List 3 things you got wrong on this test List 2 things you could have done better to prepare for the test Write 1 thing you will definately do as we start this new unit.
The timing was perfect for using the 3-2-1 after the wiki - we just got back our first unit test. It was interesting to see just how literal the students took the questioning but once prompted they really took off with it and made some astounding connections. I will use it again after a lesson. Thanks!
Had the kids do a guickwrite today. The question, What motivated the English to colonize the New World? It gave kids the oppurtunity to reflect on what we have been talking about, as we begin a unit on the Colonial Era in the US. Almost all students participated and I had some very good attempts at answers to the question. It gets them thinking about what we will be studying. I will use this strategy frequently. It makes a great bell activity
I had my students utilize both concept mapping and quick writes. I use concept maps in my class regularly to give the students notes and information about a topic and find it to be a very useful way of organizing information. The students came up with their own concept map to show what conduction is and how it works. We used quick write after watching a couple of BrainPop videos in order to jot down and see what the students remembered from the videos about heat. I found it to be a useful way to quickly review information.
Ms. Kelly and myself used the 3-2-1 summarization pyramid for students to reflect upon the biographical information shared about Edgar Allan Poe's life. We were reading sh. stories written by this author and felt it best to educate students about his background so his bizarre themes would make more sense to them. Students utilized their notes and used this summarization pyramid to: list three interesting fact learned ask two questions that have been unanswered about his life make one prediction about the content of his stories
Did a fun Quick Write before reading the short story "Last Night of the World." The QW: What they would you do on the last night of the world? (with the assumption that Earth faced certain demoltion in the morning). Would they party like Snooki or like it's 1999? Got some interesting answers. It heightened interest for the rest of the lesson.
I did a quick write with my student groups in each grade. When they were finished I showed them how to post their comments to our classroom blog. It served as a reminder of writing and editing process by suggesting they use their quick write as a rough draft and improve their writing and grammar when they typed it into the class blog.
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List 3 things you got wrong on this test
List 2 things you could have done better to prepare for the test
Write 1 thing you will definately do as we start this new unit.
The timing was perfect for using the 3-2-1 after the wiki - we just got back our first unit test. It was interesting to see just how literal the students took the questioning but once prompted they really took off with it and made some astounding connections. I will use it again after a lesson. Thanks!
Had the kids do a guickwrite today. The question, What motivated the English to colonize the New World? It gave kids the oppurtunity to reflect on what we have been talking about, as we begin a unit on the Colonial Era in the US. Almost all students participated and I had some very good attempts at answers to the question. It gets them thinking about what we will be studying. I will use this strategy frequently. It makes a great bell activity
The prior reflection on the quickwrite is Wuligers, not Anonymous
I had my students utilize both concept mapping and quick writes. I use concept maps in my class regularly to give the students notes and information about a topic and find it to be a very useful way of organizing information. The students came up with their own concept map to show what conduction is and how it works. We used quick write after watching a couple of BrainPop videos in order to jot down and see what the students remembered from the videos about heat. I found it to be a useful way to quickly review information.
Ms. Kelly and myself used the 3-2-1 summarization pyramid for students to reflect upon the biographical information shared about Edgar Allan Poe's life. We were reading sh. stories written by this author and felt it best to educate students about his background so his bizarre themes would make more sense to them.
Students utilized their notes and used this summarization pyramid to:
list three interesting fact learned
ask two questions that have been unanswered about his life
make one prediction about the content of his stories
Did a fun Quick Write before reading the short story "Last Night of the World."
The QW: What they would you do on the last night of the world? (with the assumption that Earth faced certain demoltion in the morning). Would they party like Snooki or like it's 1999?
Got some interesting answers. It heightened interest for the rest of the lesson.
I did a quick write with my student groups in each grade. When they were finished I showed them how to post their comments to our classroom blog. It served as a reminder of writing and editing process by suggesting they use their quick write as a rough draft and improve their writing and grammar when they typed it into the class blog.
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