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We also held a Gallery Walk for the staff so that they could see 4 different SOS strategies that had been used in the classroom with our students. The staff was tasked with choosing one of the shown strategies or one that they had explored to implement with their class and share with the staff.
I also shared some of these same strategies on our district grade-level instructional learning day.
SOS to Try!!!
Choose media (image, video, etc) and show to students. Have a brief classroom discussion about the unit of study and set some ground rules for the walk. Take a walk around campus (inside/outside). Students are to be be observing and discussing with their peers what they see/observe that is related to the unit of study.
Lesson Plan Idea:
2nd Grade
Math- Geometry
This could be done with both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional figures.
Show the students the Brain Pop Jr. video to the unit- discuss the figures and their attributes.
Have students make a list or provide them with one of the figures they want to look for. They could take their iPads with them for the walk to take pictures of figures throughout the walk. As students are walking, remind them to share with their peers what they are finding and show/describe using appropriate geometric vocabulary. You could guide them to talk to at least three different people throughout their walk so as to keep them moving and from talking to just their buddy for the entire walk. Once back in the classroom, students could create a collage of their pictures to share, or just get in small groups or with a new partner to share what they observed.
Google Classroom
I later introduced Think Tanks into Google Classroom. With its scheduling feature I was able to go in at the beginning of the week and schedule each days post that gave the daily instructions and any attachments/links that the kids would need to complete their daily task. This made management of Think Tanks a little easier and more streamlined.
My goal is to become more consistent using Google Classroom with my students and incorporate Thinking Maps into collaborative assignments that tie to our weekly reading selection. Stay tuned for examples and updates....