Turn Up The Volume!
Fatima Rich Assistant Principal HSE Schools
Walk in Activity
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Introductions - "Catch the Ball"
- Name
- Position
- School
- What would your job be if you weren't in education?
What Type of Questions Lead Students to Creative Thinking?
1-FLUENCY: What are all of the possible uses for your item?
Let's transfer our questions into reading. We all know the story of the Three Little Pigs.
Use a post it, Padlet, or White Board App to do the following:
FLUENCY: List all of the ways the pigs could have built their homes.
So what is FLUENCY?
2-FLEXIBILITY: How might the following people view the word 'charge' differently?
Ticket Agent
Electrician
Knight
Criminal
Zoo Keeper
Rock Star
Let's transfer our questions into reading again. How would the story be different if the three littler pigs were three little fish? or the step sisters in Cinderella were nice instead of mean?
So what is FLEXIBILITY?
Welcome Back!! Let's Review...
3-ORIGINALITY: Name things that fly.
(Whole group list on board, or split into two with recorders.)
What is the best way to improve a cell phone?
Brainstorm and then choose one.
What would be the best way to advertise your improved cell phone? Create an advertisement using Paper by 53 for cell phone companies.
Let's take our questions into math/PE this time. Your turn to try this one in small groups.
"How could... you use each other to show 24?"
Next try:
"How could...you show 24 as a shape?"
So what is ORIGINALITY?
4-ELABORATION: What if the wolf was punished? What should his punishment be? Does bad behavior of one party justify bad behavior back?
Let's take our question into science this time.
What if you could choose to annotate a diagram of a plant or an insect?
What would you choose and how would you annotate?
Name things that are red.
So what is ELABORATION?
As students become more fluent in generating ideas, for example, they want to explain and embellish upon them. Elaboration takes an inspiring or original idea and completes it. Sometimes "the devil is in the details" to accomplish a creative task.
What was different with your first set of questions and new questions?
Make it Kid Friendly
Flexibility - stretching thinking
Originality - new ideas
Elaboration - add details
Most of all...make it safe!
Reflection: What is one thing you will try this school year? Turn and talk.
Resources Used Today:
Padlet
Awwapp
Smore
Paper by Fifty Three
Fatima Rich
Brooks School Elementary
Assistant Principal
@FatimaRich1
Email: frich@hse.k12.in.us
Location: Brooks School Elementary, Brooks School Road, Fishers, IN, United States
Twitter: @FatimaRich1