Day 7: Core Reading/Writing, Scaffolding, and KAHOOT

This morning we given two books geared towards creating reading/writing assignments geared towards the MS-CCRS, and I am very appreciative of these resources. We reviewed a lesson geared towards our classes, and this was very helpful for me to learn about how to create these types of assignments. I have had trouble trying to figure out how to develop these types of assignments, but NO MORE!

SCAFFOLDING: I have always heard the term scaffolding and have told that teachers should scaffold. However, I never received training in this area. I was confused about the readings I did on scaffolding. After this morning's training, I am already scaffolding. It is something that every teacher should be doing. If you aren't, how are you teaching?

Board Games: I'm not sure about this. I am going to really have to do some politicking with my supervising administrator. Perhaps using this as a review tool will work. I just don't think this will work for me.

My game:

       

After Games: Hope demonstrated a software program called Kahoot! Now this is a game I could use in my classroom. THANK YOU! Love Bubbl.us. Thank you, Kun! I'm going to create one for the chemical reactions pathway for cellular respiration for my class!


Questions:

1. GPS/Google Maps/Scavenger Hunt/Google Blogs/Research Combo
    Kahoot.it

2. a) GPS/Google Maps/Scavenger Hunt/Google Blogs/Research Combo: I am planning an activity where students will do a GPS scavenger hunt to look for plants that match certain characteristics. Plants will pre-selected by me and have ribbon tied to them. Students will take a picture of  certain  characteristics of each plant and create a virtual plant collection blog using Google Blogs. Students will also include information they research online about each plant/characteristic.

   b) Kahoot.it: I have been looking for a fun game to use for review. THIS IS IT!!!!! Can you tell that I am excited beyond belief???