyMC4yODlGNEE0NkRGMEEzMEQy Coloring Colorado Landforms Map The Colorado Classroom February 20, 2022 7:24 pm History Activities This video shows an example of my Puzzling History resource, and more specifically, The Gateway Arch puzzle. Featuring 54 pieces, students work together, or alone to complete the puzzle and figure out what is going on, what landmark is featured, and where we are in the world. Puzzling History resources allow students to interact and get hands-on with the material even though learning is digital. Through a series of more and more challenging puzzles, students proceed through the inquiry process and learn that "History is like a puzzle..." A reflection sheet is also included and can help guide them through this process. I hope you enjoy puzzling through history with your students. 1 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTzZmbG43bVMxR1RxaDlkNG1rN1IyaS41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2 Puzzling History - Putting Together Gateway Arch The Colorado Classroom October 1, 2020 2:33 pm Geography This video shows how you use the digital country study guided research resources in my Colorado Classroom store. Students visit the sites provided and complete the research asked for. They take notes on the supplied Google Slides™ and then take that information and turn it into a paragraph or essay, depending on what is asked for by the teacher. With thinking and writing skills, guided research, pre-planned websites, and more, these Google compatible digital country studies are wonderful for the digital or hybrid classroom. 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTnUxWm5tV0NmaUEwRXRDTUIzTENtRi41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2 Argentina Country Study Research The Colorado Classroom January 13, 2022 9:07 pm These World Mapping Cards will have your students touring the world and learning their countries and capitals, country locations, and more, all at the click of a button. With three versions - Google Slides™, Google Forms™, and BOOM Cards™ all included, pick the version that works best for you, or mix and match to fit your student's needs. Most are self-grading to save you time and energy. These no-prep resources can be used whole class, as fast finisher activities, in centers, or as a team competition in a class review. You can even use them as an assessment! Covering every continent and even bodies of water, these World Mapping Cards will have you covered when it comes to teaching geography. 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTnUxWm5tV0NmaUEwRXRDTUIzTENtRi4yODlGNEE0NkRGMEEzMEQy World Mapping Cards Preview The Colorado Classroom December 9, 2021 4:18 pm This video is a preview of the three resources you receive in the North America Geography Digital Learning Bundle. Get a Google Slides™ compatible resource, a Google Forms™ compatible resource, and a BOOM Learning™ resource, all of which allow your students to practice the countries and capital of North America in a digital format full of engaging and interactive components. From self-grading, to reports, to drag and drop pieces, these resources will allow your students to grow in their geography knowledge and skills, all while having fun. 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTnUxWm5tV0NmaUEwRXRDTUIzTENtRi4wMTcyMDhGQUE4NTIzM0Y5 North American Geography Countries & Capitals Video Preview The Colorado Classroom September 20, 2020 3:40 am History Minutes This resource on the First Thanksgiving Dinner shows what is available in both the print and digital versions. From a reading to annotate, to a 5-part close note lesson, to guided notes, a math lesson, and more, this integrated curriculum lesson blends together many subjects and has students really learn about and reflect on the season of Thanksgiving in new and exciting ways. Get it today at The Colorado Classroom. 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WT3hrOC1nVllRZFlkYmJYdjh1U0xzOC41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2 First Thanksgiving Dinner Video Preview The Colorado Classroom November 9, 2021 3:26 pm Math Activities On March 14 celebrate Pi Day with this great inquiry lesson involving toothpicks, a marker, a large piece of paper, and some astounding math. This remarkable look at higher math and the work of probability will have your kids in disbelief as randomly dropping toothpicks will equate to pi, or pretty close to it. Try it for yourself, or watch this demo to see it in action. 6 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTlZybGFZU3g1VktVQmNfS3JpQUdKQi41NkI0NEY2RDEwNTU3Q0M2 Buffon's Needle Experiment The Colorado Classroom February 16, 2022 7:51 pm Do you know the relationship between circles and parallelograms? Explore that relationship and the similarity of formulas this Pi Day with Circles and Parallelograms. This activity just involves a couple pieces of paper, some scissors, and some tape or glue. Cut out the circle and use the pieces to construct a parallelogram. Then use the parallelogram to help you answer questions about the similarities and their relationship to one another. It's a great Pi Day activity for March 14th! 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTlZybGFZU3g1VktVQmNfS3JpQUdKQi4yODlGNEE0NkRGMEEzMEQy Circles and Parallelograms The Colorado Classroom February 16, 2022 7:46 pm Make Pi Stained Glass this Pi Day on March 14 to celebrate one of the best mathematical days of the year. All you need is a piece of black paper, some bright tissue paper, scissors, and either glue or tape, and you'll have yourself a beautiful window decoration. Check out the video for a quick look at what to do. 0 0 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTlZybGFZU3g1VktVQmNfS3JpQUdKQi4wMTcyMDhGQUE4NTIzM0Y5 Pi Stained Glass The Colorado Classroom February 16, 2022 7:37 pm Learn how to play "Skunk", a probability game for the math classroom. 138 4 YouTube Video UExkM3N6bE52Sk9WTlZybGFZU3g1VktVQmNfS3JpQUdKQi41MjE1MkI0OTQ2QzJGNzNG Skunk - A Probability Game The Colorado Classroom December 7, 2015 8:19 pm Have your students learn about algebraic expressions with this lesson and practice resource available in a preview form here. Cover equations, expressions, variables, coefficients, constants, and more with real-life problems and moveable tiles. This resource teaches the steps to solving algebraic expressions, includes many practice problems, answer keys, and a Google Forms™ quiz for checking skills. 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