Birthday Minecraft Book Read Aloud and Activities
ELA English Language Arts Minecraft course with an engaging read aloud & book review writing, creative artistic present builds & chemistry balloon project. STEAM. Neurodiverse neurodivergent inclusive. Back to school & homeschool friendly.
What's included
7 pre-recorded lessons
2 weeks
of teacher support1 year access
to the contentProjects
1-2 hours per week. Learners are invited to post their Minecraft build and activity images or videos. Responsive, empowering, inclusive feedback to all learner's build posts and questions.Assessment
Learners are invited to post their Minecraft build and activity images or videos. Responsive, empowering, inclusive feedback to all learner's build posts and questions.Class Experience
US Grade Kindergarten - 4
Beginner - Advanced Level
Welcome to this Birthday in Minecraft course for young Minecraft players. I am so glad you are here. I cannot wait to see what your learner creates. 🎈 This course contains 7 lessons. I will share a Minecraft book read aloud for early readers using an engaging book reading style. I will also share a variety of fun, engaging, inspiring, and informative educator created Minecraft birthday themed content via video tutorials and optional activity pages. 🎂 Video lessons include Minecraft tutorials including creating birthday presents, crafting candles, creating multiple balloon styles including using Minecraft Chemistry, creating a cake in Minecraft, and Minecraft experience and build challenges for learners. Also included are bonus Minecraft themed activity pages including mazes, a book review writing document, and a printing optional maze and Sudoku activity page that I have created for our class. I will be reading with author permission: The Birthday Bee: An Unofficial Minecraft Story for Early Readers by Anna Kopp. 🕯️ Learners do not need to be able to read, or have copies of the book used, to actively participate in this course. I respond quickly to all learner questions and posts. I am responsive, engaging, inclusive, and empowering. Minecraft Bedrock and Education Edition are welcome. 🎈 Learners are encouraged to respond to experience & build challenges, & discussion questions as they wish, posting images/screen recordings/descriptions, with their grown-up's assistance if needed, of their art/craft/ Minecraft builds. Learners do not need to be able to read, or have copies of the book used, to actively participate in this course. I respond quickly to all learner questions and posts. I am responsive, engaging, inclusive, and empowering. 🎁 Give the gift of creativity and learning! Enroll now and watch your child's Minecraft creativity bloom into expressions of joy. Enrolled learners will also be offered gift promo code to use towards any of my other classes/course. Notes: *This is an asynchronous, self-paced course with no live class meetings. *Gamer tags are not shared. Minecraft Bedrock and Education Edition are welcome. Minecraft gaming app/software is needed (and not provided) for this class. *The contents of this course are not an official Minecraft product and are not approved by or associated with Mojang. *The class image was created by me. *All worksheets and materials used in class were created by me, other than when displaying the print/digital book by Anna Kopp, which is used with author permission.
Learning Goals
Complete Minecraft creative challenges and activities to foster imagination, problem solving, and critical thinking skills.
Listen to a Minecraft-themed read-aloud and engage with a book review to improve understanding and expressive abilities.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created CurriculumStandards
Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)7 Lessons
over 2 WeeksLesson 1:
Engaging Read Aloud
Using an engaging interactive reading style, I will read Birthday Bee by Anna Kopp with author's permission. No supplies are needed.
Lesson 2:
Book Review
Book Review How to Guide
Lesson 3:
Presents and Candles in Minecraft
Minecraft build tutorial
Lesson 4:
Block Balloons
Building Block Balloons
Other Details
Learning Needs
I create my classes to be neurodiverse & neurodivergent inclusive for dyslexia, autism ASD, 2e, gifted, ADHD, & PDA. I am homeschool friendly. I am a neurodivergent person myself, and an experienced, highly trained & certified educator.
Parental Guidance
*Learners do not need to be able to read, or have copies of the book used, to actively participate in this course. I respond quickly to all learner questions and posts. I am responsive, engaging, inclusive, and empowering.
*Minecraft Bedrock and Education Edition are welcome. Minecraft gaming app/software is needed (and not provided) for this class.
*Learners will be playing Minecraft on their own devices. Gamer tags are not required to be shared as we are not gaming together in a server/realm in this course.
*Completing the challenges and viewing/printing of any of my created content is completely optional.
*Minecraft contains cartoon type violence without blood or gore.
*There are no live meetings in this asynchronous self-paced course.
Not an official Minecraft product. Not approved or associated with Mojang.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Florida Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Education from Florida State University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from University of Florida
I am Minecraft Education Edition certified and a highly experienced and actively certified educator with a Master of Science: Curriculum and Instruction VI degree and multiple active teaching certifications including School Library Media Technology Specialist (PreK-12th grade), English Language Arts multiple certifications across multiple grade ranges, and more. I homeschool my own young Minecrafter and am an avid Minecrafter myself.
As a neurodivergent person myself, homeschooling my own neurodivergent young Minecraft learner, I design my courses to be inclusive and accessible. I continuously seek to be affirming and empowering towards every learner in every class.
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Self-Paced Course
$12
weekly or $24 for all content7 pre-recorded lessons
2 weeks of teacher support
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1 year of access to the content
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