After studying inventors, we used the Caine's Arcade Video to springboard into inventing our own cardboard inspired games. We have created games for several years now and each year the experience gets better for our kids. I have learned from past years a process that works and the kids have learned things by playing other kids' games from previous years. This year we focused on game directions more than we have in the past. One big improvement this year was the usage of low-heat glue guns. Using hot glue improved the quality of our games and helped to speed up the making process.
We are entering our 2nd full week of school and I have seen each class two times. So far we have reviewed our Missouri Reading Award Programs, checked out for the first time, learned how to access digital materials at home, set up Google Classrooms, and become familiar with Overdrive ebooks. Mrs. Haynes met with each class before their second checkout (first with their classroom teacher) and chatted with the kiddos about checkout expectations and a couple of other new things she is working on. She is so good about being proactive instead of reactive to what we know happens each year in our library.
Tomorrow each grade level will begin their first maker unit. These units will include inquiry, mini lessons as necessary to teach/review note-taking, selecting best sources, questioning, citing sources, locating materials in our library and on our website, and instruction/exploration on databases and apps we will be using.
This is our plan...
Fifth graders are designers and will begin worki…
Tomorrow each grade level will begin their first maker unit. These units will include inquiry, mini lessons as necessary to teach/review note-taking, selecting best sources, questioning, citing sources, locating materials in our library and on our website, and instruction/exploration on databases and apps we will be using.
This is our plan...
Fifth graders are designers and will begin worki…
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