Valentine Minecraft Activities Book Read Aloud
What's included
4 pre-recorded lessons
1 week
of teacher support1 year access
to the contentHomework
1-2 hours per week. Learners are invited to post their Minecraft build and activity images or videos. Responsive, empowering, inclusive specific 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 specific feedback to all learner's build posts and questions.Class Experience
US Grade Kindergarten - 3
Beginner - Advanced Level
💞 This Valentine's Day, unlock the world of creativity for your kids with this special asynchronous Minecraft Valentine's Day STEAM course for young Minecraft players. I have discounted the price of this course as my gift to you and your treasured Minecraft learner. 🎁 💌 All content is available upfront immediately including all of my fun, engaging, inspiring, and informative educator created Minecraft lesson tutorial videos including creating multiple Valentine's Day heart banners, pixel hearts, heart armor shield, heart decorated pots, Minecraft experience challenges for learners, and bonus Minecraft themed print optional activity pages including a problem solving maze, a writing/art page, a math page, and a fun themed Sudoku page that I have created myself for our class! I will also share my engaging Minecraft book read aloud. I will be reading with author permission: "Be Mine, Valentine! An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Early Readers" by Anna Kopp. 💞 Reading skills and copies of the book are not needed to actively participate in this course. Learners are invited 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. I respond quickly to all learner questions and posts. I am responsive, engaging, inclusive, and empowering. Learners will also have access to this course content beyond our course end date if needed. 🎁 Give the gift of creativity and learning this Valentine's Day! Enroll now and watch your child's Minecraft creativity bloom into expressions of love and joy. Notes: *This is an asynchronous course with no live class meetings. *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.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created CurriculumStandards
Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)4 Lessons
over 1 WeekLesson 1:
Valentine's Minecraft Book Read Aloud and Book Review
My engaging reading of Valentine's Day Early Readers book by Anna Kopp and optional book review activity
Lesson 2:
Walkthrough & a heart banner tutorial, how to get barrier blocks
Walkthrough & a heart banner tutorial, how to get barrier blocks
Lesson 3:
Top Heart Banner & Heart Shield tutorials
Top Heart Banner & Heart Shield tutorials
Lesson 4:
Decorated Heart Sherd Pot in Minecraft tutorial
Decorated Heart Sherd Pot in Minecraft tutorial
Other Details
Learning Needs
As a neurodivergent person myself, and an experienced, highly trained & certified educator, I create my classes to be neurodiverse & neurodivergent inclusive including dyslexia, autism ASD, 2e, gifted, ADHD, & PDA. Special Ed friendly.
Parental Guidance
*I will be reading with the book pages displayed. Learners do not need to be able to read, or have copies of the books used, to actively participate in this course.
*There are no live meetings in this asynchronous course.
*Gamer tags are not required to be shared as we are not gaming together in a server/realm in this course.
*Minecraft gaming app/software is needed (and not provided) for this class.
*Learners should be familiar with playing Minecraft on their own device.
*Completing the challenges and viewing/printing of any of my created content is completely optional.
*Minecraft contains cartoon type violence without blood or gore.
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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