The Best Part of Me (and Flipgrid!)
Integrating Flipgrid to Facilitate Written Expression
Best Part of Me Writing - Integrating Flipgrid to Foster Voice
This is a wonderful text that can be used with any age and any language level. The Best Part of Me is a fantastic jumping off point for personal reflection to help students celebrate themselves. These thoughts can easily transferred into free-verse poetry. I use the simple sentence starter "The best part of me is __________ because _________" and I have primary level students come up with three reasons why that is the best part of them, but I have also seen this same text utilized with intermediate students. For the planning of their writing, students have a choice of writing their thinking first or using Flipgrid to voice their thoughts before writing. Either way, it provides wonderful growth and great opportunities for communication and community building among my students.
The Best Part of Me
This text is culturally responsive and can help learners of all ages begin to reflect on their favorite part of themselves. It integrates well into a poetry writing unit, but can be used anytime and is very versatile.
Getting Started with Flipgrid
Use this link for a quickstart users guide for Flipgrid. This is video-creating software that is incredibly user friendly and can be used in a multitude of ways for students to make short videos, which are then uploaded to a class 'grid' where students can view each others videos, compliment and celebrate their thinking.
Sample Student Video Editing Checklist
Using Flipgrid provides a great opportunity for learners to share their thinking in a new format. Just as learners benefit from checklist and rubrics in other areas, they can also benefit from tools like this when developing and editing a video.
Flipgrid. Ignite Discussion.
Flip Grid Resource Page
This is a handy page with a lot of links to Flipgrid resources.